setlist.fm Search API
Full-text search across artists, venues, cities, and setlists.
Full-text search across artists, venues, cities, and setlists.
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openapi: 3.2.0
info:
title: setlist.fm REST Artists Search API
description: 'The setlist.fm REST API provides read-only access to the world''s largest crowd-sourced concert setlist database. Look up artists (by MusicBrainz MBID), setlists and their revision history, venues, cities, and countries, and run full-text search across each. All endpoints are HTTP GET and return either JSON (Accept: application/json) or XML (Accept: application/xml, the default). Every request must include a valid API key in the `x-api-key` header; keys are issued from the setlist.fm API settings page. The API is free for non-commercial use only - commercial use requires contacting setlist.fm. Localized text is available via the `Accept-Language` header (en, es, fr, de, pt, tr, it, pl).'
version: '1.0'
contact:
name: setlist.fm
url: https://api.setlist.fm/docs/1.0/index.html
termsOfService: https://www.setlist.fm/help/terms
servers:
- url: https://api.setlist.fm/rest/1.0
description: setlist.fm REST API v1.0
security:
- apiKeyAuth: []
tags:
- name: Search
description: Full-text search across artists, venues, cities, and setlists.
paths:
/search/artists:
get:
operationId: searchArtists
tags:
- Search
summary: Search for artists
description: Search for artists by name, MBID, or Ticket Master ID.
parameters:
- name: artistMbid
in: query
description: The artist's MusicBrainz MBID.
schema:
type: string
- name: artistName
in: query
description: The artist's name.
schema:
type: string
- name: artistTmid
in: query
description: The artist's Ticket Master ID (deprecated).
schema:
type: integer
- name: p
in: query
description: The number of the result page.
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
- name: sort
in: query
description: The sort of the result, either sortName or relevance.
schema:
type: string
enum:
- sortName
- relevance
responses:
'200':
description: A paginated list of matching artists.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Artists'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
/search/venues:
get:
operationId: searchVenues
tags:
- Search
summary: Search for venues
description: Search for venues by name, city, state, country, or geo identifiers.
parameters:
- name: name
in: query
description: Name of the venue.
schema:
type: string
- name: cityName
in: query
description: Name of the city the venue is in.
schema:
type: string
- name: cityId
in: query
description: The GeoNames geoId of the city.
schema:
type: string
- name: stateCode
in: query
description: The code of the state the venue is in.
schema:
type: string
- name: state
in: query
description: The state the venue is in.
schema:
type: string
- name: country
in: query
description: The country the venue is in.
schema:
type: string
- name: p
in: query
description: The number of the result page.
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
responses:
'200':
description: A paginated list of matching venues.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Venues'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
/search/cities:
get:
operationId: searchCities
tags:
- Search
summary: Search for cities
description: Search for cities by name, country, state, or state code.
parameters:
- name: name
in: query
description: Name of the city.
schema:
type: string
- name: country
in: query
description: The city's country (ISO code).
schema:
type: string
- name: state
in: query
description: The city's state.
schema:
type: string
- name: stateCode
in: query
description: The code of the city's state.
schema:
type: string
- name: p
in: query
description: The number of the result page.
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
responses:
'200':
description: A paginated list of matching cities.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Cities'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
/search/countries:
get:
operationId: searchCountries
tags:
- Search
summary: Get all countries
description: Returns the complete list of countries known to setlist.fm.
responses:
'200':
description: The list of countries.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Countries'
/search/setlists:
get:
operationId: searchSetlists
tags:
- Search
summary: Search for setlists
description: Search for setlists filtered by artist, venue, city, country, tour, date, song, and other facets. This is the primary discovery endpoint.
parameters:
- name: artistMbid
in: query
description: The artist's MusicBrainz MBID.
schema:
type: string
- name: artistName
in: query
description: The artist's name.
schema:
type: string
- name: cityId
in: query
description: The GeoNames geoId of the city.
schema:
type: string
- name: cityName
in: query
description: The name of the city.
schema:
type: string
- name: countryCode
in: query
description: The ISO country code.
schema:
type: string
- name: date
in: query
description: The date of the event (format dd-MM-yyyy).
schema:
type: string
- name: lastFm
in: query
description: The event's Last.fm event ID (deprecated).
schema:
type: integer
- name: lastUpdated
in: query
description: Only return setlists updated after this date (yyyyMMddHHmmss).
schema:
type: string
- name: state
in: query
description: The state.
schema:
type: string
- name: stateCode
in: query
description: The state code.
schema:
type: string
- name: tourName
in: query
description: The name of the tour.
schema:
type: string
- name: venueId
in: query
description: The venue ID.
schema:
type: string
- name: venueName
in: query
description: The name of the venue.
schema:
type: string
- name: year
in: query
description: The year of the event.
schema:
type: integer
- name: p
in: query
description: The number of the result page.
schema:
type: integer
default: 1
responses:
'200':
description: A paginated list of matching setlists.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Setlists'
'404':
$ref: '#/components/responses/NotFound'
components:
schemas:
Tour:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
Setlist:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
versionId:
type: string
eventDate:
type: string
description: The date of the concert (format dd-MM-yyyy).
lastUpdated:
type: string
format: date-time
artist:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Artist'
venue:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Venue'
tour:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Tour'
sets:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Sets'
info:
type: string
url:
type: string
format: uri
Venue:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
name:
type: string
url:
type: string
format: uri
city:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/City'
Artists:
type: object
properties:
artist:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Artist'
total:
type: integer
page:
type: integer
itemsPerPage:
type: integer
Sets:
type: object
properties:
set:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Set'
Error:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: integer
status:
type: string
message:
type: string
timestamp:
type: string
Coords:
type: object
properties:
lat:
type: number
format: double
long:
type: number
format: double
Cities:
type: object
properties:
cities:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/City'
total:
type: integer
page:
type: integer
itemsPerPage:
type: integer
Set:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
encore:
type: integer
song:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Song'
Countries:
type: object
properties:
country:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
total:
type: integer
page:
type: integer
itemsPerPage:
type: integer
Venues:
type: object
properties:
venue:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Venue'
total:
type: integer
page:
type: integer
itemsPerPage:
type: integer
Song:
type: object
properties:
name:
type: string
info:
type: string
cover:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Artist'
tape:
type: boolean
Country:
type: object
properties:
code:
type: string
description: The ISO code of the country.
name:
type: string
Artist:
type: object
properties:
mbid:
type: string
description: Unique MusicBrainz Identifier of the artist.
name:
type: string
sortName:
type: string
disambiguation:
type: string
url:
type: string
format: uri
description: The setlist.fm page of the artist.
City:
type: object
properties:
id:
type: string
description: The GeoNames geoId.
name:
type: string
stateCode:
type: string
state:
type: string
coords:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Coords'
country:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Country'
Setlists:
type: object
properties:
setlist:
type: array
items:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Setlist'
total:
type: integer
page:
type: integer
itemsPerPage:
type: integer
responses:
NotFound:
description: The requested resource was not found.
content:
application/json:
schema:
$ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
securitySchemes:
apiKeyAuth:
type: apiKey
in: header
name: x-api-key
description: API key issued from https://www.setlist.fm/settings/api. Passed in the `x-api-key` request header on every call.