Artist browsing

The ArtistBrowser class

class spotify.ArtistBrowser(artist[, type[, callback[, userdata]]])

Note

A sequence of Track objects.

Browse an artist, calling the callback when the browser’s metadata is loaded.

Parameters:

• artist (Artist) – a Spotify artist (does not have to be loaded)
• type –

  this browser’s type. One of:

  • 'full' (default): all data will be fetched (deprecated in pyspotify 1.7 / libspotify 11)
  • 'no_tracks': no information about tracks
  • 'no_albums': no information about albums (implies 'no_tracks')

  The 'no_tracks' and 'no_albums' browser types also include a list of top tracks for this artist.

• callback – a function with signature : (ArtistBrowser browser, Object userdata)
• userdata – any object

is_loaded()

Return type:int Returns:wether this artist browser has finished loading metadata.

albums()

Return type:list of Album Returns:the list of albums found while browsing

similar_artists()

Return type:list of Artist Returns:the list of similar artists found while browsing

tracks()

Return type:list of Track Returns:the list of tracks found while browsing

tophit_tracks()

Return type:list of Track Returns:the list of top tracks for this artist found while browsing