getCorrection

Use the Last.fm corrections data to check whether the supplied artist has a correction to a canonical artist.

No authentication required.

Parameters¶

Method	Type	Default	Required	Description
`artist`	string	`none`		The artist name to correct.
`api_key`	key	`none`		A Last.fm API key.

Responses¶

Errors:

2 : Invalid service - This service does not exist
3 : Invalid Method - No method with that name in this package
4 : Authentication Failed - You do not have permissions to access the service
5 : Invalid format - This service doesn't exist in that format
6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
7 : Invalid resource specified
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.

Examples¶

Example response

Parameter	Value
artist	Avici
api_key	YOUR_API_KEY
format	json

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getCorrection&artist=Avici&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
  "corrections": {
    "correction": {
      "artist": {
        "name": "Avicii",
        "mbid": "c85cfd6b-b1e9-4a50-bd55-eb725f04f7d5",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Avicii"
      },
      "@attr": {
        "index": "0"
      }
    }
  }
}

Example response of an artist/track that doesnt exist

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getCorrection&artist=artistdoesntexist&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "corrections": "\n                "
}