getTags

Get the tags applied by an individual user to an artist on Last.fm.

No authentication required.

Parameters

Method	Type	Default	Required	Description
artist	string	none	*	The artist name to fetch information for.
user	string	none	**	The user to look up the tags for.
mbid	string	none		The artist's MusicBrainz ID.
autocorrect	number	0		Transform misspelled artist names into correct artist names, returning the correct version instead. The corrected artist name will be returned in the response.
api_key	key	none		A Last.fm API key.

* Required unless you are using a MusicBrainz ID for the artist.
** Required unless the method is called in authenticated mode.

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	Metallica
user	rj
api_key	YOUR_API_KEY
format	json

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getTags&artist=Metallica&user=rj&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
  "tags": {
    "tag": [
      {
        "name": "80s",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/80s"
      },
      {
        "name": "metal",
        "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/metal"
      }
    ],
    "@attr": {
      "artist": "Metallica"
    }
  }
}

Example response of an artist/track that doesnt exist

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getTags&artist=artistthatdoesntexist&user=rj&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "error": 6,
    "message": "The artist you supplied could not be found",
    "links": []
}