Tools
Descriptor/MusicThemes
Returns the themes in music that are recognized by Rovi Music.
Syntax
descriptor/musicthemes?apikey=apikey&sig=sig [&themeids=themeids] [&format=format] [&country=country] [&language=language]
Request Example 1
- Request all themes in music that are recognized by Rovi Music.
Request Example 2
- Request the theme for theme ID MA0000005030.
http://api.rovicorp.com/data/v1.1/descriptor/musicthemes?apikey=apikey&sig=sig&
themeids=MA0000005030
themeids=MA0000005030
Request Example 3
- Request the theme for theme ID MA0000005030 in an XML response.
Request Parameters
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| Parameter | Required | Description |
|---|---|---|
| apikey | Yes | Access code that authorizes your request for data from Rovi. |
| sig | Yes | A calculated, 32-hex-digit authorization code. To perform the calculation, execute the MD5 function on the concatenation of the following three ASCII strings:
Express the alpha hex digits as lower case. Perform the calculation at the time of each request to be sure it's within a five-minute window of the server time. If you're testing the call in a browser, use our online signature generator to perform the calculation. |
| country | No | Country the language parameter applies to. The current release of the API supports only US. |
| format | No | Format of the returned data: json or xml. The default is JSON. |
| language | No | Language of the response data. This request supports only en (English). |
| themeids | No | A specific theme ID you want information about.
To specify multiple theme IDs, specify a comma-separated list, like this: themeids=MA0000004248,MA0000004247,MA0000004251. |
Response
Response Header
| Response | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| build | string | The software release level of the API. |
| code | integer | HTTP status code. See the status field for the text part of the code. |
| duration | integer | Server processing time in milliseconds. The difference between startTime and endTime. |
| endTime | string | When the server sent the response (UTC time). |
| messages | Message [ ] | Elements of a multiple HTTP response status message. |
| parameters | parameters | The parameters that were included in the request. |
| serverName | string | Name of the server that processed the request. |
| startTime | string | When the server received the request (UTC time). |
| status | string | Text part of the HTTP status code, which is shown in the code field. |
| view | view | Summary of items returned in a list of items. |
Response for Descriptor/MusicThemes
| Response | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| themes | Theme [ ] | The themes requested. |
JSON Response Example
- Here's the response to Request Example 2, which asks for the theme for theme ID MA0000005030. The response is formatted with extra spaces and carriage returns to make it easy to read.
- Requested with http://api.rovicorp.com/data/v1.1/descriptor/musicthemes?apikey=apikey&sig=sig&
themeids=MA0000005030.
{
status: "ok",
code: 200,
messages: null,
build: "1.0",
parameters: {
apiKey: "apikey",
id: "MA0000005030"
},
view: {
total: 1
},
serverName: "ubuntu",
startTime: "2012-10-26T02:04:01Z",
endTime: "2012-10-26T02:04:02Z",
duration: 1480,
themes: [
{
id: "MA0000005030",
name: "Adventure"
}
]
}
status: "ok",
code: 200,
messages: null,
build: "1.0",
parameters: {
apiKey: "apikey",
id: "MA0000005030"
},
view: {
total: 1
},
serverName: "ubuntu",
startTime: "2012-10-26T02:04:01Z",
endTime: "2012-10-26T02:04:02Z",
duration: 1480,
themes: [
{
id: "MA0000005030",
name: "Adventure"
}
]
}
XML Response Example
- Here's the response to Request Example 3, which asks for the theme for theme ID MA0000005030 in an XML response.
- Requested with http://api.rovicorp.com/data/v1.1/descriptor/musicthemes?apikey=apikey&sig=sig&
themeids=MA0000005030&format=xml.
<Themes xmlns="com.rovicorp.metadataservice" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.0</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>apikey</apiKey>
<id>MA0000005030</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<view>
<total>1</total>
</view>
<serverName>ubuntu</serverName>
<startTime>2012-10-26T02:06:42Z</startTime>
<endTime>2012-10-26T02:06:43Z</endTime>
<duration>1462</duration>
<themes>
<Theme>
<id>MA0000005030</id>
<name>Adventure</name>
</Theme>
</themes>
</Themes>
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.0</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>apikey</apiKey>
<id>MA0000005030</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<view>
<total>1</total>
</view>
<serverName>ubuntu</serverName>
<startTime>2012-10-26T02:06:42Z</startTime>
<endTime>2012-10-26T02:06:43Z</endTime>
<duration>1462</duration>
<themes>
<Theme>
<id>MA0000005030</id>
<name>Adventure</name>
</Theme>
</themes>
</Themes>