---
title: "🛡️ Get the artist spotlight for the current user: a personal artist pick with the reason it was picked."
method: GET
path: "/api/v1/music/spotlight/artist"
tags: ["Music"]
---

# 🛡️ Get the artist spotlight for the current user: a personal artist pick with the reason it was picked.

`GET /api/v1/music/spotlight/artist`

## Request

- The document declares no server URL.
- Auth: HTTP bearer
- TypeScript: <https://skmtc.dev/cardinalapps/apis/cardinal-media-server-api/docs/api/v1/music/spotlight/artist/get.ts> (a function with typed inputs; its response is checked against the schema)

<h3>🛡️ Requires Capabilities: <code>MusicArtists.Read</code></h3>

## Query parameters

- `position` number

## Response `200`

- object

## Other responses

- `401`: Possible reasons: The authorization token is invalid.
- `403`: Possible reasons: The user does not have sufficent capabilities.

## Changes

- **2026-08-24** `d2689383f172`: 1 info
  - endpoint added
- **2026-08-24** `2a174f35c7d2`: 1 breaking
  - api path removed without deprecation
- **2026-08-23** `c0cb49b922ef`: 1 info
  - added the new optional `query` request parameter `position`
- **2026-08-23** `d2689383f172`: 1 info
  - endpoint added

[Operation history](https://skmtc.dev/cardinalapps/apis/cardinal-media-server-api/changes/api/v1/music/spotlight/artist/get.md)

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