editorialNotes always nil when fetching the Artist model in MusicKit API

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vitaliyfromternopol OP

Created Dec ’22

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For some reason no matter witch approach to take to get editorialNotes from Artist struct it always returns nil.

The first approach is to use MusicCatalogResourceRequest - from MusicKit2 framework like this

let album = try await album?.with(.artistURL)
guard let url = album?.artistURL else { return }

let id = MusicItemID(url.lastPathComponent)
let request = MusicCatalogResourceRequest<Artist>(matching: \.id, equalTo: id)
let requestScopes: [PartialMusicAsyncProperty<Artist>] = [.latestRelease, .featuredAlbums, .fullAlbums, .liveAlbums, .singles, .compilationAlbums, .similarArtists]

let response = try await request.response()
guard let artistResponse = response.items.first else { return }

let detailedArtist = try await artistResponse.with(requestScopes)
self.artist = detailedArtist

Or to use MusicKit1 endpoint like this. GET https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/{storefront}/artists/{id}

let url1 = URL(string: "https://api.music.apple.com/v1/catalog/us/artists/\(url.lastPathComponent)")!
let urlRequest = URLRequest(url: url1)
let artistRequest = MusicDataRequest(urlRequest: urlRequest)

let arstistResponse = try await artistRequest.response()
let decoder = JSONDecoder()
let receivedArstist = try decoder.decode(MusicItemCollection<Album>.self, from: arstistResponse.data)

if let json = try JSONSerialization.jsonObject(with: arstistResponse.data, options: []) as? [String: Any] {
    print(json)
}

For test purposes I try to put in in JSON to print out and see if editorialNotes have some value. Maybe this is a bug, please let me know how to get editorialNotes

Answered by snuff4 in 738681022

From my testing, I have observed that the albums usually have standard editorial notes. But for artists, the editorial notes are under the "short" editorial notes. I hope that helps!

Also, some artists may not have editorial notes, so something to keep in mind.

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snuff4 OP

Dec ’22

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From my testing, I have observed that the albums usually have standard editorial notes. But for artists, the editorial notes are under the "short" editorial notes. I hope that helps!

Also, some artists may not have editorial notes, so something to keep in mind.

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