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<blockquote data-quote="horned_reaper" data-source="post: 1273122" data-attributes="member: 109929">You're right, this is the root cause! <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite24" alt="(y)" title="Thumbs Up&nbsp; &nbsp; (y)" loading="lazy" data-shortname="(y)" />The MusicBrainz search API uses &quot;and&quot; as operator. Hence the MBID search for artists with &quot;and&quot; in their name fails with the current query formatBut I've found a solution! The MBID search on MusicBrainz works with the following format:<a href="http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=" target="_blank">http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=</a>&quot;Marina And The Diamonds&quot;Not working (current format):<a href="http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artist" target="_blank">http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artist</a>:&quot;Marina And The Diamonds&quot;The &quot;artist:&quot; field name needs to be removed for &quot;and&quot; to work on artist searches.And the &amp; character in the artist name needs to be replaced by %26 (URL Encoding). Working examples:Blank &amp; Jones: <a href="http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=" target="_blank">http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=</a>&quot;Blank %26 Jones&quot;Lexy &amp; K-Paul: <a href="http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=" target="_blank">http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=</a>&quot;Lexy %26 K-Paul&quot;The same applies to album (release group) searches, the &amp; character needs to be replaced by %26 (URL Encoding). Working examples:<a href="http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist" target="_blank">http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist</a>:&quot;Marina And The Diamonds&quot; AND release:&quot;Electra Heart&quot;<a href="http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist" target="_blank">http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist</a>:&quot;DJ Sakin %26 Friends&quot; AND release:&quot;Walk On Fire&quot;<a href="http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist" target="_blank">http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist</a>:&quot;Warlock&quot; AND release:&quot;Triumph And Agony&quot;Can we give this small change a try to further improve the MusicBrainz ID search?You will keep on supporting you on enhanced testing against my huge music collection. <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite1" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="horned_reaper, post: 1273122, member: 109929"] You're right, this is the root cause! (y) The MusicBrainz search API uses "and" as operator. Hence the MBID search for artists with "and" in their name fails with the current query format But I've found a solution! The MBID search on MusicBrainz works with the following format: [URL]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=[/URL]"Marina And The Diamonds" Not working (current format): [URL]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=artist[/URL]:"Marina And The Diamonds" The "artist:" field name needs to be removed for "and" to work on artist searches. And the & character in the artist name needs to be replaced by %26 (URL Encoding). Working examples: Blank & Jones: [URL]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=[/URL]"Blank %26 Jones" Lexy & K-Paul: [URL]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query=[/URL]"Lexy %26 K-Paul" The same applies to [B]album[/B] (release group) searches, the & character needs to be replaced by %26 (URL Encoding). Working examples: [URL]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist[/URL]:"Marina And The Diamonds" AND release:"Electra Heart" [URL]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist[/URL]:"DJ Sakin %26 Friends" AND release:"Walk On Fire" [URL]http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release-group/?query=artist[/URL]:"Warlock" AND release:"Triumph And Agony" Can we give this small change a try to further improve the MusicBrainz ID search? You will keep on supporting you on enhanced testing against my huge music collection. :) [/QUOTE]

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