getSongsByGenre

Returns songs in a given genre.

http://your-server/rest/getSongsByGenre Since 1.9.0

Returns songs in a given genre.

Parameters

ParameterReq.OpenS.DefaultComment
genreYesThe genre, as returned by getGenres.
countNo10The maximum number of songs to return. Max 500.
offsetNo0The offset. Useful if you want to page through the songs in a genre.
musicFolderIdNo(Since 1.12.0) Only return albums in the music folder with the given ID. See getMusicFolders.

Example

Result

A subsonic-response element with a nested songsByGenre element on success.

{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "type": "AwesomeServerName",
    "serverVersion": "0.1.3 (tag)",
    "openSubsonic": true,
    "songsByGenre": {
      "song": [
        {
          "id": "300000060",
          "parent": "200000002",
          "title": "BrownSmoke",
          "isDir": false,
          "isVideo": false,
          "type": "music",
          "albumId": "200000002",
          "album": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "artistId": "100000002",
          "artist": "Synthetic",
          "coverArt": "300000060",
          "duration": 304,
          "bitRate": 20,
          "bitDepth": 16,
          "samplingRate": 44100,
          "channelCount": 2,
          "userRating": 5,
          "averageRating": 5,
          "track": 4,
          "year": 2007,
          "genre": "Electronic",
          "size": 792375,
          "discNumber": 1,
          "suffix": "wma",
          "contentType": "audio/x-ms-wma",
          "path": "Synthetic/Synthetic_-_Colorsmoke_EP-20k217-2007/04-Synthetic_-_BrownSmokeYSBM20k22khS.wma"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
{
  "subsonic-response": {
    "status": "ok",
    "version": "1.16.1",
    "songsByGenre": {
      "song": [
        {
          "id": "300000060",
          "parent": "200000002",
          "title": "BrownSmoke",
          "isDir": false,
          "isVideo": false,
          "type": "music",
          "albumId": "200000002",
          "album": "Colorsmoke EP",
          "artistId": "100000002",
          "artist": "Synthetic",
          "coverArt": "300000060",
          "duration": 304,
          "bitRate": 20,
          "bitDepth": 16,
          "samplingRate": 44100,
          "channelCount": 2,
          "userRating": 5,
          "averageRating": 5,
          "track": 4,
          "year": 2007,
          "genre": "Electronic",
          "size": 792375,
          "discNumber": 1,
          "suffix": "wma",
          "contentType": "audio/x-ms-wma",
          "path": "Synthetic/Synthetic_-_Colorsmoke_EP-20k217-2007/04-Synthetic_-_BrownSmokeYSBM20k22khS.wma"
        }
      ]
    }
  }
}
FieldTypeReq.OpenS.Details
songsByGenresongsYesThe songs list