getTopTags

Get the top tags for an album on Last.fm, ordered by popularity.

No authentication required.

Parameters¶

Method	Type	Default	Required	Description
`artist`	string	`none`	*	The artist which's album should be fetched.
`album`	string	`none`	*	The album that should be fetched.
`mbid`	string	`none`		The album's MusicBrainz ID.
`autocorrect`	number	0		Automatically corrects any mistakes in the artist's name.
`api_key`	key	`none`		A Last.fm API key.

* Required unless you are using a MusicBrainz ID for the album.

Responses¶

Errors:

6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
8 : Operation failed - Something else went wrong
9 : Invalid session key - Please re-authenticate
10 : Invalid API key - You must be granted a valid key by last.fm
11 : Service Offline - This service is temporarily offline. Try again later.
13 : Invalid method signature supplied
16 : There was a temporary error processing your request. Please try again
26 : Suspended API key - Access for your account has been suspended, please contact Last.fm
29 : Rate limit exceeded - Your IP has made too many requests in a short period

Warning

This API call returns 200 OK HTTP status codes even when the response contains an error.

Attributes¶

count : A weighted count of how often the tag was applied, with a maximum of 100

Examples¶

Example response

Parameter	Value
artist	Metallica
album	Metallica
user	Burdayy
api_key	YOUR_API_KEY
format	json

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=album.getTopTags&artist=Metallica&album=Metallica&user=Burdayy&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "tags": {
        "tag": [
        {
            "name": "classic metal",
            "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/classic+metal"
        }
        ],
        "@attr": {
        "artist": "Metallica",
        "album": "Metallica"
        }
    }
}

Example response of an artist/album that doesnt exist

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=album.gettags&artist=ArtistThatDoesntExist&album=metallica&user=burdayy&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "error": 6,
    "message": "Album not found",
    "links": []
}

Example response of an user that doesnt exist

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=album.gettags&artist=metallica&album=metallica&user=UserThatDoesntExist&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "error": 6,
    "message": "User not found",
    "links": []
}