# MusicBrainz Api get.artist only get specific information

**URL:** <https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-api-get-artist-only-get-specific-information/529759>\
**Category:** Development\
**Tags:** python, musicbrainz\
**Created:** [April 19, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-api-get-artist-only-get-specific-information/529759 "2021-04-19T07:57:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![Scrambie](https://community.metabrainz.org/letter_avatar_proxy/v4/letter/s/5fc32e/32.png) [@Scrambie](https://community.metabrainz.org/u/Scrambie)\
**Post date:** [April 19, 2021, 7:57am UTC](https://community.metabrainz.org/t/musicbrainz-api-get-artist-only-get-specific-information/529759/1 "2021-04-19T07:57:25Z")

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hey guys,  
I have a list of MBID’s and i’m trying to get artist information in python  
however, when i use get\_artist\_by\_id i get all the artist info,  
how do i just get specific aspects of artist information such as country, type and genre