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Artist → Create

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Summary

Create a new artist in Lidarr

Inputs

  • foreignArtistId (required) — The MusicBrainz ID of the artist (use Lookup operation to find this)
  • artistName (required) — The name of the artist
  • qualityProfileId (required) — The quality profile ID to use for this artist
  • metadataProfileId (required) — The metadata profile ID to use for this artist
  • rootFolderPath (required) — The root folder path where the artist will be stored (e.g., /media/music)
  • monitored — Whether to monitor the artist for new albums
  • searchForMissingAlbums — Whether to search for missing albums after adding
  • additionalFields — Additional fields to include with the artist creation

Output shape

The artist object returned by the Lidarr API upon successful creation

If continueOnFail is enabled and the API returns an error, the item { error: error.message } is pushed instead

Examples

Example 1: Add a new monitored artist using a known MusicBrainz ID

foreignArtistId: '12345abc', artistName: 'Example Artist', qualityProfileId: 2, metadataProfileId: 1, rootFolderPath: '/media/music', monitored: true, searchForMissingAlbums: false

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