artist_search: Search for an artist
In RMHogervorst/musicgraph: Interface With Musicgraph.com Through R

Description Usage Arguments Details Value See Also

Search for a specific artist, the name needs to match exactly. But you can also search for similar artists but the name needs to match exactly too.

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artist_search(name = NULL, similar_to = NULL, decade = NULL,
  genre = NULL, country = NULL, gender = NULL, limit = NULL,
  offset = NULL, query = NULL, api_key = NULL)

`name`	*optional Return artists who match the name; exact, case insensitive "John+Lennon"
`similar_to`	*optional Return artists who are similar to the given name; exact, case insensitive &similar_to=Pink+Floyd
`decade`	*optional a decade for instance
`genre`	*optional a genre such as Blues, Rock etc.
`country`	see the dictionary for more info about the country
`gender`	male or female
`limit`	*optional max number of results defaults to 20
`offset`	*optional pagination which page of the results do you want
`query`	use this if you know exactly what your query is, leave NULL if you have want to build up the query in steps
`api_key`	your developer API key see getting_api_key