diff core/magnatagatune/mbid_from_artist_album.py @ 0:e9a9cd732c1e tip

first hg version after svn

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+++ b/core/magnatagatune/mbid_from_artist_album.py	Tue Feb 10 15:05:51 2015 +0000
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+#!/usr/bin/env python
+"""A simple script that searches for a release in the MusicBrainz
+database and prints out a few details about the first  matching release.
+
+    $ ./releasesearch.py "the beatles" revolver
+    Revolver, by The Beatles
+    Released 1966-08-08 (Official)
+    MusicBrainz ID: b4b04cbf-118a-3944-9545-38a0a88ff1a2
+"""
+from __future__ import print_function
+from __future__ import unicode_literals
+import musicbrainzngs
+import sys
+
+musicbrainzngs.set_useragent(
+    "python-musicbrainz-ngs-example",
+    "0.1",
+    "https://github.com/alastair/python-musicbrainz-ngs/",
+)
+
+def show_release_details(rel):
+    """Print some details about a release dictionary to stdout.
+    """
+    # "artist-credit-phrase" is a flat string of the credited artists
+    # joined with " + " or whatever is given by the server.
+    # You can also work with the "artist-credit" list manually.
+    print("{}, by {}".format(rel['title'], rel["artist-credit-phrase"]))
+    print("{}".format(rel['id']))
+    
+
+
+def fail(message):
+    """Print a message to stderr and then exit with an error status.
+    """
+    print(message, file=sys.stderr)
+    sys.exit(1)
+
+if __name__ == '__main__':
+    args = sys.argv[1:]
+    if len(args) != 2:
+        fail("usage: {} ARTIST ALBUM".format(sys.argv[0]))
+    artist, album = args
+
+    # Keyword arguments to the "search_*" functions limit keywords to
+    # specific fields. The "limit" keyword argument is special (like as
+    # "offset", not shown here) and specifies the number of results to
+    # return.
+    result = musicbrainzngs.search_releases(artist=artist, release=album,
+                                            limit=1)
+    # On success, result is a dictionary with a single key:
+    # "release-list", which is a list of dictionaries.
+    if not result['release-list']:
+        fail("no release found")
+    for (idx, release) in enumerate(result['release-list']):
+        # print("match #{}:".format(idx+1))
+        show_release_details(release)