library.getArtists {RLastFM}R Documentation

API call to library.getArtists

Description

API call to library.getArtists

Usage

library.getArtists(username, limit = NA, page = NA, key = lastkey, parse = TRUE)

Arguments

username Username, in quotes
limit Number of albums to return. Default/max = 50.
page Page number to start, given limit per page.
key API key, defaults to global variable lastkey
parse Parse the returned XML into a list?

Value

If parse = TRUE,

artist Names of artists
playcount album playcount
artmbid artist mbid

If parse = FALSE, a object of type "XMLInternalDocument" and "XMLAbstractDocument"

Note

API is sensitive to spelling errors.

Author(s)

Greg Hirson <ghirson@ucdavis.edu>

References

http://www.last.fm/api/show?service=371

Examples

library.getArtists("monkeycatfm")$artist[1]
#[1] "A Tribe Called Quest"

library.getArtists("monkeycatfm")$playcount[1]
#[1] 1880

[Package RLastFM version 0.1-4 Index]