getCorrection
Use the Last.fm corrections data to check whether the supplied track has a correction to a canonical track.
No authentication required.
Parameters¶
Method | Type | Default | Required | Description |
---|---|---|---|---|
artist |
string | none |
The artist name to correct. | |
track |
string | none |
The track 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 | Skee-Lo |
track | I wish |
api_key | YOUR_API_KEY |
format | json |
HTTP status: 200 OK
https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getCorrection&artist=Skee-Lo&track=I%20Wish&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json
{
"corrections": {
"correction": {
"track": {
"name": "I Wish",
"mbid": "ccb9326a-6f9f-48b1-a097-1210dd14e119",
"url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Skee-Lo/_/I+Wish",
"artist": {
"name": "Skee-Lo",
"mbid": "9341a67c-4f0c-43c2-9ec4-c222d2cb97f3",
"url": "https://www.last.fm/music/Skee-Lo"
}
},
"@attr": {
"index": "0",
"artistcorrected": "0",
"trackcorrected": "0"
}
}
}
}
Example response of an artist/track that doesnt exist
HTTP status: 200 OK
https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getCorrection&artist=artistthatdoesntexist&track=i%20wish&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json
{
"corrections": {
"correction": {
"track": {
"url": "",
"artist": {
"url": ""
}
},
"@attr": {
"index": "0",
"artistcorrected": "0",
"trackcorrected": "0"
}
}
}
}