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Any chance of getting the MusicBrainz ID implemented in the Java API?

It would be stellar if the Artist objects returned from the Search call already had MusicBrainz IDs populated to save the extra call to getProfile.

Hey Sten:

You can get the MusicBrainz ID for an artist via the getUrls call. This returns a map of links. If we know the MBAID for an artist it will be available in the map with the key 'mb_url'. We have some plans on the roadmap to help you reduce the number of calls needed to get artist information, but we don't have a release date for this as of yet.

Hope this helps.

Paul