fetching-artist-information.md

Fetching Information About Artists

There are a few methods for retrieving information about one or more albums from the Spotify catalog. For example, info about a single artist or an artist's top tracks in a country.

Getting info about a single artist

$artist = $api->getArtist('ARTIST_ID');

echo '<b>' . $artist->name . '</b>';

Getting info about multiple artists

$artists = $api->getArtists([
    'ARTIST_ID',
    'ARTIST_ID',
]);

foreach ($artists->artists as $artist) {
    echo '<b>' . $artist->name . '</b> <br>';
}

Getting an artist's albums

$albums = $api->getArtistAlbums('ARTIST_ID');

foreach ($albums->items as $album) {
    echo '<b>' . $album->name . '</b> <br>';
}

Getting an artist's related artists

$artists = $api->getArtistRelatedArtists('ARTIST_ID');

foreach ($artists->artists as $artist) {
    echo '<b>' . $artist->name . '</b> <br>';
}

Getting an artist’s top tracks in a country

$tracks = $api->getArtistTopTracks('ARTIST_ID', [
    'country' => 'se',
]);

foreach ($tracks->tracks as $track) {
    echo '<b>' . $track->name . '</b> <br>';
}

Getting recommendations based on artists

$seedArtist = ['ARTIST_ID', 'ARTIST_ID'];

$recommendations = $api->getRecommendations([
    'seed_artists' => $seedArtist,
]);

print_r($recommendations);

It's also possible to fetch recommendations based on genres and tracks, see the Spotify docs for more info.

Please see the method reference for more available options for each method.