GET
/artist/biographyLong-form artist biography pulled from Wikipedia. Returns both a short summary and a longer extract. Great for artist detail pages when you need real prose, not just metadata.
Rate limit
60 req/min
Caching
Cached per artist+language in the internal database for 7 days.
Authentication
Send a
User-Agent header containing a contact email. See authentication.Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | integer | optional | Upstream artist id. Either id or name is required. |
| name | string | optional | Artist name. Required if id is not provided. |
| lang | string | optional | Wikipedia language code, e.g. en, de, es, fr, ja. Defaults to en. |
Request
curl 'https://api.synkradio.co.uk/artist/biography' \
-H 'User-Agent: [email protected]'Try it
GETTry it
Sends a real requesthttps://api.synkradio.co.uk/artist/biographyResponse
No example response is captured for this endpoint yet.