wolffd@0: # gets data from the last.fm webservice and 
wolffd@0: 
wolffd@0: import pylast
wolffd@0: import sys
wolffd@0: import fm_network
wolffd@0: 
wolffd@0: network = fm_network.get_network()
wolffd@0: 
wolffd@0: # now you can use that object every where
wolffd@0: artistsrch = network.search_for_artist(sys.argv[1])
wolffd@0: 
wolffd@0: # did we find any ?
wolffd@0: if int(artistsrch.get_total_result_count()) == False:
wolffd@0:     print('-1, None')
wolffd@0:     
wolffd@0: else:
wolffd@0:     
wolffd@0:     #print alternatives
wolffd@0:     artists = artistsrch.get_next_page()    
wolffd@0:     for artist in artists:
wolffd@0:         mbid = unicode(artist.get_mbid())
wolffd@0:         print(artist.get_name().encode('utf-8','ignore') + ', ' + mbid.encode('utf-8','ignore'))
wolffd@0: