view core/magnatagatune/fm_retrieve_artist.py @ 0:e9a9cd732c1e tip

first hg version after svn

# gets data from the last.fm webservice and 

import pylast
import sys
import fm_network

network = fm_network.get_network()

# now you can use that object every where
artistsrch = network.search_for_artist(sys.argv[1])

# did we find any ?
if int(artistsrch.get_total_result_count()) == False:
    print('-1, None')
    
else:
    
    #print alternatives
    artists = artistsrch.get_next_page()    
    for artist in artists:
        mbid = unicode(artist.get_mbid())
        print(artist.get_name().encode('utf-8','ignore') + ', ' + mbid.encode('utf-8','ignore'))