Tools
Song/Review
Returns the most recent major review of a song.
Syntax
| song/review? | track=track isrcid=isrcid muzeid=muzeid trackid=trackid amgpoptrackid=amgpoptrackid amgclassicaltrackid=amgclassicaltrackid |
&apikey=apikey&sig=sig [&format=format] [&country=country] [&language=language] |
Request Example 1
- Request a review of the song Beat It.
Request Example 2
- Request the review in XML format.
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. | ||
| amgclassicaltrackid | Conditional | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a track on a classical music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with Y and is followed by 9 digits with leading spaces. AMG is a legacy database of entertainment information. When using an AMG Classical ID in a request, replace any spaces in the ID with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these arguments:
| ||
| amgpoptrackid | Conditional | All Media Guide (AMG) ID for a track on a popular music album, consisting of a ten-character string that starts with T and is followed by 9 digits with leading spaces. AMG is a legacy database of entertainment information. When using an AMG Pop ID in a request, replace any spaces in the ID with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these arguments:
| ||
| isrcid | Conditional | International Standard Recording Code (ISRC) for a song recording. Note: Because some recordings have the same ISRC code as another recording or have multiple ISRC codes, you need to verify results of requests that use ISRC codes that come from outside of Rovi Cloud Services. The song you want may be available under a different ISRC code.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these arguments:
| ||
| muzeid | Conditional | Legacy ID from the Muze database.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these arguments:
| ||
| track | Conditional | Keywords from the song title. This searches for the most popular title with that combination of words. Replace spaces with plus (+) or percent20 (%20) symbols.
Condition: The request must contain just one of these arguments:
| ||
| trackid | Conditional | Rovi Music ID for a popular song, consisting of the prefix MT followed by a ten-digit number. For example: MT0009472348. Your application can grab track IDs from responses to the following requests:
Condition: The request must contain just one of these arguments:
| ||
| 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. This request supports only en, English. |
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. |
| 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 for Song/Review
| Response | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
| author | string | Author of the review. |
| text | string | The full text of the review. |
JSON Response Example
- Here's the response to Request Example 1, which asks for a review of the song Beat It. 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/song/review?apikey=apikey&sig=sig&trackid=MT0010499650.
{
"status":"ok",
"code":200,
"messages":null,
"build":"1.5.1.9",
"parameters":{
"apiKey":"apikey",
"id":"MT0010499650"
},
"serverName":"tul1cssw3",
"startTime":"2011-04-28T17:36:00.6462861Z",
"endTime":"2011-04-28T17:36:00.6462861Z",
"duration":0,
"parentIds":{
"amgPopTrackId":"T 2356497",
"muzeId":"22315562",
"trackId":"MT0010499650"
},
"review":{
"text":"[roviLink=\"MN\"]Michael Jackson[\/roviLink] wanted to write a [roviLink=\"MA\"]rock[\/roviLink] song that appealed to kids and had an anti-violence theme. Producer [roviLink=\"MN\"]Quincy Jones[\/roviLink] tried to call guitar virtuoso [roviLink=\"MN\"]Edward Van Halen[\/roviLink]. Because [roviLink=\"MN\"]Van Halen[\/roviLink] couldn't hear [roviLink=\"MN\"]Jones[\/roviLink] on his end, he thought it was a crank call and let loose with a string of expletives. On the third try, [roviLink=\"MN\"]Jones[\/roviLink] got through and invited [roviLink=\"MN\"]Van Halen[\/roviLink] down to the recording session for [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It.\"[\/roviLink] The guitarist was so thrilled to be there that he refused any pay for his work, looking at it as a favor. The session also listed [roviLink=\"MN\"]Greg Phillinganes[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Steve Porcaro[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Bill Wolfer[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Steve Lukather[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Tom Bahler[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Paul Jackson Jr.