Artists
GetArtist
Get Spotify catalog information for a single artist identified by their unique Spotify ID.
Parameters
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| id | The Spotify ID for the artist. | "1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY" |
Returns a FullArtist
Usage
FullArtist artist = _spotify.GetArtist("1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY");
Console.WriteLine()
GetRelatedArtists
Get Spotify catalog information about artists similar to a given artist. Similarity is based on analysis of the Spotify community's listening history.
Parameters
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| id | The Spotify ID for the artist. | "1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY" |
Returns a SeveralArtists object which contains the property List<FullArtist> Artists (FullArtist)
Usage
SeveralArtists artists = _spotify.GetRelatedArtists("1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY");
Console.WriteLine(artists.Artists[0].Name);
GetArtistsTopTracks
Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's top tracks by country.
Parameters
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| id | The Spotify ID for the artist. | "1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY" |
| country | The country: an ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. | "DE" |
Returns a SeveralTracks object which contains the property List<FullTrack> Tracks (FullTrack)
Usage
SeveralTracks tracks = _spotify.GetArtistsTopTracks("1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY", "DE");
Console.WriteLine(tracks.Tracks.Count); //How many tracks did we get?
GetArtistsAlbums
Get Spotify catalog information about an artist's albums. Optional parameters can be specified in the query string to filter and sort the response.
Parameters
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| id | The Spotify ID for the artist. | "1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY" |
| [type] | A list of keywords that will be used to filter the response. If not supplied, all album types will be returned | AlbumType.All |
| [limit] | The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50. | 20 |
| [offset] | The index of the first album to return. Default: 0 | 0 |
| [market] | An ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code. Supply this parameter to limit the response to one particular geographical market | "DE" |
Returns a SimpleAlbum wrapped inside a Paging-object
Usage
Paging<SimpleAlbum> albums = _spotify.GetArtistsAlbums("1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY", AlbumType.All);
albums.Items.ForEach(album => Console.WriteLine(album.Name));
GetSeveralArtists
Get Spotify catalog information for several artists based on their Spotify IDs.
Parameters
| Name | Description | Example |
|---|---|---|
| ids | A list of the Spotify IDs for the artists. Maximum: 50 IDs. | new List<String>() { "1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY" } |
Returns a SeveralArtists object which contains the property List<FullArtist> Artists (FullArtist)
Usage
SeveralArtists artists = _spotify.GetSeveralArtists(new List<String>() {"1KpCi9BOfviCVhmpI4G2sY"});
artists.Artists.ForEach(artist => Console.WriteLine(artist.Name));