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# -*- encoding: utf-8 -*-

module MusicBrainz
  class Artist < Base

    field :id, String
    field :type, String
    field :name, String
    field :country, String
    field :date_begin, Time
    field :date_end, Time
    field :urls, Hash

    def release_groups
      @release_groups ||= nil
      if @release_groups.nil? and !id.nil?
        @release_groups = self.class.load({
          :parser => :artist_release_groups,
          :create_models => MusicBrainz::ReleaseGroup
        }, {
          :resource => :release_group,
          :artist => id
        })
        @release_groups.sort!{ |a, b| a.first_release_date <=> b.first_release_date }
      end
      @release_groups
    end

    class << self
      def find(mbid)
        load({
          :parser => :artist_model,
          :create_model => MusicBrainz::Artist
        }, {
          :resource => :artist,
          :id => mbid,
          :inc => [:url_rels]
        })
      end

      def search(name)
        load({
          :parser => :artist_search
        }, {
          :resource => :artist,
          :query => "artist:" << CGI.escape(name).gsub(/\!/, '\!'),
          :limit => 10
        })
      end

      def discography(mbid)
        artist = find(mbid)
        artist.release_groups.each { |rg| rg.releases.each { |r| r.tracks } }
        artist
      end

      def find_by_name(name)
        matches = search(name)
        matches.length.zero? ? nil : find(matches.first[:mbid])
      end
    end
  end
end

Version data entries

1 entries across 1 versions & 1 rubygems

Version	Path
musicbrainz-0.7.1	lib/musicbrainz/artist.rb