[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Jeff Porcaro[\/roviLink], and engineer [roviLink=\"MN\"]Bruce Swedien[\/roviLink]. [roviLink=\"MN\"]CBS[\/roviLink]\/[roviLink=\"MN\"]Epic[\/roviLink] didn't want to release [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink],fearing that it would interfere with the ascendancy of [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Billie Jean\"[\/roviLink]; either [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Billie Jean\"[\/roviLink] would be dropped from radio play lists to add [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] or [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Billie Jean\"[\/roviLink] would garner so much attention that [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] wouldn't be added.[roviLink=\"MN\"]Jackson[\/roviLink]'s manager [roviLink=\"MN\"]Frank DiLeo[\/roviLink] assured the label that both tracks would occupy the [roviLink=\"MA\"]pop[\/roviLink] Top Ten; he turned out to be right. There was some controversy concerning the [roviLink=\"VW\"]West Side Story[\/roviLink]-themed [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] music video.[roviLink=\"MN\"]MTV[\/roviLink] refused to air it with the result being [roviLink=\"MN\"]CBS Records[\/roviLink] banning all their other music videos from the network.[roviLink=\"MN\"]Motown[\/roviLink] artist [roviLink=\"MN\"]Rick James[\/roviLink], whose videos were also not being played by [roviLink=\"MN\"]MTV[\/roviLink], leveled charges of racism. As the third single from [roviLink=\"MW\"]Thriller[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] went platinum, going to number one [roviLink=\"MA\"]R&B[\/roviLink] and number one [roviLink=\"MA\"]pop[\/roviLink] for three weeks in the spring of 1983. ~ Ed Hogan",
"author":"Ed Hogan"
}
}
"status":"ok",
"code":200,
"messages":null,
"build":"1.5.1.9",
"parameters":{
"apiKey":"apikey",
"id":"MT0010499650"
},
"serverName":"tul1cssw3",
"startTime":"2011-04-28T17:36:00.6462861Z",
"endTime":"2011-04-28T17:36:00.6462861Z",
"duration":0,
"parentIds":{
"amgPopTrackId":"T 2356497",
"muzeId":"22315562",
"trackId":"MT0010499650"
},
"review":{
"text":"[roviLink=\"MN\"]Michael Jackson[\/roviLink] wanted to write a [roviLink=\"MA\"]rock[\/roviLink] song that appealed to kids and had an anti-violence theme. Producer [roviLink=\"MN\"]Quincy Jones[\/roviLink] tried to call guitar virtuoso [roviLink=\"MN\"]Edward Van Halen[\/roviLink]. Because [roviLink=\"MN\"]Van Halen[\/roviLink] couldn't hear [roviLink=\"MN\"]Jones[\/roviLink] on his end, he thought it was a crank call and let loose with a string of expletives. On the third try, [roviLink=\"MN\"]Jones[\/roviLink] got through and invited [roviLink=\"MN\"]Van Halen[\/roviLink] down to the recording session for [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It.\"[\/roviLink] The guitarist was so thrilled to be there that he refused any pay for his work, looking at it as a favor. The session also listed [roviLink=\"MN\"]Greg Phillinganes[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Steve Porcaro[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Bill Wolfer[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Steve Lukather[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Tom Bahler[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Paul Jackson Jr.[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MN\"]Jeff Porcaro[\/roviLink], and engineer [roviLink=\"MN\"]Bruce Swedien[\/roviLink]. [roviLink=\"MN\"]CBS[\/roviLink]\/[roviLink=\"MN\"]Epic[\/roviLink] didn't want to release [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink],fearing that it would interfere with the ascendancy of [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Billie Jean\"[\/roviLink]; either [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Billie Jean\"[\/roviLink] would be dropped from radio play lists to add [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] or [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Billie Jean\"[\/roviLink] would garner so much attention that [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] wouldn't be added.[roviLink=\"MN\"]Jackson[\/roviLink]'s manager [roviLink=\"MN\"]Frank DiLeo[\/roviLink] assured the label that both tracks would occupy the [roviLink=\"MA\"]pop[\/roviLink] Top Ten; he turned out to be right. There was some controversy concerning the [roviLink=\"VW\"]West Side Story[\/roviLink]-themed [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] music video.[roviLink=\"MN\"]MTV[\/roviLink] refused to air it with the result being [roviLink=\"MN\"]CBS Records[\/roviLink] banning all their other music videos from the network.[roviLink=\"MN\"]Motown[\/roviLink] artist [roviLink=\"MN\"]Rick James[\/roviLink], whose videos were also not being played by [roviLink=\"MN\"]MTV[\/roviLink], leveled charges of racism. As the third single from [roviLink=\"MW\"]Thriller[\/roviLink], [roviLink=\"MC\"]\"Beat It\"[\/roviLink] went platinum, going to number one [roviLink=\"MA\"]R&B[\/roviLink] and number one [roviLink=\"MA\"]pop[\/roviLink] for three weeks in the spring of 1983. ~ Ed Hogan",
"author":"Ed Hogan"
}
}
XML Response Example
- Here's the response to Request Example 2, which asks for a review of the song Beat It in XML format.
