Params key not in get_artist

[kalebbroo]

Describe the bug
I am trying to return a list of all the albums from an artist using get_artist_albums. I cannot figure out how to get the perams key. I am only just learning how to code so this is most likely just a dumb mistake on my part. The api docs says to get params use get_artist but I am not able to return that key.

Error searching for artist albums: 'params'
Traceback (most recent call last):
File "C:\Users\kaleb\Desktop\projects\search_youtube\embed.py", line 46, in search_albums
artist_albums_params = artist_data['albums']['params']
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~^^^^^^^^^^
KeyError: 'params'

To Reproduce
I plan to make this a discord bot, I search for an artist I have been using "will smith" and "loona" for testing. The code will return an key error.

Here is my code:
async def search_albums(ctx, artist_name: str):
artist_name = artist_name.title()
print(f"Searching for albums by artist: {artist_name}")

ytmusic = YTMusic()

try:
    search_result = ytmusic.search(artist_name, filter='artists', limit=1)
    print(f"Search Result: {search_result}")

    if not search_result:
        await ctx.send(f"No artist found for '{artist_name}'")
        return

    artist_id = search_result[0]['browseId']
    artist_data = ytmusic.get_artist(artist_id)
    print(f"Artist Data First: {artist_data}")
    artist_name = artist_data.get('name')
    artist_channel_id = artist_data.get('channelId')
    artist_data = ytmusic.get_artist(artist_channel_id)
    print(f"Artist Data: {artist_data}")
    print(f"Channel ID: {artist_channel_id}")
    artist_albums_params = artist_data['albums']['params']
    album_data = ytmusic.get_artist_albums(artist_channel_id, artist_albums_params)

Additional context
If this is something I am doing wrong in my code just let me know. I have been trying to figure this out all day :(

[sigma67]

Hi, this doesn't work for all artists. Notably when there is no "More" button on the artist's page next to the albums, there won't be any params.

For example, for Will Smith, singles would work but albums would not:

[kalebbroo]

Ah I see now, thanks for the response. I just added this to make my code work when there is no perams key. Seems to be holding up.

if artist_albums_params: album_data = ytmusic.get_artist_albums(artist_channel_id, artist_albums_params) else: album_data = artist_data['albums']['results']

[BrianZbr]

artist_data['albums']['results'] seems to be limited to 10 results though... or is that just me?

[sigma67]

See the artist page on YTM Web, it will never show more than 10 for get_artist

Full list is only available via get_artist_albums

[BrianZbr]

I see, thanks... So I'm trying that with code based on what the OP provided, but this gives me KeyError: 'musicCarouselShelfRenderer'. The artist in this case does have the More button.

from ytmusicapi import YTMusic
ytmusic = YTMusic()
artist_name = "autechre"

search_result = ytmusic.search(artist_name, filter='artists')
artist_data = ytmusic.get_artist(search_result[0]['browseId'])
artist_channel_id = artist_data.get('channelId')
artist_albums_params = artist_data['albums']['params']

album_data = ytmusic.get_artist_albums(artist_channel_id, artist_albums_params)

I also noticed that the limit function used by the OP doesn't actually seem to do anything?

[kalebbroo]

At the time I made that I was about 2 months into learning python. I would not trust anything I wrote at that time 😂.

I do remember it working for my discord bot and I was not displaying more than 20 results anyway.

If you want to look at my embarrassing first project to see what I did look at my repo plex_music_bot.