Spotify Get Artist API

Get Spotify catalog information for a single artist identified by their unique Spotify ID. This endpoint is a proxy to the official Spotify Get Artist API.

Endpoint

GET https://api.recoupable.com/api/spotify/artist/

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
id	string	Yes	The Spotify ID of the artist.

Request Examples

cURL

curl -X GET "https://api.recoupable.com/api/spotify/artist/?id=0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json"

Example Response

{
  "artist": {
    "external_urls": {
      "spotify": "https://open.spotify.com/artist/0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg"
    },
    "followers": {
      "href": null,
      "total": 1000000
    },
    "genres": ["Prog rock", "Grunge"],
    "href": "https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg",
    "id": "0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg",
    "images": [
      {
        "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",
        "height": 300,
        "width": 300
      }
    ],
    "name": "Pitbull",
    "popularity": 85,
    "type": "artist",
    "uri": "spotify:artist:0TnOYISbd1XYRBk9myaseg"
  },
  "error": null
}

Response Properties

Property	Type	Description
artist	object	The Spotify artist object (null if error)
artist.external_urls	object	Known external URLs for this artist
artist.external_urls.spotify	string	The Spotify URL for the artist
artist.followers	object	Information about the followers of the artist
artist.followers.href	string	This will always be set to null
artist.followers.total	integer	The total number of followers
artist.genres	array	A list of the genres the artist is associated with
artist.href	string	A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details
artist.id	string	The Spotify ID for the artist
artist.images	array	Images of the artist in various sizes
artist.images[].url	string	The source URL of the image
artist.images[].height	integer	The image height in pixels
artist.images[].width	integer	The image width in pixels
artist.name	string	The name of the artist
artist.popularity	integer	The popularity of the artist (0-100)
artist.type	string	The object type, always `"artist"`
artist.uri	string	The Spotify URI for the artist
error	object	Error object if request failed (null if successful)

See the Spotify Get Artist API Reference for full details.

Notes

This endpoint requires a valid Spotify access token (handled by the Recoup API backend).
The response includes both the artist data and any potential error information.
For more details, see the official Spotify documentation.