Returns a list of albums that are similar to an album named in the request as chosen by comparing moods, styles, themes, and type of album.
Notice: This request is deprecated and will be removed from the API on a date to be announced. Please use the Recommendations Similar request instead.
album/similar? | album=album albumid=albumid amgpopid=amgpopid amgclassicalid=amgclassicalid |
&apikey=apikey&sig=sig [&format=format] [&offset=offset] [&count=count] [&country=country] [&language=language] |
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Parameter | Required | Description |
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apikey | Yes | Access code that authorizes your request for data from Rovi. |
sig | Yes | A calculated authorization code. To perform the calculation, execute the MD5 function on the concatenation of the following three strings:
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. |
album | Conditional | Keywords from the album 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 parameters:
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albumid | Conditional | Rovi Music ID for an album, consisting of the prefix MW followed by a ten-digit number. For example: MW0000056882. You can grab album IDs from responses to the following requests:
Condition: The request must contain just one of these parameters:
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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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count | No | Number of items to be returned. The default is zero, which returns all items after the offset.
Use count and offset to paginate the response. |
country | No | Country of the language of the response. 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). |
offset | No | Number of items at the start of the returned list to skip. The default is zero.
Use count and offset to paginate the response. |
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 | List of the parameters 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 that is shown in the code field. |
view | view | Summary of items returned in a list of items. |
Response | Type | Description |
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similar | AlbumSimilar [ ] | Information about albums similar to the one specified in the request. |