GET
/artist/infoReturns full metadata for an artist: their image, fan count, genres, top tracks, and a list of similar artists. Pair it with /artistimage if you just need a photo.
Rate limit
60 req/min
Caching
Cached in the internal database per artist for 1 hour.
Authentication
Send a
User-Agent header containing a contact email. See authentication.Parameters
| Name | Type | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| artist | string | optional | Artist name. Needed if you are not passing an id. |
| id | string | optional | Internal artist ID from the track/info endpoint. Faster than a name lookup as it skips a search round trip. |
Request
curl 'https://api.synkradio.co.uk/artist/info' \
-H 'User-Agent: [email protected]'Try it
GETTry it
Sends a real requesthttps://api.synkradio.co.uk/artist/info?artist=Daft%20PunkResponse
200 application/json
{
"id": 369056,
"name": "Bicep",
"image": "https://api.synkradio.co.uk/artistimage?id=369056",
"fans": 359631,
"albumCount": 34,
"topTracks": [
{
"id": 389034231,
"name": "Glue",
"album": "Glue",
"albumId": 45442201,
"durationMs": 269000,
"explicit": false,
"cover": "https://api.synkradio.co.uk/cover?artist=Bicep&title=Glue"
},
{
"id": 1080089202,
"name": "Apricots",
"album": "Apricots",
"albumId": 173244772,
"durationMs": 246000,
"explicit": false,
"cover": "https://api.synkradio.co.uk/cover?artist=Bicep&title=Apricots"
}
],
"relatedArtists": [
{
"id": 1576244,
"name": "Kölsch",
"image": "https://api.synkradio.co.uk/artistimage?id=1576244",
"fans": 78727
},
{
"id": 6377,
"name": "Paul Kalkbrenner",
"image": "https://api.synkradio.co.uk/artistimage?id=6377",
"fans": 710923
}
]
}Response schema
| Field | Type | Example | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| id | number | 369056 | Provider identifier for the resource. |
| name | string | "Bicep" | Display name of the entity. |
| image | string | "https://api.synkradio.co.uk/artistimage?…" | |
| fans | number | 359631 | |
| albumCount | number | 34 | |
| topTracks | array<object> | 2 items | |
| relatedArtists | array<object> | 2 items |