The current version of the Bearly Dead Setlists API version is v2.

All valid requests to the API will begin with https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2. If you use that URL without any further data, it will return HTTP 204, no valid method found.

Methods

• setlists - display all setlist data
• latest - display most recent show setlist data
• shows - display all show data
• songs - display all song data
• venues - display all venue data
• jamcharts - display all jam chart data

API Request Structure

• all data returned via a method: /[version]/[method].[format]
• specific row in a method: /[version]/[method]/[ID].[format]
• all rows matching a query: /[version]/[method]/[column]/[value].[format]

Authentication

There is no authentication for API calls - no token or key is necessary. No data is passed via POST or HEAD requests, only by URI and, optionally, by GET parameters.

Additional Parameters

Additional parameters may be passed via query string:

• order_by: name of column to sort by
• direction: direction to sort, either asc or desc (default asc)
• limit: number, maximum number of results to return

e.g., /[version]/[method]/[column]/[value].[format]?order_by=[column]&direction=[direction]

Formats

API version 2 data is available in the following formats: JSON (.json) and HTML (.html).

Examples

The following are valid URLs to call the API:

Description	URL
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/setlists/showyear/2022.json?order_by=showdate	shows from 2022
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/setlists/songname/The+Race+Is+On.html	setlist records of the song "The Race Is On"
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/latest.json?order_by=position&direction=asc	latest shows, sorted by position ASC
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/shows/show_id/1658673386.html	shows with show_id 1658673386
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/venues.json	all venues
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/shows/venuename/The+MET.html	venues named The MET
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/venues/state/RI.html	Shows in the state of Rhode Island
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/venues/city/Pawtucket.json	Shows in Pawtucket
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/jamcharts/city/Pawtucket.html	Jamchart entries in Pawtucket
https://bearlydead.songfishapp.com/api/v2/jamcharts.html	All jamchart entries in JSON

Error Checking

If your request contains an error, you may end up with unexpected output. If your request URI contains a typos, uses improper case, or requests or sorts by a nonexistent column, you may end up with no data in your response.

If you use the HTML format – an error will display "No results found.".

The JSON format works a bit differently. Every JSON response is has three return nodes: error, error_message, and data. A successful response will contain error 0, a blank error_message, and a data object populated with your response. An error response will contain error 1, a text-based error message, and a blank data object.