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Biography of an artist
Description
Original biography of an artist. Produced and regularly updated by Music Story.
Available in short format in the field header (average 1500 characters) and in long version in the field content(from 2000 to 10000 characters nearly).
Also available with identification of artists mentioned in textes in fields linked_header and linked_content.
Example :
We search for the biography with the ID 2400 (Ringo Starr)
http://api.music-story.com/en/biography/2400
Sources
| Name | Description | Restriction | Language | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Music Story | Original biographies from Music Story | Editorial | French |
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Wikipedia | Biographies from Wikipedia in French | Editorial | French |
|
Wikipedia | Biographies from Wikipedia in English | Editorial | English |
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Bandpage | Biographies from Bandpage in English | Editorial | English |
Fields
| Name | Description | Facultatively | Type | Restriction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| id | Unique ID | no | string | Editorial |
| header | Text of biography in short version | no | string | Editorial |
| linked_header | Text of biography in short version with links to mentioned artists | no | string | Editorial |
| content | Text of biography in long version | no | string | Editorial |
| linked_content | Text of biography in long version with links to mentioned artists | no | string | Editorial |
| author | Author | no | string | Editorial |
| lang | Language | no | string | Editorial |
| source | Source | no | string | Editorial |
| copyright | Copyright | no | string | Editorial |
| licence | Licence type (not used at the moment) | no | string | Editorial |
| update_date | Last update date | no | date | Editorial |
| creation_date | Database entry date | no | date | Editorial |
Connectors
| Name | Description | Returns |
|---|---|---|
| artists | Artists associated to a biography | A list of artists |
artists
Artists associated with a biography.
Links between artists and biographies can take following values :
| Added fields | Description | Facultatively | Type | Restriction |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| link | Type of link between artists and biographies | no | 'Main'/'Mentioned' | Unlimited |
Example :
Gathers the artists concerned by the biography with the ID 2400
http://api.music-story.com/en/biography/2400/artists