- Requested with http://api.rovicorp.com/data/v1.1/song/review?apikey=apikey&sig=sig&
trackid=MT0010499650&format=xml.
<SongReview xmlns="com.rovicorp.metadataservice" xmlns:i="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance">
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.5.1.9</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>apikey</apiKey>
<id>MT0010499650</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<serverName>tul1cssw1</serverName>
<startTime>2011-04-28T17:35:38.8274417Z</startTime>
<endTime>2011-04-28T17:35:38.8274417Z</endTime>
<duration>0</duration>
<parentIds>
<amgPopTrackId>T 2356497</amgPopTrackId>
<muzeId>22315562</muzeId>
<trackId>MT0010499650</trackId>
</parentIds>
<review>
<text>[roviLink="MN"]Michael Jackson[/roviLink] wanted to write a [roviLink="MA"]rock[/roviLink] song that appealed to kids and had an anti-violence theme. Producer [roviLink="MN"]Quincy Jones[/roviLink] tried to call guitar virtuoso [roviLink="MN"]Edward Van Halen[/roviLink]. Because [roviLink="MN"]Van Halen[/roviLink] couldn't hear [roviLink="MN"]Jones[/roviLink] on his end, he thought it was a crank call and let loose with a string of expletives. On the third try, [roviLink="MN"]Jones[/roviLink] got through and invited [roviLink="MN"]Van Halen[/roviLink] down to the recording session for [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It."[/roviLink] The guitarist was so thrilled to be there that he refused any pay for his work, looking at it as a favor. The session also listed [roviLink="MN"]Greg Phillinganes[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Steve Porcaro[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Bill Wolfer[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Steve Lukather[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Tom Bahler[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Paul Jackson Jr.[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Jeff Porcaro[/roviLink], and engineer [roviLink="MN"]Bruce Swedien[/roviLink]. [roviLink="MN"]CBS[/roviLink]/[roviLink="MN"]Epic[/roviLink] didn't want to release [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink],fearing that it would interfere with the ascendancy of [roviLink="MC"]"Billie Jean"[/roviLink]; either [roviLink="MC"]"Billie Jean"[/roviLink] would be dropped from radio play lists to add [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] or [roviLink="MC"]"Billie Jean"[/roviLink] would garner so much attention that [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] wouldn't be added.[roviLink="MN"]Jackson[/roviLink]'s manager [roviLink="MN"]Frank DiLeo[/roviLink] assured the label that both tracks would occupy the [roviLink="MA"]pop[/roviLink] Top Ten; he turned out to be right. There was some controversy concerning the [roviLink="VW"]West Side Story[/roviLink]-themed [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] music video.[roviLink="MN"]MTV[/roviLink] refused to air it with the result being [roviLink="MN"]CBS Records[/roviLink] banning all their other music videos from the network.[roviLink="MN"]Motown[/roviLink] artist [roviLink="MN"]Rick James[/roviLink], whose videos were also not being played by [roviLink="MN"]MTV[/roviLink], leveled charges of racism. As the third single from [roviLink="MW"]Thriller[/roviLink], [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] went platinum, going to number one [roviLink="MA"]R&B[/roviLink] and number one [roviLink="MA"]pop[/roviLink] for three weeks in the spring of 1983. ~ Ed Hogan</text>
