Shazam Artists Discovery
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Shazam Artists Discovery
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The Shazam Artists Discovery actor searches and scrapes artist information. It retrieves details like name, genres, bio, latest albums, top songs, upcoming concerts, and similar artists. Input an artist's name and get structured data, including images and links, for deeper insights.
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Created in Feb 2025
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You can access the Shazam Artists Discovery programmatically from your own applications by using the Apify API. You can also choose the language preference from below. To use the Apify API, you’ll need an Apify account and your API token, found in Integrations settings in Apify Console.
1# Start Server-Sent Events (SSE) session
2curl https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/sse?token=<APIFY_TOKEN>&actors=alien_force/shazam-artists-discovery
3
4# Session id example output:
5# event: endpoint
6# data: /message?sessionId=9d820491-38d4-4c7d-bb6a-3b7dc542f1faUsing Shazam Artists Discovery via Model Context Protocol (MCP) server
MCP server lets you use Shazam Artists Discovery within your AI workflows. Send API requests to trigger actions and receive real-time results. Take the received sessionId and use it to communicate with the MCP server. The message starts the Shazam Artists Discovery Actor with the provided input.
1curl -X POST "https://actors-mcp-server.apify.actor/message?token=<YOUR_API_TOKEN>&session_id=<SESSION_ID>" -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '{
2 "jsonrpc": "2.0",
3 "id": 1,
4 "method": "tools/call",
5 "params": {
6 "arguments": {
7 "artist_search": "Imagine Dragons",
8 "limit": 3
9},
10 "name": "alien_force/shazam-artists-discovery"
11 }
12}'The response should be: Accepted. You should received response via SSE (JSON) as:
1event: message
2data: {
3 "result": {
4 "content": [
5 {
6 "type": "text",
7 "text": "ACTOR_RESPONSE"
8 }
9 ]
10 }
11}Configure local MCP Server via standard input/output for Shazam Artists Discovery
You can connect to the MCP Server using clients like ClaudeDesktop and LibreChat or build your own. The server can run both locally and remotely, giving you full flexibility. Set up the server in the client configuration as follows:
1{
2 "mcpServers": {
3 "actors-mcp-server": {
4 "command": "npx",
5 "args": [
6 "-y",
7 "@apify/actors-mcp-server",
8 "--actors",
9 "alien_force/shazam-artists-discovery"
10 ],
11 "env": {
12 "APIFY_TOKEN": "<YOUR_API_TOKEN>"
13 }
14 }
15 }
16}You can further access the MCP client through the Tester MCP Client, a chat user interface to interact with the server.
To get started, check out the documentation and example clients. If you are interested in learning more about our MCP server, check out our blog post.
