ArtistWithAlbumsID3

An extension of ArtistID3 with AlbumID3

{
  "id": "37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51",
  "name": "2 Mello",
  "coverArt": "ar-37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51_0",
  "albumCount": 1,
  "userRating": 5,
  "artistImageUrl": "https://demo.org/image.jpg",
  "starred": "2017-04-11T10:42:50.842Z",
  "musicBrainzId": "189002e7-3285-4e2e-92a3-7f6c30d407a2",
  "sortName": "Mello (2)",
  "roles": [
    "artist",
    "albumartist",
    "composer"
  ],
  "album": [
    {
      "id": "200000002",
      "parent": "100000002",
      "album": "Colorsmoke EP",
      "title": "Colorsmoke EP",
      "name": "Colorsmoke EP",
      "isDir": true,
      "coverArt": "al-200000002",
      "songCount": 12,
      "created": "2021-02-23T04:24:48+00:00",
      "duration": 4568,
      "playCount": 1,
      "artistId": "100000002",
      "artist": "Synthetic",
      "year": 2007,
      "genre": "Electronic",
      "userRating": 5,
      "averageRating": 3,
      "starred": "2021-02-22T05:51:53Z"
    }
  ]
}

{
  "id": "37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51",
  "name": "2 Mello",
  "coverArt": "ar-37ec820ca7193e17040c98f7da7c4b51_0",
  "albumCount": 1,
  "userRating": 5,
  "artistImageUrl": "https://demo.org/image.jpg",
  "starred": "2017-04-11T10:42:50.842Z",
  "album": [
    {
      "id": "200000002",
      "parent": "100000002",
      "album": "Colorsmoke EP",
      "title": "Colorsmoke EP",
      "name": "Colorsmoke EP",
      "isDir": true,
      "coverArt": "al-200000002",
      "songCount": 12,
      "created": "2021-02-23T04:24:48+00:00",
      "duration": 4568,
      "playCount": 1,
      "artistId": "100000002",
      "artist": "Synthetic",
      "year": 2007,
      "genre": "Electronic",
      "userRating": 5,
      "averageRating": 3,
      "starred": "2021-02-22T05:51:53Z"
    }
  ]
}

Field	Type	Req.	OpenS.	Details
`id`	`string`	Yes		The id of the artist
`name`	`string`	Yes		The artist name.
`coverArt`	`string`	No		A covertArt id.
`artistImageUrl`	`string`	No		An url to an external image source.
`albumCount`	`int`	Yes		Artist album count.
`starred`	`string`	No		Date the artist was starred. [ISO 8601]
`album`	Array of `AlbumID3`	No		Artist albums
`musicBrainzId`	`string`	No	Yes	The artist MusicBrainzID.
`sortName`	`string`	No	Yes	The artist sort name.
`roles`	Array of `string`	No	Yes	The list of all roles this artist has in the library.

OpenSubsonic

New fields are added:

musicBrainzId
sortName
roles

Note: All OpenSubsonic added fields are optionals. But if a server support a field it must return it with an empty / default value when not present in it’s database so that clients knows what the server supports.

Note: Even if some added fields may looks duplicated, it’s important to still return the legacy data for compatibility reasons.

Last modified March 23, 2025: Fix `artist` inconsistency (#135) (e3c1be4)