/v1/artist
An artist profile, aliases and members
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curl "https://api.oanor.com/discogs-api/v1/artist" \ -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/discogs-api/v1/artist", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/discogs-api/v1/artist");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
$out = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/discogs-api/v1/artist",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."}
)
Example response
A real response from this endpoint, captured by the latest health check.
{
"data": {
"id": 72872,
"uri": "https://www.discogs.com/artist/72872-Rick-Astley",
"name": "Rick Astley",
"urls": [
"http://www.rickastley.co.uk",
"http://www.facebook.com/RickAstley",
"http://www.instagram.com/officialrickastley",
"http://myspace.com/rickastley",
"http://twitter.com/rickastley",
"http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rick_Astley",
"http://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuAXFkgsw1L7xaCfnd5JJOw"
],
"groups": [
"Band Aid II",
"Ferry Aid",
"NHS Voices"
],
"source": "Discogs",
"aliases": [
"Dick Spatsley"
],
"members": [],
"profile": "Rick Astley (b. February 6, 1966 in Newton-le-Willows, Lancashire, United Kingdom) was one of figures to rise up in the dance/pop-driven late '80s. He started as a studio-tea-boy in 1985 at the [l279756] and released his first own single in 1987, [i][m=96559][/i].\r\n\r\nIn 2007, Rick Astley became the subject of a viral internet meme in which millions of internet users were tricked into watching Rick Astley's video [i][url=https://youtu.be/dQw4w9WgXcQ]Never Gonna Give You Up[/url][/i] by posting it under the name of other popular video titles. The practice is now known as [url=https://knowyourmeme.com/memes/rickroll]rickrolling[/url].",
"real_name": "Richard Paul Astley"
},
"meta": {
"timestamp": "2026-06-10T14:01:44.195Z",
"request_id": "747c005f-fbce-4dd0-9549-dd6a1a7158cf"
},
"status": "ok",
"message": "Artist retrieved successfully",
"success": true
}