getSimilar

Get tags that are similar to this one. Returns tags ranked by similarity, based on listening data.

No authentication required.

Parameters¶

Method	Type	Default	Required	Description
`tag`	string	`none`		The tag name to search information for.
`api_key`	key	`none`		A Last.fm API key.

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 is currently broken and returns an empty array as a response.

Warning

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

Example response

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=tag.getSimilar&tag=metal&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
  "similartags": {
    "tag": [],
    "@attr": {
      "tag": "n/a"
    }
  }
}