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Getting bigger artwork images from iTunes web search

I'm fetching song information using the iTunes Store web service search API.

The only problem I've got, is that the resolution of the artwork is extremely low (only 60x60px or 100x100px available).

artworkUrl100, artworkUrl60: A URL for the artwork associated with the returned media type, sized to 100x100 pixels or 60x60 pixels.

Is there a way to get bigger sizes of those album images?

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tamasgal Avatar asked Nov 14 '12 15:11

tamasgal


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3 Answers

These are the ones I found:

  • 30 × 30.
  • 40 × 40.
  • 60 × 60.
  • 80 × 80.
  • 100 × 100.
  • 110 × 110.
  • 130 × 130.
  • 150 × 150.
  • 160 × 160.
  • 170 × 170.
  • 200 × 200.
  • 220 × 220.
  • 230 × 230.
  • 250 × 250.
  • 340 × 340.
  • 400 × 400.
  • 440 × 440.
  • 450 × 450.
  • 460 × 460.
  • 600 × 600.
  • 1 200 × 1 200.
  • 1 400 × 1 400.

However, not all iTunes albums have that image size.

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alejnavab Avatar answered Oct 30 '22 15:10

alejnavab


iTunes offers a 600x600 version of the image as well - simply change the 100x100 in the image URL to 600x600.

The dimensions of the 600x600 image have one dimension that is up to 600px. Books and movies, for instance, are not square so the image will be 600px tall but not 600px wide.

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Ted Hosmann Avatar answered Oct 30 '22 16:10

Ted Hosmann


Here is a complete list of artwork sizes available from iTunes (as of 10 November 2014)

30x30
40x40
60x60
80x80
100x100
110x110
130x130
150x150
160x160
170x170
190x190
200x200
220x220
230x230
240x240
250x250
340x340
400x400
440x440
450x450
460x460
480x480
600x600
1200x1200
1400x1400
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m132 Avatar answered Oct 30 '22 17:10

m132