Obtain JSON list of all concerts for artist

HI,

I'm a long time programmer, use JSON, and code in Swift on iOS, tvOS, and macOS.

I would like to query the setlist.fm database for all concerts ever performed by an artist, which includes the venue and GPS coordinates of the venue.

I've looked at the API, and it is not apparent how I might achieve my goal with multiple queries or other. Would appreciate any guidance or an example on how this might be achieved.

Thanks so much,
Brian

Let's start with some basics. This will give perspective of a Newby to the API.

- I created my setlist.fm account, and logged in. I have an API Key.
- The mbid for the group Queen is 0383dadf-2a4e-4d10-a46a-e9e041da8eb3
- I go to endpoint /1.0/artist/{mbid} and enter the queen mbid - I click 'try it out' and I receive an error saying “Not Acceptable”
- the URL returned is:

https://api.setlist.fm/rest/1.0/artist/0383dadf-2a4e-4d10-a46a-e9e041da8eb3

Typing this in a browser produces the same error.

Why does this not return proper result?

0383dadf-2a4e-4d10-a46a-e9e041da8eb3

I first confirmed my key is correct. Then, enter it in the upper right.
When I click the Explore button to the right, the key has small light dots in red under the key. This might leave me to believe the key is incorrect, though again I double checked and it is the key I was given.

Then I enter the same Beatles MBID used in the example shown, and try:

/1.0/artist/b10bbbfc-cf9e-42e0-be17-e2c3e1d2600d/setlists

Once again, this is not accepted. See two images below:

https://appsird.net/setlist.fm/pic1.png
https://appsird.net/setlist.fm/pic2.png

>Unfortunately the second image has your API key in it.

Slightly incorrect. The image had a portion of the API key, not the entire API key.

Let me try another browser. Meantime, you should detect safari browser in HTML/Javascript and post a message so others are aware it does not work.

Prior you stated:

>The /1.0/artist/{mbid}/setlists endpoint is the one that does that (GPS coordinates are not available).

I look up artist “Pat Metheny” and his MBID is:
7daac7f9-8fcc-485f-a14f-f8091d98cf25

I enter “Pat Metheny” in the setlist.fm search, and there are 100's of shows over many years.

I use this endpoint to list all of his concerts and setlists (per my original question):

/1.0/artist/7daac7f9-8fcc-485f-a14f-f8091d98cf25/setlists

There is an argument p=1 default. I change to 10, and post results in swagger UI.

I receive an error if I use p=100 or greater. Enterring this URL in the firefox browser:

https://api.setlist.fm/rest/1.0/artist/7daac7f9-8fcc-485f-a14f-f8091d98cf25/setlists?p=10

yields a “Forbidden” message once again.

Using the Swagger UI, results are returned, though contrary to your original response the returned venues do display the GPS coordinates.

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Do I require back to back requests with some form of continuation token or other. can you point me to the place in the docs which describe how this is accomplished. Still unclear for myself. As there are many 100's of concerts for this artist.

thanks again.

Also, sending one request produced some results starting in 1989.

Running the request again produced results starting in 1981.

OK, so I understand how to obtain my request by multiple requests with the Swagger UI. Now I am attempting to implement in my mac Swift code. This should look fairly straightforward below

        let setlist_API_Key = "my real key here"
        let mbid = "66a7f1f8-0ad6-4e3a-9346-a643e2739a8c"
        let setlistURL = "https://api.setlist.fm/rest/1.0/search/setlists?artistMbid=\(mbid)&p=1"
bc.
        guard let url = URL(string: "\(setlistURL)") else
        {
            log.error("invalid url")
            return
        }
bc.
        var request = URLRequest(url: url)
        request.httpMethod = "GET"
        request.addValue("\(setlist_API_Key)", forHTTPHeaderField: "x-api-key")
        request.addValue("application/json", forHTTPHeaderField: "Content-Type")
//      request.httpBody = payload
bc.
        URLSession.shared.dataTask(with: request) { (data, response, error) in
            guard error == nil else { print(error!.localizedDescription); return }
            guard let data = data else { print("Empty data"); return }
bc.
            if let str = String(data: data, encoding: .utf8) {
                print(str)
            }
        }.resume()
    }

The results i receive back and print() are:

?xml version=“1.0″ encoding=”UTF-8″ standalone=“yes”?>
<error>
<code>406</code>
<status>Not Acceptable</status>
<timestamp>2021-01-31T00:36:26.934+0000</timestamp>
</error>

Here I am performing a GET, and use the API key for the request.

Any tips welcome.