artist.getInfo {RLastFM} | R Documentation |
API call to artist.getInfo
artist.getInfo(artist, mbid = NA, key = lastkey, parse = TRUE)
artist |
Name of the artist, in quotes |
mbid |
Optionally, use the artist mbid instead and artist |
key |
API key, defaults to global variable lastkey |
parse |
Parse the returned XML into a list? |
If parse = TRUE,
artist |
Artist's name |
mbid |
Artist mbid |
listners |
Reported number os listeners |
playcount |
Reported playcount |
similar |
List of similar artists |
If parse = FALSE, a object of type "XMLInternalDocument" and "XMLAbstractDocument"
API is sensitive to spelling errors.
Greg Hirson <ghirson@ucdavis.edu>
http://www.last.fm/api/show?service=267
res = artist.getInfo(artist = "Wilco") #res$playcount #[1] "21650801"