artist.get

Description: 

Retrieves an artist by identifier, along with a selection of her/his albums and tracks
From: v. 1.0


Authentication : NOT REQUIRED
Parameters: 
apikey : application developer identifier [R]
country : catalogue country
format : output format
artistCode : artist's identifier within Dada catalogue [R]

Return values: 

Entity artist.
List of album entities
List of track entities


Sample call
http://api.playme.com/artist.get?artistCode=421

Sample Result: XML
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?>
<response>
  <artist>
    <artistCode>421</artistCode>
    <name><![CDATA[David Bowie]]></name>
    <url><![CDATA[artist_page_url]]></url>
    <numTracks>664</numTracks>
    <numAlbums>58</numAlbums>
    <images>
      <background><![CDATA[image_url]]></background>
      <big><![CDATA[image_url]]></big>
      <img_32><![CDATA[image_url]]></img_32>
    </images>
  </artist>
  <tracks>
    <track>
      <trackCode>198730</trackCode>
      <name><![CDATA[A Better Future]]></name>
      <url><![CDATA[track_page_url]]></url>
      <downloadUrl><![CDATA[download_url]]></downloadUrl>
      <previewUrl><![CDATA[preview_url]]></previewUrl>

      <duration>250</duration>
      <artist>
        <artistCode>421</artistCode>
        <name><![CDATA[David Bowie]]></name>
      </artist>
      <album>
        <albumCode>474748</albumCode>
        <name><![CDATA[Heathen]]></name>
      </album>
      <images>
        <img_256><![CDATA[image_url]]></img_256>
        <img_32><![CDATA[image_url]]></img_32>
      </images>
    </track>
    <track>
      <trackCode>3416671</trackCode>
      <name><![CDATA[Rebel Rebel (Truncated) (Live At The Manhattan Center, New York)]]></name>
      <url><![CDATA[track_page_url]]></url>
      <downloadUrl><![CDATA[download_url]]></downloadUrl>
      <previewUrl><![CDATA[preview_url]]></previewUrl>
      <duration>195</duration>

      <artist>
        <artistCode>421</artistCode>
        <name><![CDATA[David Bowie]]></name>
      </artist>
      <album>
        <albumCode>3416669</albumCode>
        <name><![CDATA[VH1 Storytellers]]></name>
      </album>
      <images>
        <img_256><![CDATA[image_url]]></img_256>
        <img_32><![CDATA[image_url]]></img_32>
      </images>
    </track>
    <available>664</available>
  </tracks>
  <albums>
    <album>
      <albumCode>1687083</albumCode>
      <name><![CDATA[Black Tie White Noise Extras]]></name>
      <url><![CDATA[album_page_url]]></url>
    </album>
    <album>
      <albumCode>3509290</albumCode>
      <name><![CDATA[China Girl]]></name>
      <url><![CDATA[album_page_url]]></url>
    </album>
    <available>58</available>
  </albums>
</response>

Sample Result: JSON
{
  "response": {
    "artist": {
      "artistCode": "421",
      "name": "David Bowie",
      "url": "artist_page_url",
      "numTracks": "664",
      "numAlbums": "58",
      "images": {
        "big": "image_url",
        "img_32": "image_url"
      }
    },
    "albums": {
      "album": [{
        "albumCode": "1687083",
        "name": "Black Tie White Noise Extras",
        "url": "album_page_url",
        "images": {
          "img_256": "image_url",
          "img_32": "image_url"
        }
      },
      {
        "albumCode": "3509290",
        "name": "China Girl",
        "url": "album_page_url",
        "images": {
          "img_256": "image_url",
          "img_32": "image_url"
        }
      },
      ...],
      "available": "58"
    },
    "tracks": {
      "track": [{
        "name": "A Better Future",
        "url": "track_page_url",
        "downloadUrl": "download_url/",
        "previewUrl": "preview_url/",
        "duration": "250",
        "artist": {
          "artistCode": "421",
          "name": "David Bowie"
        },
        "album": {
          "albumCode": "474748",
          "name": "Heathen"
        },
        "images": {
          "img_256": "image_url",
          "img_32": "image_url"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Rebel Rebel (Truncated) (Live At The Manhattan Center, New York)",
        "url": "track_page_url",
        "downloadUrl": "download_url/",
        "previewUrl": "preview_url/",
        "duration": "195",
        "artist": {
          "artistCode": "421",
          "name": "David Bowie"
        },
        "album": {
          "albumCode": "3416669",
          "name": "VH1 Storytellers"
        },
        "images": {
          "img_256": "image_url",
          "img_32": "image_url"
        }
      },
      {
        "name": "Rebel Rebel",
        "url": "track_page_url",
        "downloadUrl": "download_url/",
        "previewUrl": "preview_url/",
        "duration": "189",
        "artist": {
          "artistCode": "421",
          "name": "David Bowie"
        },
        "album": {
          "albumCode": "471290",
          "name": "Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle (Music From The Motion Picture)"
        },
        "images": {
          "img_256": "image_url",
          "img_32": "image_url"
        }
      },
      ...],
      "available": "664"
    }
  }
}


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