<author>Ed Hogan</author>
</review>
</SongReview>
<status>ok</status>
<code>200</code>
<messages i:nil="true"/>
<build>1.5.1.9</build>
<parameters>
<apiKey>apikey</apiKey>
<id>MT0010499650</id>
<format>xml</format>
</parameters>
<serverName>tul1cssw1</serverName>
<startTime>2011-04-28T17:35:38.8274417Z</startTime>
<endTime>2011-04-28T17:35:38.8274417Z</endTime>
<duration>0</duration>
<parentIds>
<amgPopTrackId>T 2356497</amgPopTrackId>
<muzeId>22315562</muzeId>
<trackId>MT0010499650</trackId>
</parentIds>
<review>
<text>[roviLink="MN"]Michael Jackson[/roviLink] wanted to write a [roviLink="MA"]rock[/roviLink] song that appealed to kids and had an anti-violence theme. Producer [roviLink="MN"]Quincy Jones[/roviLink] tried to call guitar virtuoso [roviLink="MN"]Edward Van Halen[/roviLink]. Because [roviLink="MN"]Van Halen[/roviLink] couldn't hear [roviLink="MN"]Jones[/roviLink] on his end, he thought it was a crank call and let loose with a string of expletives. On the third try, [roviLink="MN"]Jones[/roviLink] got through and invited [roviLink="MN"]Van Halen[/roviLink] down to the recording session for [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It."[/roviLink] The guitarist was so thrilled to be there that he refused any pay for his work, looking at it as a favor. The session also listed [roviLink="MN"]Greg Phillinganes[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Steve Porcaro[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Bill Wolfer[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Steve Lukather[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Tom Bahler[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Paul Jackson Jr.[/roviLink], [roviLink="MN"]Jeff Porcaro[/roviLink], and engineer [roviLink="MN"]Bruce Swedien[/roviLink]. [roviLink="MN"]CBS[/roviLink]/[roviLink="MN"]Epic[/roviLink] didn't want to release [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink],fearing that it would interfere with the ascendancy of [roviLink="MC"]"Billie Jean"[/roviLink]; either [roviLink="MC"]"Billie Jean"[/roviLink] would be dropped from radio play lists to add [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] or [roviLink="MC"]"Billie Jean"[/roviLink] would garner so much attention that [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] wouldn't be added.[roviLink="MN"]Jackson[/roviLink]'s manager [roviLink="MN"]Frank DiLeo[/roviLink] assured the label that both tracks would occupy the [roviLink="MA"]pop[/roviLink] Top Ten; he turned out to be right. There was some controversy concerning the [roviLink="VW"]West Side Story[/roviLink]-themed [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] music video.[roviLink="MN"]MTV[/roviLink] refused to air it with the result being [roviLink="MN"]CBS Records[/roviLink] banning all their other music videos from the network.[roviLink="MN"]Motown[/roviLink] artist [roviLink="MN"]Rick James[/roviLink], whose videos were also not being played by [roviLink="MN"]MTV[/roviLink], leveled charges of racism. As the third single from [roviLink="MW"]Thriller[/roviLink], [roviLink="MC"]"Beat It"[/roviLink] went platinum, going to number one [roviLink="MA"]R&B[/roviLink] and number one [roviLink="MA"]pop[/roviLink] for three weeks in the spring of 1983. ~ Ed Hogan</text>
<author>Ed Hogan</author>
</review>
</SongReview>