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Get Several Artists

ArtistBulkRetrieveResponse artists().bulkRetrieve(ArtistBulkRetrieveParamsparams, RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())
GET/artists

Get Spotify catalog information for several artists based on their Spotify IDs.

ParametersExpand Collapse
ArtistBulkRetrieveParams params
String ids

A comma-separated list of the Spotify IDs for the artists. Maximum: 50 IDs.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ArtistBulkRetrieveResponse:
List<ArtistObject> artists
Optional<String> id

The Spotify ID for the artist.

Optional<ExternalUrlObject> externalUrls

Known external URLs for this artist.

Optional<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

Optional<String> spotify

The Spotify URL for the object.

Optional<FollowersObject> followers

Information about the followers of the artist.

Optional<String> href

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

Optional<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

Optional<Long> total

The total number of followers.

Optional<List<String>> genres

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

Optional<String> href

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

Optional<List<ImageObject>> images

Images of the artist in various sizes, widest first.

Optional<Long> height

The image height in pixels.

String url

The source URL of the image.

Optional<Long> width

The image width in pixels.

Optional<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

Optional<String> name

The name of the artist.

Optional<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.

Optional<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

Optional<Type> type

The object type.

Optional<String> uri

The Spotify URI for the artist.

Get Several Artists

package dev.cjav.spotted.example;

import dev.cjav.spotted.client.SpottedClient;
import dev.cjav.spotted.client.okhttp.SpottedOkHttpClient;
import dev.cjav.spotted.models.artists.ArtistBulkRetrieveParams;
import dev.cjav.spotted.models.artists.ArtistBulkRetrieveResponse;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

    public static void main(String[] args) {
        SpottedClient client = SpottedOkHttpClient.fromEnv();

        ArtistBulkRetrieveParams params = ArtistBulkRetrieveParams.builder()
            .ids("2CIMQHirSU0MQqyYHq0eOx,57dN52uHvrHOxijzpIgu3E,1vCWHaC5f2uS3yhpwWbIA6")
            .build();
        ArtistBulkRetrieveResponse response = client.artists().bulkRetrieve(params);
    }
}
{
  "artists": [
    {
      "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
{
  "artists": [
    {
      "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"
    }
  ]
}