A musician, group, or other artist from Discogs.
An Artist represents a person, group, or collective that has released music. Each artist has basic information (name, profile) and can have multiple aliases, name variations, and images.
Common Fields
:id— Unique Discogs artist ID:name— Primary artist name (band name, artist stage name):real_name— Real name if different from stage name:profile— Biography and description:aliases— List of ArtistAlias records (alternate names):name_variations— List of alternate spellings:images— Cover art and other images:data_quality— Discogs data quality rating for this entry
Examples
Get artist information:
{:ok, artist} = ExDisco.Artists.get(1)
IO.inspect(artist.name)
# "Arif Mardin"
Enum.each(artist.aliases, &IO.inspect(&1.name))
# Alternate names...Summary
Functions
Creates a new Artist struct from the api response.
Types
@type t() :: %ExDisco.Artists.Artist{ aliases: [ExDisco.Artists.ArtistAlias.t()], cover_image: String.t() | nil, data_quality: String.t() | nil, id: pos_integer(), images: [ExDisco.Types.Image.t()], name: String.t(), name_variations: [String.t()], profile: String.t() | nil, real_name: String.t() | nil, releases_url: String.t() | nil, resource_url: String.t() | nil, thumb: String.t() | nil, uri: String.t() | nil }