Returns URLs to pictures of the album release along with associated image information. Note: Access to images is governed by your subscription level and geographical location.
IMPORTANT: Photography credits must be displayed with images.
release/images? | eanid=eanid upcid=upcid amgpopid=amgpopid releaseid=releaseid amgclassicalid=amgclassicalid |
&apikey=apikey&sig=sig [&format=format] [&country=country] [&language=language] [&formatid=formatid] [&imagecount=imagecount] [&imageoffset=imageoffset] [&imagesize=imagesize] [&imagesort=imagesort] |
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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. | ||||||||||||
amgclassicalid | Conditional | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a classical music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with W and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. For example: W 180317. When using an AMG Classical ID in a request, replace any spaces in the ID with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols, like this: W+++180317. AMG is a legacy database of entertainment information.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
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amgpopid | Conditional | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a popular music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with R and is followed by nine digits with leading spaces. For example: R 1805889. When using an AMG Pop ID in a request, replace any spaces in the ID with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols, like this: R++1805889.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
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eanid | Conditional | The numbers from the EAN barcode that identifies the release.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
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releaseid | Conditional | Rovi Music ID for the release, consisting of the prefix MR followed by a ten-digit number. Your application can grab release IDs from responses to the following requests:
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
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upcid | Conditional | The numbers from the barcode that identifies a music release:
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
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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. | ||||||||||||
formatid | No | Size and file format of returned images. Select the format IDs you want from the Format IDs table.
Specify multiple format IDs in a comma-separated list, like this: formatid=36,44,51. If you also specify imagesize, returned images meet a combination of one formatid and one imagesize filter. | ||||||||||||
imagecount | No | Number of images to be returned. If fewer images are available, the available images are returned without error. The default is 25.
Use imagecount and imageoffset to paginate the response. | ||||||||||||
imageoffset | No | Number of images at the start of the response to skip. The default is zero.
Use imagecount and imageoffset to paginate the response. These parameters execute last, after any filtering and sorting parameters. | ||||||||||||
imagesize | No | Image sizes to be returned. Images are not dynamically resized to fit, so only available sizes are returned.
If you also specify formatid, returned images meet a combination of one formatid and one imagesize filter. | ||||||||||||
imagesort | No | Sort order of returned images. Images can be sorted in ascending or descending order by the following properties:
Specify a descending sort order with a minus (-) sign, like this: imagesort=-width. Note: A request cannot include both the multi and imagesort parameters. | ||||||||||||
language | No | Language of the response data. This request supports only en (English). |
Response | Type | Description |
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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. |
parentIds | parentIds | All of the IDs for the requested object that are recognized by the API. |
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. |
Response | Type | Description |
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images | images | URLs to cover images of the release specified in the request. |