---
tags: music-library,solution,track
---

# Getting an artist by id with pg

// src/controllers/artist.js
...
const getArtistById = async (req, res) => {
  try {
    const { id } = req.params
    const { rows: [ artist ] } = await db.query('SELECT * FROM Artists WHERE id = $1', [ id ])

    if (!artist) {
      return res.status(404).json({ message: `artist ${id} does not exist` })
    }

    res.status(200).json(artist)
  } catch (err) {
    res.status(500).json(err.message)
  }
}

module.exports = { 
    ..., 
    ..., 
    getArtistById
}
...

// src/routes/artist.js
...
router.get('/:id', artistController.getArtistById);
...