MusicGraph
A Ruby gem to access the MusicGraph API.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'musicgraph'And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install musicgraph
Usage
MusicGraph.api_key = "[api key]"
artist = MusicGraph::Artist.search('kaiser chiefs').first
artist.name # => "Kaiser Chiefs"
artist.main_genre # => "rock"
artist.decade # => "2000s / 2010s"
artists = MusicGraph::Artist.search({similar_to: "Pink Floyd"})
artists.first.name # => "David Gilmour"
artists.last.name # => "Eric Clapton"
artists = MusicGraph::Artist.search({decade: "1990s"})
artists.first.name # => "Lil Wayne"
artists = MusicGraph::Artist.search({genre: "Soul/R&B"})
artists.last.name # => "Amy Winehouse"
artists = MusicGraph::Artist.search({gender: "female"})
artists.last.name # => "Shakira"
artists = MusicGraph::Artist.search({country: "wales"})
artists.last.name # => "Tom Jones"
artists = MusicGraph::Artist.search({limit: 5})
artists.length # => 5
artist = MusicGraph::Artist.suggest("king").last
artist.name # => "King James"
artist = MusicGraph::Artist.find("e4de0d41-a6b5-11e0-b446-00251188dd67")
artist.name # => "Beck"
artist.edges # => ["albums", "similar", "tracks"]
artist.metadata # => returns all available metadata
artist.similar.first # => "Bob Forrest"
artist.albums # => returns array of albums belonging to artist
artist.tracks # => returns array of tracks belonging to artist
artist = MusicGraph::Artist.find("e4de0d41-a6b5-11e0-b446-00251188dd67", ["id", "name"])
artist.name # => "Beck"
artist.gender # => nil
albums = MusicGraph::Album.search("either/or")
albums.first.title # => "Either/Or"
albums = MusicGraph::Album.search({artist_name: "led zeppelin"})
albums.first.title # => "C'mon Everybody"
albums = MusicGraph::Album.search({similar_to: "grace"})
albums.first.title # => "Tidal"
albums = MusicGraph::Album.search({country: "iceland"})
albums.first.title # => "My Head Is an Animal"
albums = MusicGraph::Album.search({decade: "1960s"})
albums.first.title # => "Soul Shakedown"
albums = MusicGraph::Album.search({genre: "rock"})
albums.first.title # => "You Are the Night"
albums = MusicGraph::Album.search({limit: 5}).last
albums.length # => 5
albums = MusicGraph::Album.suggest("emotion").
albums.first.title # => "Emotions"
album = MusicGraph::Album.find("7cfb88ac-1d50-f210-42d6-57a718fa141c")
albums.first.performer_name # => "The Rolling Stones"
album.edges # => ["artists", "tracks"]
album.metadata # => returns all available metadata
album.artists.first.name # => "The Rolling Stones"Testing
To configure the gem for testing, add the following to .env: MUSICGRAPH_API_KEY=xyz (where "xyz" is your MusicGraph API key)
Contributing
- Fork it ( https://github.com/[djpowers]/musicgraph/fork )
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Add some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create a new Pull Request