search_artist {rechonest}

To search artist by using name

Description

To search artist by using name

Usage

search_artist(api_key, name = NA, style = NA, hotttnesss = T,
  description = NA, start = NA, results = 15, sort = NA, partner = NA,
  artist_location = NA, genre = NA, mood = NA, rank_type = "relevance",
  fuzzy_match = F, max_familiarity = NA, min_familiarity = NA,
  max_hotttnesss = NA, min_hotttnesss = NA, artist_start_year_before = NA,
  artist_start_year_after = NA, artist_end_year_before = NA,
  artist_end_year_after = NA)

Arguments

api_key

Echo Nest API key

name

artist's name

style

artist's style

hotttnesss

artist's hotttnesss (Default is true)

description

artist's description

start

the desired index of the first result returned

results

maximum size

sort

to sort ascending or descending

partner

partner catalog

artist_location

artist location

genre

genre name

mood

mood like happy or sad

rank_type

For search by description, style or mood indicates whether results should be ranked by query relevance or by artist familiarity

fuzzy_match

if true, a fuzzy search is performed

max_familiarity

maximum familiarity

min_familiarity

minimum familiarity

max_hotttnesss

maximum hotttnesss

min_hotttnesss

minimum hotttnesss

artist_start_year_before

Matches artists that have an earliest start year before the given value

artist_start_year_after

Matches artists that have an earliest start year after the given value

artist_end_year_before

Matches artists that have a latest end year before the given value

artist_end_year_after

Matches artists that have a latest end year after the given value

Value

data frame giving artist's data

Examples

## Not run: 
data=search_artist(api_key,"coldplay",sort="hotttnesss-desc",results=50)

## End(Not run)