Get Artist

ArtistObject Artists.Retrieve(, )

GET/artists/{id}

Get Spotify catalog information for a single artist identified by their unique Spotify ID.

ParametersExpand Collapse

ArtistRetrieveParams parameters

required string id

The Spotify ID of the artist.

ReturnsExpand Collapse

class ArtistObject:

string ID

The Spotify ID for the artist.

ExternalUrlObject ExternalUrls

Known external URLs for this artist.

Boolean Published

The playlist's public/private status (if it should be added to the user's profile or not): true the playlist will be public, false the playlist will be private, null the playlist status is not relevant. For more about public/private status, see Working with Playlists

string Spotify

The Spotify URL for the object.

FollowersObject Followers

Information about the followers of the artist.

string? Href

This will always be set to null, as the Web API does not support it at the moment.

Boolean Published

Long Total

The total number of followers.

IReadOnlyList<string> Genres

A list of the genres the artist is associated with. If not yet classified, the array is empty.

string Href

A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.

IReadOnlyList<ImageObject> Images

Images of the artist in various sizes, widest first.

required Long? Height

The image height in pixels.

required string Url

The source URL of the image.

required Long? Width

The image width in pixels.

Boolean Published

string Name

The name of the artist.

Long Popularity

The popularity of the artist. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular. The artist's popularity is calculated from the popularity of all the artist's tracks.

Boolean Published

Type Type

The object type.

string Uri

The Spotify URI for the artist.

Get Artist

ArtistRetrieveParams parameters = new() { ID = "0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg" };

var artistObject = await client.Artists.Retrieve(parameters);

Console.WriteLine(artistObject);

{
  "id": "id",
  "external_urls": {
    "published": true,
    "spotify": "spotify"
  },
  "followers": {
    "href": "href",
    "published": true,
    "total": 0
  },
  "genres": [
    "Prog rock",
    "Grunge"
  ],
  "href": "href",
  "images": [
    {
      "height": 300,
      "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
      "width": 300,
      "published": true
    }
  ],
  "name": "name",
  "popularity": 0,
  "published": true,
  "type": "artist",
  "uri": "uri"
}

Returns Examples

{
  "id": "id",
  "external_urls": {
    "published": true,
    "spotify": "spotify"
  },
  "followers": {
    "href": "href",
    "published": true,
    "total": 0
  },
  "genres": [
    "Prog rock",
    "Grunge"
  ],
  "href": "href",
  "images": [
    {
      "height": 300,
      "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228\n",
      "width": 300,
      "published": true
    }
  ],
  "name": "name",
  "popularity": 0,
  "published": true,
  "type": "artist",
  "uri": "uri"
}