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Artist Videos Method
Returns videos associated to a specific artist.
Method Path
http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/[artist_uri]/videos
Method Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Required |
| artist_uri | Each artist has a unique URI in the MTVN content system. | Yes |
You can pull the artist URI from the <link> tag, included with most return entries.
<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 videos are located here:
http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/radiohead/videos/
Madonna videos are located here:
http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/madonna/videos/
Atom Request Example
http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/buggles/videos/
Atom Return Example
<?xml version="1.0" encoding="iso-8859-1"?> <feed xmlns:opensearch="http://a9.com/-/spec/opensearch/1.1/" xmlns:media="http://search.yahoo.com/mrss/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom"> <id>http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/buggles/videos/</id> <updated>2008-11-06T14:33:42.747-05:00</updated> <title>The Buggles Videos</title> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/buggles/videos/?start-index=1&max-results=25"/> <link rel="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/schemas/artist" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/buggles/"/> <opensearch:totalResults>1</opensearch:totalResults> <opensearch:startIndex>1</opensearch:startIndex> <opensearch:itemsPerPage>25</opensearch:itemsPerPage> <entry> <id>http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/video/hznHivqrbHHDGDZX/</id> <published>1980-01-01T00:00:00Z</published> <updated>2008-11-06T14:33:42.747-05:00</updated> <title>Video Killed The Radio Star</title> <content>The Buggles | Video Killed The Radio Star | Island Records</content> <link rel="self" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/video/hznHivqrbHHDGDZX/"/> <link rel="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/schemas/artist" type="application/atom+xml" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/buggles/"/> <link rel="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/schemas/genre" type="application/atom+xml" title="Alternative" href="http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/genre/alternative/"/> <author> <name>The Buggles</name> <uri>http://api.mtvnservices.com/1/artist/buggles/</uri> </author> <media:player url="http://www.mtv.com/overdrive/?vid=18123"/> <media:title>Video Killed The Radio Star</media:title> <media:description>The Buggles | Video Killed The Radio Star | Island Records</media:description> <media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/buggles_the/video_killed_the_radio_70x5.jpg" height="53" width="70"/> <media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/buggles_the/video_killed_the_radio_82x5.jpg" height="55" width="82"/> <media:thumbnail url="http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/promoimages/artists/b/buggles_the/vspot/video_killed_the_radio_star/84x77.jpg" height="77" width="84"/> <media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/buggles_the/video_killed_the_radio_star.jpg" height="105" width="140"/> <media:thumbnail url="http://www.mtv.com/bands/b/buggles_the/video_killed_the_radio_281x.jpg" height="211" width="281"/> <media:thumbnail url="http://www.vh1.com/sitewide/promoimages/artists/b/buggles_the/vspot/video_killed_the_radio_star/320x240.jpg" height="240" width="320"/> <media:restriction type="country" relationship="allow">US CA MX</media:restriction> <media:keywords><![CDATA[The Buggles, Video Killed The Radio Star]]></media:keywords> <media:credit role="director" scheme="urn:ebu"/> <media:credit role="artist/performer" scheme="urn:ebu">The Buggles</media:credit> <media:category scheme="urn:mtvn:governing_agreement" label="Governing Agreement">3</media:category> <media:category scheme="urn:mtvn:mgid" label="mgid">mgid:uma:video:api.mtvnservices.com:18123</media:category> </entry> </feed>
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