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.
Notes
- We search Wikipedia with the "musician" qualifier first, then fall back to a broader search if nothing matches.
- If no article exists for this artist, returns 404 with a helpful message.
- Extract length is typically a few sentences up to ~1000 characters.
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/biography?name=Daft%20Punk&lang=deResponse
200 application/json
{
"artist": "Daft Punk",
"found": true,
"lang": "en",
"title": "Random Access Memories",
"summary": "2013 studio album by Daft Punk",
"extract": "Random Access Memories is the fourth and final studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It was released on 17 May 2013 through Columbia Records.",
"extractHtml": "<p><i><b>Random Access Memories</b></i> is the fourth and final studio album by the French electronic music duo Daft Punk. It was released on 17 May 2013 through Columbia Records.</p>",
"url": "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_Access_Memories",
"thumbnail": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Daft_Punk_-_Random_Access_Memories.png",
"image": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/2/26/Daft_Punk_-_Random_Access_Memories.png"
}Response schema
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| artist | string | "Daft Punk" | Primary artist, either as a string or nested object. |
| found | boolean | true | |
| lang | string | "en" | |
| title | string | "Random Access Memories" | Display title of the resource. |
| summary | string | "2013 studio album by Daft Punk" | |
| extract | string | "Random Access Memories is the fourth and…" | |
| extractHtml | string | "<p><i><b>Random Access Memories</b></i> …" | |
| url | string | "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Random_Acc…" | Canonical public URL. |
| thumbnail | string | "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e…" | |
| image | string | "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/e…" |