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Web API •References / Users / Get Followed Artists

Get Followed Artists

Get the current user's followed artists.

Authorization scopes

Request

type
string
Required
The ID type: currently only artist is supported.
Allowed values: "artist"Example: type=artist
after
string
The last artist ID retrieved from the previous request.
Example: after=0I2XqVXqHScXjHhk6AYYRe
limit
integer
The maximum number of items to return. Default: 20. Minimum: 1. Maximum: 50.
Default: limit=20Range: 0 - 50Example: limit=10

Response

A paged set of artists

Required
- href
  string
  A link to the Web API endpoint returning the full result of the request.
- limit
  integer
  The maximum number of items in the response (as set in the query or by default).
- next
  string
  URL to the next page of items. ( null if none)
- The cursors used to find the next set of items.
  - after
    string
    The cursor to use as key to find the next page of items.
  - before
    string
    The cursor to use as key to find the previous page of items.
- total
  integer
  The total number of items available to return.
- Known external URLs for this artist.
  spotify
  string
  The Spotify URL for the object.
  Information about the followers of the artist.
  href
  string
  Nullable
  This will always be set to null, as the Web API does not support it at the moment.
  total
  integer
  The total number of followers.
  genres
  array of strings
  A list of the genres the artist is associated with. If not yet classified, the array is empty.
  Example: ["Prog rock","Grunge"]
  href
  string
  A link to the Web API endpoint providing full details of the artist.
  id
  string
  The Spotify ID for the artist.
  Images of the artist in various sizes, widest first.
  url
  string
  Required
  The source URL of the image.
  Example: "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228"
  height
  integer
  Required
  Nullable
  The image height in pixels.
  Example: 300
  width
  integer
  Required
  Nullable
  The image width in pixels.
  Example: 300
  name
  string
  The name of the artist.
  popularity
  integer
  The popularity of the artist. The value will be between 0 and 100, with 100 being the most popular. The artist's popularity is calculated from the popularity of all the artist's tracks.
  type
  string
  The object type.
  Allowed values: "artist"
  uri
  string
  The Spotify URI for the artist.

Response sample

{  "artists": {    "href": "string",    "limit": 0,    "next": "string",    "cursors": {      "after": "string",      "before": "string"    },    "total": 0,    "items": [      {        "external_urls": {          "spotify": "string"        },        "followers": {          "href": "string",          "total": 0        },        "genres": ["Prog rock", "Grunge"],        "href": "string",        "id": "string",        "images": [          {            "url": "https://i.scdn.co/image/ab67616d00001e02ff9ca10b55ce82ae553c8228",            "height": 300,            "width": 300          }        ],        "name": "string",        "popularity": 0,        "type": "artist",        "uri": "string"      }    ]  }}