Get an artist's most popular tracks. This reads the artist overview response and costs no additional lookup.
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Parameters
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Runnable path
1 required parameter needed before sending a request.
string
Required
Spotify artist id or full spotify:artist: URI.
1234567890
Response Schema
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Example response fields
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artist
top_tracks
search_parameters
{
"artist": {
"id": "4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi",
"name": "Daft Punk"
},
"top_tracks": {
"items": [
{
"uid": "5d99bb101e828b296cc3",
"track": {
"id": "0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
"uri": "spotify:track:0DiWol3AO6WpXZgp0goxAV",
"name": "One More Time",
"artists": {
"items": [
{
"uri": "spotify:artist:4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi",
"profile": {
"name": "Daft Punk"
}
}
]
},
"duration": {
"totalMilliseconds": 320357
},
"playcount": "981812332",
"discNumber": 1,
"playability": {
"reason": "PLAYABLE",
"playable": true
},
"albumOfTrack": {
"uri": "spotify:album:2noRn2Aes5aoNVsU6iWThc",
"coverArt": {
"sources": [
{
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e021e81bff9807a9e629fce5ade"
},
{
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d000048511e81bff9807a9e629fce5ade"
},
{
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b2731e81bff9807a9e629fce5ade"
}
]
}
},
"contentRating": {
"label": "NONE"
},
"associationsV3": {
"videoAssociations": {
"totalCount": 0
}
}
}
},
{
"uid": "7e2bde934c60abb38dd2",
"track": {
"id": "2Foc5Q5nqNiosCNqttzHof",
"uri": "spotify:track:2Foc5Q5nqNiosCNqttzHof",
"name": "Get Lucky (Radio Edit) [feat. Pharrell Williams and Nile Rodgers]",
"artists": {
"items": [
{
"uri": "spotify:artist:4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi",
"profile": {
"name": "Daft Punk"
}
},
{
"uri": "spotify:artist:2RdwBSPQiwcmiDo9kixcl8",
"profile": {
"name": "Pharrell Williams"
}
},
{
"uri": "spotify:artist:3yDIp0kaq9EFKe07X1X2rz",
"profile": {
"name": "Nile Rodgers"
}
}
]
},
"duration": {
"totalMilliseconds": 247632
},
"playcount": "1453948438",
"discNumber": 1,
"playability": {
"reason": "PLAYABLE",
"playable": true
},
"albumOfTrack": {
"uri": "spotify:album:2ePFIvZKMe8zefATp9ofFA",
"coverArt": {
"sources": [
{
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e0219a88dd5c7118e87d7b1619e"
},
{
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000485119a88dd5c7118e87d7b1619e"
},
{
"url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d0000b27319a88dd5c7118e87d7b1619e"
}
]
}
},
"contentRating": {
"label": "NONE"
},
"associationsV3": {
"videoAssociations": {
"totalCount": 0
}
}
}
}
]
},
"search_parameters": {
"id": "4tZwfgrHOc3mvqYlEYSvVi",
"engine": "spotify_artist_top_tracks"
}
}Errors
Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.
Not Found
No Spotify data exists for the requested id or chart key. Failed requests are never charged.
Validation Error
A required parameter is missing or invalid. See the errors object for the offending field.
Upstream Unavailable
Spotify could not be reached or returned an unusable response. This is a failed request and is never charged; it is safe to retry.
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