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Get Several Artists

artists.bulk_retrieve(ArtistBulkRetrieveParams**kwargs) -> ArtistBulkRetrieveResponse
GET/artists

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

ParametersExpand Collapse
ids: str

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

ReturnsExpand Collapse
class ArtistBulkRetrieveResponse:
artists: List[ArtistObject]
id: Optional[str]

The Spotify ID for the artist.

external_urls: Optional[ExternalURLObject]

Known external URLs for this artist.

published: Optional[bool]

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

spotify: Optional[str]

The Spotify URL for the object.

followers: Optional[FollowersObject]

Information about the followers of the artist.

href: Optional[str]

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

published: Optional[bool]

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

total: Optional[int]

The total number of followers.

genres: Optional[List[str]]

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

href: Optional[str]

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

images: Optional[List[ImageObject]]

Images of the artist in various sizes, widest first.

height: Optional[int]

The image height in pixels.

url: str

The source URL of the image.

width: Optional[int]

The image width in pixels.

published: Optional[bool]

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

name: Optional[str]

The name of the artist.

popularity: Optional[int]

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.

published: Optional[bool]

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

type: Optional[Literal["artist"]]

The object type.

uri: Optional[str]

The Spotify URI for the artist.

Get Several Artists

import os
from spotted import Spotted

client = Spotted(
    access_token=os.environ.get("SPOTIFY_ACCESS_TOKEN"),  # This is the default and can be omitted
)
response = client.artists.bulk_retrieve(
    ids="2CIMQHirSU0MQqyYHq0eOx,57dN52uHvrHOxijzpIgu3E,1vCWHaC5f2uS3yhpwWbIA6",
)
print(response.artists)
{
  "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"
    }
  ]
}