WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist.3pm

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Version: 2009-12-18 (ubuntu - 24/10/10)

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NAME

WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist

SYNOPSIS

     use WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist;
 
     my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new();
 
     my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'white lion' });
 
     my $artist = $response->artist(); # get first in list
 
     print $artist->name(), " ", $artist->life_span_begin(), "-", $artist->life_span_end(), "\n";
 
     # OUTPUT: White Lion 1983-1991

DESCRIPTION

This module is used to query an artist from the MusicBrainz web service.

METHODS

new()

This method is the constructor and it will make a call for initialization. This method will take an optional HOST parameter to specify a mirrored server. The default is ``musicbrainz.org''.

my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new(HOST => 'de.musicbrainz.org');

query()

This method returns the cached WebService::MusicBrainz::Query object.

search()

This method will perform the search of the MusicBrainz database through their web service schema and return a response object. 
     my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new();
     
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'd15721d8-56b4-453d-b506-fc915b14cba2' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'throwing muses' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'james', LIMIT => 5 });
     my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'beatles', OFFSET => 5 });
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'artist-rels' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'release-rels' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'track-rels' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'url-rels' });

Multiple INC params can be delimited by whitespace, commas, or + characters.

     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases url-rels' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases,url-rels' });
     my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases+url-rels' });

Find a single artist by MBID

my $mbid_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '4eca1aa0-c79f-481b-af8a-4a2d6c41aa5c' });

Find a artist(s) by name

my $name_response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'Pantera' });

Find a artist(s) by name and limit results

my $name_limit_response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'Elvis', LIMIT => 3 });

Find a artist(s) by name and offset

my $name_offset_response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'Elvis', OFFSET => 10 });

Find a artist by MBID and include aliases

my $mbid_aliases_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e', INC => 'aliases' });

Find a artist by MBID and include release groups

my $mbid_release_groups_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '4dca4bb2-23ba-4103-97e6-5810311db33a', INC => 'release-groups sa-Album' });

Find a artist by MBID and include artist relations

my $mbid_artist_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'ae1b47d5-5128-431c-9d30-e08fd90e0767', INC => 'artist-rels' });

Find a artist by MBID and include label relations

my $mbid_label_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'label-rels+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by MBID and include release relations

my $mbid_release_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'release-rels' });

Find a artist by MBID and include track relations

my $mbid_track_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'track-rels' });

Find a artist by MBID and include URL relations

my $mbid_url_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'ae1b47d5-5128-431c-9d30-e08fd90e0767', INC => 'url-rels' });

Find a artist by MBID and include tags

my $mbid_tags_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'tags' });

Find a artist by MBID and include ratings

my $mbid_ratings_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'ratings' });

Find a artist by MBID and include counts

my $mbid_counts_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'counts+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by MBID and include release events

my $mbid_rel_events_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'release-events+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by MBID and include discs

my $mbid_discs_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'discs+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by MBID and include labels

my $mbid_labels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'labels+release-events+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by direct Lucene query

my $q1_response = $ws->search({ QUERY => 'begin:1990 AND type:group'});

AUTHOR

Bob Faist <bob.faist@gmail.com>
Copyright 2006-2009 by Bob Faist

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/XMLWebService