setlist.fm Search API

Full-text search across artists, venues, cities, and setlists.

Operations 5

GET /search/artists Search for artists #
GET /search/venues Search for venues #
GET /search/cities Search for cities #
GET /search/countries Get all countries #
GET /search/setlists Search for setlists #

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OpenAPI Specification

setlist-fm-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
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.