Genre Browse

This page lists the filters and sorts the tag browse accepts. Refer to the main Api Browse methods page for how to send them.

NOTE Genres are stored as tags, so the browse type is tag and the tag filters and sorts are aliases of the genre ones.

API methods using this browse

genres

Send filters in the cond parameter as filter,value pairs, separated by ;

e.g. cond=starts_with,a

Filter	Value	Description
`alpha_match`	string	Alias of `like`.
`equal`	string	The genre name is exactly this value. Matching is case insensitive.
`exact_match`	string	Alias of `equal`.
`genre`	genre id	Only this genre id.
`hidden`	0 or 1	Send `1` for hidden genres, `0` for visible ones.
`id`	array	Only these genre ids. It takes a list, which `cond` cannot send, so `cond=id,1` builds an empty list and the browse returns nothing.
`like`	string	The genre name contains this value.
`not_like`	string	The genre name does not contain this value.
`not_starts_with`	string	The genre name does not start with this value.
`object_type`	string	Only genres applied to this object type: `song`, `album`, `artist` or `video`. The tag map join is not deduplicated, so a genre comes back once per object carrying it.
`regex_match`	regex	The genre name matches this MySQL regular expression. Setting it clears any `regex_not_match` filter.
`regex_not_match`	regex	The genre name does not match this MySQL regular expression. Setting it clears any `regex_match` filter.
`starts_with`	string	The genre name starts with this value.
`tag`	genre id	Alias of `genre`.

Send a single sort in the sort parameter as name,order, where order is ASC or DESC.

e.g. sort=name,DESC

Sort	Description
`album`	How many albums carry this genre.
`artist`	How many artists carry this genre.
`id`	The genre id, which is the order they were first seen in.
`name`	Genre name.
`rand`	Random order, applied per request. Paging through it repeats and skips genres, so ask for everything in one call.
`rating`	Your own rating, then when you set it. Genres you have not rated group together.
`song`	How many songs carry this genre.
`tag`	Alias of `id`.
`user_flag`	When you added it to your favourites. This is a date, not a flag, so everything you have not favourited groups together.
`user_flag_rating`	When you added it to your favourites, then your rating.
`userflag`	Alias of `user_flag`.
`video`	How many videos carry this genre.