> ## Documentation Index
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# Merge Artists

> **artist/{id}/merge**

<Note>
  This endpoint requires authentication. Include your Bearer token in the Authorization header.
</Note>

## Description

**artist/{id}/merge**

**Description:**
The `/artist/{id}/merge` endpoint merges one or more artists into a primary artist.
All assets and products from the secondary artists will be associated with the primary artist,
and the secondary artists will be deleted after the merge.

**Method:**
`PUT`

**Path Parameter:**

| Parameter | Type   | Description                                 |
| --------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------- |
| id        | string | The ID of the primary artist to merge into. |

**Query Parameters:**

| Parameter | Required | Type   | Description                                                         |
| --------- | -------- | ------ | ------------------------------------------------------------------- |
| ids       | Yes      | string | Comma-separated list of artist IDs to merge into the primary artist |

## Code Examples

<CodeGroup>
  ```javascript Node.js theme={null}
  const response = await fetch('https://api.royalti.io/artist/example-id/merge', {
    method: 'PUT',
    headers: {
      'Authorization': `Bearer ${token}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json'
    },
    body: JSON.stringify({})
  });

  const data = await response.json();
  console.log(data);
  ```

  ```python Python theme={null}
  import requests

  response = requests.put(
    'https://api.royalti.io/artist/example-id/merge',
    headers={
      'Authorization': f'Bearer {token}'
    },
    json={}
  )

  data = response.json()
  print(data)
  ```

  ```bash cURL theme={null}
  curl -X PUT https://api.royalti.io/artist/example-id/merge \
    -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_TOKEN" \
    -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
    -d '{}'

  ```
</CodeGroup>


## OpenAPI

````yaml put /artist/{id}/merge
openapi: 3.0.0
info:
  title: Royalti.io API
  description: "# Royalti API\r\n\r\nThis is the Royalti music royalty management platform API server.\r\n\r\n## Overview\r\n\r\nThe Royalti API provides comprehensive music royalty management services including:\r\n- Music publishing and writer management\r\n- Royalty processing and analytics\r\n- DDEX integration for music industry standards\r\n- File processing and pattern recognition\r\n- Payment processing and distribution\r\n\r\n## Authentication\r\n\r\nThe API uses JWT-based authentication with multiple protection levels:\r\n- Public endpoints for basic operations\r\n- Protected endpoints requiring valid JWT tokens\r\n- Admin endpoints for administrative functions\r\n\r\n## Features\r\n\r\n- Multi-dimensional royalty analytics\r\n- CWR (Collective Works Registration) support\r\n- DDEX integration for music metadata\r\n- Advanced file processing with pattern recognition\r\n- Real-time data processing with queue system"
  version: 2.6.0
  contact:
    name: Royalti.io Support
    email: support@royalti.io
    url: https://royalti.io
  license:
    name: Proprietary
    url: https://royalti.io/terms
servers:
  - url: https://api.royalti.io
    description: Production server
  - url: https://api-dev.royalti.io
    description: Development server
  - url: http://localhost:8084
    description: Local development
security:
  - bearerAuth: []
tags:
  - name: Accounting
    description: Accounting and financial transaction operations
  - name: DDEX
    description: DDEX operations (ERN/MEAD, messages, delivery, providers)
  - name: Label
    description: Label management operations
  - name: Internal Webhooks
    description: Internal system webhooks for royalty processing and downloads
  - name: Payment Webhooks
    description: Payment processor webhook endpoints
  - name: Billing Webhooks
    description: Stripe billing and subscription webhooks
  - name: Infrastructure Webhooks
    description: Cloudflare domain and SSL webhooks
  - name: Distribution Webhooks
    description: Digital distribution platform webhooks (FUGA)
paths:
  /artist/{id}/merge:
    put:
      tags:
        - Artist
      summary: Merge Artists
      description: >-
        **artist/{id}/merge**


        **Description:**

        The `/artist/{id}/merge` endpoint merges one or more artists into a
        primary artist.

        All assets and products from the secondary artists will be associated
        with the primary artist,

        and the secondary artists will be deleted after the merge.


        **Method:**

        `PUT`


        **Path Parameter:**


        | Parameter | Type | Description |

        | --- | --- | --- |

        | id | string | The ID of the primary artist to merge into. |


        **Query Parameters:**


        | Parameter | Required | Type | Description |

        | --- | --- | --- | --- |

        | ids | Yes | string | Comma-separated list of artist IDs to merge into
        the primary artist |
      parameters:
        - name: id
          in: path
          required: true
          description: Primary Artist ID to merge into
          schema:
            type: string
        - name: ids
          in: query
          required: true
          description: Comma-separated list of secondary artist IDs to merge
          schema:
            type: string
          example: artist2id,artist3id
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Success
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  message:
                    type: string
                  assetsUpdatedCount:
                    type: integer
                    description: Number of assets reassigned to the primary artist
                  productsUpdatedCount:
                    type: integer
                    description: Number of products reassigned to the primary artist
                  artistsDeletedCount:
                    type: integer
                    description: Number of secondary artists deleted after merge
                  totalChanges:
                    type: integer
                    description: >-
                      Total number of changes made (sum of all updates and
                      deletions)
              example:
                message: Artists merged successfully
                assetsUpdatedCount: 5
                productsUpdatedCount: 3
                artistsDeletedCount: 2
                totalChanges: 10
        '400':
          description: Bad Request - No secondary artist IDs provided
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '401':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/Unauthorized'
        '404':
          description: >-
            Not Found - Primary artist or one or more secondary artists not
            found
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/Error'
        '500':
          $ref: '#/components/responses/InternalServerError'
      security:
        - bearerAuth: []
components:
  schemas:
    Error:
      type: object
      properties:
        success:
          type: boolean
          example: false
        error:
          type: object
          properties:
            code:
              type: string
            message:
              type: string
            details:
              type: array
              items:
                type: string
  responses:
    Unauthorized:
      description: Unauthorized
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: error
              message:
                type: string
                example: Unauthorized
    InternalServerError:
      description: Internal server error
      content:
        application/json:
          schema:
            type: object
            properties:
              status:
                type: string
                example: error
              message:
                type: string
                example: Internal server error
  securitySchemes:
    bearerAuth:
      type: http
      scheme: bearer
      bearerFormat: JWT
      description: >-
        JWT Authorization header using the Bearer scheme. Format: "Bearer
        {token}"

````