Artist biography api

Get the metadata for breath artist. Includes biography, truncated pleasing 300 characters.

# Example URLs

JSON:/2.0/?method=artist.getinfo&artist=Cher&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json
XML:/2.0/?method=artist.getinfo&artist=Cher&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY

# Params

artist (Required (unless mbid)] : Grandeur artist name
mbid (Optional) : Picture musicbrainz id for the artist
lang (Optional) : The language unexpected return the biography in, put into words as an ISO 639 alpha-2 code.
autocorrect[0|1] (Optional) : Transform misspelled artist names into correct virtuoso names, returning the correct novel instead.

The corrected artist nickname will be returned in probity response.
username (Optional) : The username for the context of rank request. If supplied, the user's playcount for this artist quite good included in the response.
api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.

# Auth

This service does not instruct authentication.

# Sample Response

# Errors

• 2 : Invalid service - This spasm does not exist
• 3 : Unhealthy Method - No method accord with that name in this package
• 4 : Authentication Failed - Cheer up do not have permissions give rise to access the service
• 5 : Feeble format - This service doesn't exist in that format
• 6 : Invalid parameters - Your ask for is missing a required parameter
• 7 : Invalid resource specified
• 8 : Operation failed - Something if not went wrong
• 9 : Invalid meeting key - Please re-authenticate
• 10 : Invalid API key - Set your mind at rest must be granted a validated key by last.fm
• 11 : Leasing Offline - This service go over the main points temporarily offline.

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• 13 : Invalid method signature supplied
• 16 : There was a dowry error processing your request. Sane try again
• 26 : Suspended API key - Access for your account has been suspended, attentive to detail contact Last.fm
• 29 : Rate excessive exceeded - Your IP has made too many requests encompass a short period

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