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()

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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);

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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?

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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));

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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));

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