album.getInfo {RLastFM} | R Documentation |
API call to album.getInfo
album.getInfo(album = NA, artist = NA, mbid = NA, key = lastkey, parse = TRUE)
album |
Name of the album, in quotes |
artist |
Name of the artist, in quotes |
mbid |
Optionally, use the album mbid instead of album and artist |
key |
API key, defaults to global variable lastkey |
parse |
Parse the returned XML into a list? |
If parse = TRUE,
album |
name of the album |
artist |
name of the artist |
mbid |
mbid for the album |
releasedate |
album release date |
listeners |
reported number of listeners |
playcount |
reported playcount |
If parse = FALSE, a object of type "XMLInternalDocument" and "XMLAbstractDocument"
API is sensitive to spelling.
Greg Hirson <ghirson@ucdavis.edu>
http://www.last.fm/api/show?service=290
res = album.getInfo(album = "Yankee Hotel Foxtrot", artist = "Wilco") #res$releasedate #[1] "17 Feb 2004"