album.getInfo
Get the metadata and tracklist for an album on Last.fm using the album name
or a musicbrainz id.
Example URLs
JSON: /2.0/?method=album.getinfo&api;_key=YOUR_API_KEY&artist;=Cher&album;=Believe&format;=json
XML: /2.0/?method=album.getinfo&api;_key=YOUR_API_KEY&artist;=Cher&album;=Believe
Params
artist (Required (unless mbid)] : The artist namealbum (Required (unless mbid)] : The album name
mbid (Optional) : The musicbrainz id for the album
autocorrect[0|1] (Optional) : Transform misspelled artist names into correct artist names, returning the correct version instead. The corrected artist name will be returned in the response.
username (Optional) : The username for the context of the request. If supplied, the user's playcount for this album is included in the response.
lang (Optional) : The language to return the biography in, expressed as an ISO 639 alpha-2 code.
api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.
Auth
This service does not require authentication.Sample Response
<album>
<name>Believe</name>
<artist>Cher</artist>
<id>2026126</id>
<mbid>61bf0388-b8a9-48f4-81d1-7eb02706dfb0</mbid>
<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Cher/Believe</url>
<releasedate>6 Apr 1999, 00:00</releasedate>
<image size="small">...</image>
<image size="medium">...</image>
<image size="large">...</image>
<listeners>47602</listeners>
<playcount>212991</playcount>
<toptags>
<tag>
<name>pop</name>
<url>http://www.last.fm/tag/pop</url>
</tag>
...
</toptags>
<tracks>
<track rank="1">
<name>Believe</name>
<duration>239</duration>
<mbid/>
<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Cher/_/Believe</url>
<streamable fulltrack="0">1</streamable>
<artist>
<name>Cher</name>
<mbid>bfcc6d75-a6a5-4bc6-8282-47aec8531818</mbid>
<url>http://www.last.fm/music/Cher</url>
</artist>
</track>
...
</tracks>
</album>
Hover over the underlined tags and attributes to get detailed information.
Errors
- 2 : Invalid service - This service does not exist
- 3 : Invalid Method - No method with that name in this package
- 4 : Authentication Failed - You do not have permissions to access the service
- 5 : Invalid format - This service doesn't exist in that format
- 6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
- 7 : Invalid resource specified
- 8 : Operation failed - Something else went wrong
- 9 : Invalid session key - Please re-authenticate
- 10 : Invalid API key - You must be granted a valid key by last.fm
- 11 : Service Offline - This service is temporarily offline. Try again later.
- 13 : Invalid method signature supplied
- 16 : There was a temporary error processing your request. Please try again
- 26 : Suspended API key - Access for your account has been suspended, please contact Last.fm
- 29 : Rate limit exceeded - Your IP has made too many requests in a short period