setlist.fm /1.0/search/artists API
The /1.0/search/artists API from setlist.fm — 1 operation(s) for /1.0/search/artists.
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OpenAPI Specification
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
description: '<p>
The setlist.fm API has been designed to give you easy access to setlist data in order to build fancy websites and
other applications. Before starting to use the API, be sure to ...
<ol>
<li>... understand how setlist.fm works (the <a href="https://www.setlist.fm/faq">FAQ</a> and the
<a href="https://www.setlist.fm/guidelines">Guidelines</a> are a good starting point),</li>
<li>... read this documentation carefully and</li>
<li>... <a href="https://www.setlist.fm/settings/api">apply for an API key</a> (link for logged in users only) - if
you''re no registered user yet, then <a href="https://www.setlist.fm/signup">register first</a> (it''s free).</li>
</ol>
</p>
<p>
If this documentation isn''t enough or if you''ve got other things you''d like to tell us about the API, visit the
<a href="https://www.setlist.fm/forum/setlistfm/setlistfm-api">API Forum</a>.
</p>
<p>
Note that the setlist.fm API is, according to the <a href="https://www.setlist.fm/help/api-terms">API terms of
service</a>, only free for non-commercial projects. If you''re interested in using the API for commercial purposes,
<a href="https://www.setlist.fm/contact">contact us</a>.
</p>
<h2>About this Service</h2>
<p>
This service provides methods to get both setlists and components of setlists such as artists, cities, countries or
venues.
</p>
<h2>Supported Content Types</h2>
<p>
The REST service currently supports XML (default) and JSON content.
</p>
<p>
To receive a JSON response, set the <code>Accept</code>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.1">header</a> to <em>application/json</em>.
</p>
<h2>Internationalization</h2>
<p>
<small>(Please note that this is an experimental feature and does not work for all cities!)</small>
</p>
<p>
Most of the featured methods honor the <code>Accept-Language</code>
<a href="https://www.w3.org/Protocols/rfc2616/rfc2616-sec14.html#sec14.4">header</a>. This header is used for
localizing cities and countries. The default language is English (en), but you can provide any of the languages
Spanish (es), French (fr), German (de), Portuguese (pt), Turkish (tr), Italian (it) or Polish (pl).
</p>
<p>
E.g. if you search a setlist for a concert that took place in Vienna and you pass "de" as header, you''ll
get <em>"Wien, Österreich"</em> instead of <em>"Vienna, Austria"</em>.<br/>
This also works if you use a different language than the country''s native language.
</p>
<p>
E.g. for a concert in New York, you''ll get <em>"Nueva York, Estados Unidos"</em> instead of <em>"New
York, United States"</em> if you pass "es" as language.
</p>
<h2>API Keys</h2>
API keys (<a href="https://www.setlist.fm/settings/api">application form</a>) must be included in the request with
the <code>x-api-key</code> header.
<h2>Version History</h2>
<table class="table table-bordered table-versions">
<thead>
<tr>
<th>Version</th>
<th>Docs</th>
<th>End of Service</th>
</tr>
</thead> <tbody>
<tr>
<td><strong>1.0</strong></td>
<td><a href="/docs/1.0">Docs</a></td>
<td>-</li>
</tr>
<tr>
<td><strong>0.1</strong></td>
<td></td>
<td>December 31, 2017</li>
</tr>
</tbody>
</table>'
version: '1.0'
title: setlist.fm /1.0/artist/{mbid} /1.0/artist/{mbid} /1.0/search/artists /1.0/search/artists API
servers:
- url: /rest
tags:
- name: /1.0/search/artists
paths:
/1.0/search/artists:
get:
tags:
- /1.0/search/artists
summary: Search for artists.
description: Search for artists.
operationId: resource__1.0_search_artists_getArtists_GET
parameters:
- name: artistMbid
in: query
description: the artist's Musicbrainz Identifier (mbid)
schema:
type: string
- name: artistName
in: query
description: the artist's name
schema:
type: string
- name: artistTmid
in: query
description: the artist's Ticketmaster Identifier (tmid) (deprecated)
schema:
type: integer
- name: p
in: query
description: the number of the result page you'd like to have
schema:
type: integer
default: '1'
- name: sort
in: query
description: the sort of the result, either sortName (default) or relevance
schema:
type: string
default: sortName
responses:
'200':
headers: {}
description: Success
content:
application/xml:
schema:
description: ''
$ref: '#/components/schemas/json_Artists'
application/json:
schema:
description: ''
$ref: '#/components/schemas/json_Artists'
example:
artist:
- 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
- mbid: '...'
name: '...'
sortName: '...'
disambiguation: '...'
url: '...'
total: 42
page: 1
itemsPerPage: 20
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.'
json_Artists:
type: object
title: artists
properties:
artist:
description: result list of artists
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/json_Artist'
total:
example: 42
description: the total amount of items matching the query
type: number
page:
example: 1
description: the current page. starts at 1
type: number
itemsPerPage:
example: 20
description: the amount of items you get per page
type: number
example:
artist:
- 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
- mbid: '...'
name: '...'
sortName: '...'
disambiguation: '...'
url: '...'
total: 42
page: 1
itemsPerPage: 20
description: A Result consisting of a list of artists.