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module ItunesApi
  module Music
    # Artists or Bands resulting from a search
    class ArtistSearch
      def initialize(name)
        @name = name
      end

      def self.artists(name)
        new(name).artists
      end

      def artists
        @artists ||= artist_ids.map { |id| build_artist(id) }.compact
      end

      private

      attr_reader :name

      def artist_ids
        @search ||= ItunesApi.artist_ids(name)
      end

      def build_artist(id)
        if (lookup = lookup(id))
          Artist.new(lookup)
        end
      end

      def lookup(id)
        Requests::Lookup.artist_with_albums(id)
      rescue
        nil
      end
    end
  end
end

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Version	Path
itunes_api-0.7.0	lib/itunes_api/music/artist_search.rb