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How can I get number of followers with Spotify API?

I'm trying to get an artist's number of followers.

If I use the metadata api call

http://ws.spotify.com/lookup/1/?uri=spotify:artist:4YrKBkKSVeqDamzBPWVnSJ

I just get the name of the artist.

Solution

  • I'm assuming you want a PHP solution.

    Using the spotify-web-api-php library (shameless self promotion) it's really easy. Take a look at this example:

    <?php
require_once 'src/Request.php';
require_once 'src/SpotifyWebAPI.php';

$api = new SpotifyWebAPI\SpotifyWebAPI();
$artist = $api->getArtist('0OdUWJ0sBjDrqHygGUXeCF');

echo '<b>Number of followers:</b> ' . $artist->followers->total;

    As mentioned earlier, also take a look at the official Spotify docs.