public static async Task Search(string name)
{
// Search for an artist by name (limit to 20 matches).
var artists = await Artist.SearchAsync(name.Quote(), 20);
Console.WriteLine("Total matches for '{0}': {1}", name, artists.Count);
// Count matches with score 100.
int count = artists.Items.Count(a => a.Score == 100);
Console.WriteLine("Exact matches for '{0}': {1}", name, count);
// By default, search results will be ordered by score, so to get the
// best match you could do artists.Items.First(). Sometimes this method
// won't work (example: search for 'U2').
//
// If the search string is the exact name, it might be better to compare
// to that string or to order by similarity, like done here:
var artist = artists.Items.OrderByDescending(a => Levenshtein.Similarity(a.Name, name)).First();
// Get detailed information of the artist, including band-members and related urls.
artist = await Artist.GetAsync(artist.Id, "artist-rels", "url-rels");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Current band members of '{0}':", artist.Name);
Console.WriteLine();
// Band members are represented as artist-artist relationships. To filter relations,
// inspect "TargetType" and "Type" properties.
var members = artist.Relations.Where(r => r.TargetType == "artist" && r.Type.Contains("member"));
foreach (var relation in members.Where(r => !(bool)r.Ended))
{
Console.WriteLine(" {0}", relation.Artist.Name);
}
// Lyric are represented as artist-url relationships.
var lyrics = artist.Relations.Where(r => r.TargetType == "url" && r.Type == "lyrics");
if (lyrics.Count() > 0)
{
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("You can find lyrics for '{0}' at", artist.Name);
Console.WriteLine();
foreach (var relation in lyrics)
{
Console.WriteLine(" {0}", relation.Url.Resource);
}
}
}
private static async Task Browse(string name)
{
// Search for an artist by name (limit to 20 matches).
var artists = await Artist.SearchAsync(name.Quote(), 20);
Console.WriteLine("Browsing release-groups of '{0}'", name);
var artist = artists.Items.OrderByDescending(a => Levenshtein.Similarity(a.Name, name)).First();
int limit = 50;
// Browse the first 50 release-groups of given artist, include ratings.
var groups = await ReleaseGroup.BrowseAsync("artist", artist.Id, limit, 0, "ratings");
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Album");
Console.WriteLine();
// Show offical albums.
foreach (var item in groups.Items.Where(g => IsOffical(g)).OrderBy(g => g.FirstReleaseDate))
{
Console.WriteLine(" {0} - {1} {2} {3}", item.FirstReleaseDate.ToShortDate(),
item.Id, GetRating(item.Rating, 10), item.Title);
}
Console.WriteLine();
Console.WriteLine("Album + Compilation");
Console.WriteLine();
// Show compilations.
foreach (var item in groups.Items.Where(g => IsCompilation(g)).OrderBy(g => g.FirstReleaseDate))
{
Console.WriteLine(" {0} - {1} {2} {3}", item.FirstReleaseDate.ToShortDate(),
item.Id, GetRating(item.Rating, 10), item.Title);
}
Console.WriteLine();
if (groups.Items.Count == limit)
{
Console.WriteLine("There are probably more items to browse ...");
}
Console.WriteLine();
}