#! /usr/bin/env python # # Search for an artist by name. # # Usage: # python findartist.py 'artist-name' # # $Id: findartist.py 8779 2007-01-07 10:01:52Z matt $ # import sys import logging from musicbrainz2.webservice import Query, ArtistFilter, WebServiceError logging.basicConfig() logger = logging.getLogger() logger.setLevel(logging.DEBUG) if len(sys.argv) < 2: print "Usage: findartist.py 'artist name'" sys.exit(1) q = Query() try: # Search for all artists matching the given name. Limit the results # to the 5 best matches. The offset parameter could be used to page # through the results. # f = ArtistFilter(name=sys.argv[1], limit=5) artistResults = q.getArtists(f) except WebServiceError, e: print 'Error:', e sys.exit(1) # No error occurred, so display the results of the search. It consists of # ArtistResult objects, where each contains an artist. # for result in artistResults: artist = result.artist print "Score :", result.score print "Id :", artist.id print "Name :", artist.name print "Sort Name :", artist.sortName print # # Now that you have artist IDs, you can request an artist in more detail, for # example to display all official albums by that artist. See the 'getartist.py' # example on how achieve that. # # EOF