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Get Artist

ArtistObject artists().retrieve(ArtistRetrieveParamsparams = ArtistRetrieveParams.none(), RequestOptionsrequestOptions = RequestOptions.none())
GET/artists/{id}

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

ParametersExpand Collapse
ArtistRetrieveParams params
Optional<String> id

The Spotify ID of the artist.

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ArtistObject:
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 Artist

package dev.cjav.spotted.example;

import dev.cjav.spotted.client.SpottedClient;
import dev.cjav.spotted.client.okhttp.SpottedOkHttpClient;
import dev.cjav.spotted.models.ArtistObject;
import dev.cjav.spotted.models.artists.ArtistRetrieveParams;

public final class Main {
    private Main() {}

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

        ArtistObject artistObject = client.artists().retrieve("0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg");
    }
}
{
  "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"
}