WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist (3)

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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 parameter to specify a mirrored server. The default is ``musicbrainz.org''.

my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new(

=> '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

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

my $mbid_response = $ws->search({

=> '4eca1aa0-c79f-481b-af8a-4a2d6c41aa5c' });

Find a artist(s) by name

my $name_response = $ws->search({

=> 'Pantera' });

Find a artist(s) by name and limit results

my $name_limit_response = $ws->search({

=> 'Elvis', => 3 });

Find a artist(s) by name and offset

my $name_offset_response = $ws->search({

=> 'Elvis', => 10 });

Find a artist by

and include aliases

my $mbid_aliases_response = $ws->search({

=> '070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e', => 'aliases' });

Find a artist by

and include release groups

my $mbid_release_groups_response = $ws->search({

=> '4dca4bb2-23ba-4103-97e6-5810311db33a', => 'release-groups sa-Album' });

Find a artist by

and include artist relations

my $mbid_artist_rels_response = $ws->search({

=> 'ae1b47d5-5128-431c-9d30-e08fd90e0767', => 'artist-rels' });

Find a artist by

and include label relations

my $mbid_label_rels_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'label-rels+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by

and include release relations

my $mbid_release_rels_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'release-rels' });

Find a artist by

and include track relations

my $mbid_track_rels_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'track-rels' });

Find a artist by

and include relations

my $mbid_url_rels_response = $ws->search({

=> 'ae1b47d5-5128-431c-9d30-e08fd90e0767', => 'url-rels' });

Find a artist by

and include tags

my $mbid_tags_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'tags' });

Find a artist by

and include ratings

my $mbid_ratings_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'ratings' });

Find a artist by

and include counts

my $mbid_counts_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'counts+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by

and include release events

my $mbid_rel_events_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'release-events+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by

and include discs

my $mbid_discs_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'discs+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by

and include labels

my $mbid_labels_response = $ws->search({

=> '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', => 'labels+release-events+sa-Official' });

Find a artist by direct Lucene query

my $q1_response = $ws->search({

=> 'begin:1990 type:group'});

AUTHOR

Bob Faist <bob.faist@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

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

wiki.musicbrainz.org/XMLWebService