/1.0/search/artists Resource

GET /1.0/search/artists

Search for artists.

Request Parameters
name type description default constraints
artistMbid query the artist's Musicbrainz Identifier (mbid)    
artistName query the artist's name    
artistTmid query the artist's Ticketmaster Identifier (tmid)   int
p query the number of the result page you'd like to have 1 int
sort query the sort of the result, either sortName (default) or relevance sortName  
Response Body
media type data type description
application/json artists (JSON) a list of matching artist
application/xml artists (XML)

Example

Request
GET /1.0/search/artists
Accept: application/json
Response
HTTP/1.1 200 OK
Content-Type: application/json

                
{
  "artist" : [ {
    "mbid" : "b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d",
    "tmid" : 735610,
    "name" : "The Beatles",
    "sortName" : "Beatles, The",
    "disambiguation" : "John, Paul, George and Ringo",
    "url" : "https://www.setlist.fm/setlists/the-beatles-23d6a88b.html"
  }, {
    "mbid" : "...",
    "tmid" : 12345,
    "name" : "...",
    "sortName" : "...",
    "disambiguation" : "...",
    "url" : "..."
  } ],
  "total" : 42,
  "page" : 1,
  "itemsPerPage" : 20
}