setlist.fm /1.0/artist/{mbid} API
The /1.0/artist/{mbid} API from setlist.fm — 1 operation(s) for /1.0/artist/{mbid}.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
description: 'The setlist.fm API has been designed to give you easy access to setlist data in order to build fancy websites and
other applications.'
version: '1.0'
title: setlist.fm /1.0/artist/{mbid} API
servers:
- url: /rest
tags:
- name: /1.0/artist/{mbid}
paths:
/1.0/artist/{mbid}:
get:
tags:
- /1.0/artist/{mbid}
summary: ''
description: Returns an artist for a given Musicbrainz MBID
operationId: resource__1.0_artist__mbid__getArtist_GET
parameters:
- name: mbid
in: path
required: true
description: a Musicbrainz MBID, e.g. 0bfba3d3-6a04-4779-bb0a-df07df5b0558
schema:
type: string
responses:
'200':
headers: {}
description: Success
content:
application/xml:
schema:
description: ''
$ref: '#/components/schemas/json_Artist'
application/json:
schema:
description: ''
$ref: '#/components/schemas/json_Artist'
example:
mbid: b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d
name: The Beatles
sortName: Beatles, The
disambiguation: John, Paul, George and Ringo
url: https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html
components:
schemas:
json_Artist:
type: object
title: artist
properties:
mbid:
example: b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d
description: unique Musicbrainz Identifier (MBID), e.g. <em>"b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d"</em>
type: string
tmid:
example: 735610
description: unique Ticket Master Identifier (TMID), e.g. <em>735610</em> (deprecated)
type: number
name:
example: The Beatles
description: the artist's name, e.g. <em>"The Beatles"</em>
type: string
sortName:
example: Beatles, The
description: the artist's sort name, e.g. <em>"Beatles, The"</em> or <em>"Springsteen, Bruce"</em>
type: string
disambiguation:
example: John, Paul, George and Ringo
description: disambiguation to distinguish between artists with same names
type: string
url:
example: https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html
description: the attribution url
type: string
example:
mbid: b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d
name: The Beatles
sortName: Beatles, The
disambiguation: John, Paul, George and Ringo
url: https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html
description: 'This class represents an artist. An artist is a musician or a group of musicians. Each artist has a definite
<a href="http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/MBID">Musicbrainz Identifier</a> (MBID) with which the artist can be uniquely
identified.'