Artist Alias Method

Returns content associated to a specific artist.

Method Path

http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/[artist_alias]/

Parameters

Parameter	Description	Required
artist_alias	Each artist has a unique alias in the MTVN content system.	Yes

You can pull the artist alias from the <link> tag, included with most API responses.

<link rel="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/schemas/artist" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/q_tip/" />

For example, Radiohead content is located here:

http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/radiohead/

Madonna content is located here:

http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/madonna/

Atom Request Example

http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/q_tip/

Atom Return Example

<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?>
<entry xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/">

<id>http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/q_tip/</id>
<updated>2008-08-06T09:20:59.573-04:00</updated>
<title>Q-Tip</title>
<author>
<name>Q-Tip</name>

<uri>http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/q_tip/</uri>
</author>
<link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/q_tip/" />
<link rel="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/schemas/artist/videos" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/q_tip/videos/" />
<link rel="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/schemas/artist/related" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/q_tip/related/" />
<link rel="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/schemas/genre/" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/genre/hip_hop/" />
<content/>
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/q/q_tip/az_official/376x180.jpg" height="180" width="376"/>

<media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/q/q_tip/az_official/281x211.jpg" height="211" width="281"/>
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/q/q_tip/az_official/140x105.jpg" height="105" width="140"/>
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/q/q_tip/az_official/70x53.jpg" height="53" width="70"/>
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/q/q_tip/dms/288x162.jpg" height="162" width="288"/>
<media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/shared/media/images/artist/q/q_tip/dms/92x52.jpg" height="52" width="92"/>
</entry>

version 9 as of 9 months ago by justintormey

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