get_artist_audio_features()

[josephquinn]

When I call get_artist_audio_features() on certain artist names, I get an interesting error. Consider below:

get_artist_audio_features('Kent Jones')
Error in get_artist_audio_features("Kent Jones") : No artist found with artist_id='3jHBxvZ9gbBkZ17wKUqVsO'

But there is an artist named "Kent Jones," and his artist ID is actually the exact ID that the error returned. This has also happened for the following artists:

Kyla (77DAFfvm3O9zT5dIoG0eIO)
Rozes (6jsjhAEteAlY0vCiLvMLBA)
Natalie La Rose (2qdONMCoDngQk0eV4Avs1i)
Remy Boyz (2s0yxtiHiyGe6CY4mbDYFi)

How could the function possibly return an accurate ID for the artist if it allegedly can't find said artist by name?

How can I extract the data associated with the get_artist_audio_features() function for these artists?

Thanks!

[antaldaniel]

This is a function naming problem. get_artist_audio_features() refers to get_artist_albums(), but Kenny Jones has no albums. However, get_artist_albums() should be re-named get_artist_catalog(), as it can also retreive information about singles, and it returns the singles of Kenny Jones.

This is a relatively easy fix, the harder part is do it in a way that does not affect legacy code and maintains function API consistence. I will shortly come up with something.

[antaldaniel]

In fact, this appears to be a case of #159.