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.IX Title "WebService::MusicBrainz 3pm"
.TH WebService::MusicBrainz 3pm "2018-03-09" "perl v5.26.1" "User Contributed Perl Documentation"
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.SH "NAME"
WebService::MusicBrainz
.SH "SYNOPSIS"
.IX Header "SYNOPSIS"
.Vb 1
\&    use WebService::MusicBrainz;
\&
\&    my $mb = WebService::MusicBrainz\->new();
\&
\&    my $result = $mb\->search($resource => { $search_key => \*(Aqsearch value\*(Aq });
\&    my $result = $mb\->search($resource => { $search_key => \*(Aqsearch value\*(Aq, fmt => \*(Aqjson\*(Aq });  # fmt => \*(Aqjson\*(Aq is default
\&
\&    my $result_dom = $mb\->search($resource => { $search_key => \*(Aqsearch value\*(Aq, fmt => \*(Aqxml\*(Aq });
.Ve
.SH "DESCRIPTION"
.IX Header "DESCRIPTION"
\&\s-1API\s0 to search the musicbrainz.org database
.SH "VERSION"
.IX Header "VERSION"
Version 1.0 and future releases are not backward compatible with pre\-1.0 releases.  This is a complete re-write using version 2.0 of the MusicBrainz \s-1API\s0 and Mojolicious.
.SH "METHODS"
.IX Header "METHODS"
.SS "new"
.IX Subsection "new"
.Vb 1
\& my $mb = WebService::MusicBrainz\->new();
.Ve
.SS "search"
.IX Subsection "search"
.Vb 1
\& my $result_list = $mb\->search($resource => { param1 => \*(Aqvalue1\*(Aq });
\&
\& my $result = $mb\->search($resource => { mbid => \*(Aqmbid\*(Aq });
\&
\& my $result_more = $mb\->search($resource => { mbid => \*(Aqmbid\*(Aq, inc => \*(Aqextra stuff\*(Aq });
\&
\& Valid values for $resource are:  area, artist, event, instrument, label, recording, release, release\-group, series, work, url
\&The default is to return decoded JSON as a perl data structure.  Specify format => \*(Aqxml\*(Aq to return the results as an instance of Mojo::DOM.
.Ve
.PP
\fISearch by \s-1MBID\s0\fR
.IX Subsection "Search by MBID"
.PP
.Vb 1
\&  my $result = $mb\->search($resource => { mbid => \*(Aqxxxxxx\*(Aq });
.Ve
.PP
The \*(L"inc\*(R" search parameter is only allowed when searching for any particular \*(L"mbid\*(R".
.PP
\fISearch area\fR
.IX Subsection "Search area"
.PP
.Vb 5
\&  my $area_list_results = $mb_ws\->search(area => { iso => \*(AqUS\-OH\*(Aq });
\&  my $area_list_results = $mb_ws\->search(area => { area => \*(Aqcincinnati\*(Aq });
\&  my $area_list_results = $mb_ws\->search(area => { alias => \*(Aqnew york\*(Aq });
\&  my $area_list_results = $mb_ws\->search(area => { sortname => \*(Aqnew york\*(Aq });
\&  my $area_list_results = $mb_ws\->search(area => { area => \*(Aqnew york\*(Aq, type => \*(Aqcity\*(Aq });
\&
\&  my $area_result = $mb_ws\->search(area => { mbid => \*(Aq0573177b\-9ff9\-4643\-80bc\-ed2513419267\*(Aq });
\&  my $area_result = $mb_ws\->search(area => { mbid => \*(Aq0573177b\-9ff9\-4643\-80bc\-ed2513419267\*(Aq, inc => \*(Aqarea\-rels\*(Aq });
.Ve
.PP
\fISearch artist\fR
.IX Subsection "Search artist"
.PP
.Vb 3
\& # JSON example
\& my $artists = $mb\->search(artist => { artist => \*(AqRyan Adams\*(Aq });
\& my $artists = $mb\->search(artist => { artist => \*(AqRyan Adams\*(Aq, type => \*(Aqperson\*(Aq });
\&
\& my $artist_country = $artists\->{artists}\->[0]\->{country};
\&
\& # XML example
\& my $artists = $mb\->search(artist => { artist => \*(AqRyan Adams\*(Aq, type => \*(Aqperson\*(Aq, fmt => \*(Aqxml\*(Aq });
\&
\& my $artist_country = $artists\->at(\*(Aqcountry\*(Aq)\->text;
\&
\& # find this particular artist
\& my $artist = $mb\->search(artist => { mbid => \*(Aq5c2d2520\-950b\-4c78\-84fc\-78a9328172a3\*(Aq });
\&
\& # find this particular artist and include release and artist relations (members of the band)
\& my $artist = $mb\->search(artist => { mbid => \*(Aq5c2d2520\-950b\-4c78\-84fc\-78a9328172a3\*(Aq, inc => [\*(Aqreleases\*(Aq,\*(Aqartist\-rels\*(Aq] });
\&
\& # artists that started in Cincinnati
\& my $artists = $mb\->search(artist => { beginarea => \*(AqCincinnati\*(Aq });
.Ve
.PP
\fISearch label\fR
.IX Subsection "Search label"
.PP
.Vb 1
\& my $labels = $mb\->search(label => { label => \*(AqDeath\*(Aq });
.Ve
.PP
\fISearch recording\fR
.IX Subsection "Search recording"
.PP
.Vb 1
\& my $recordings = $mb\->search(recording => { artist => \*(AqTaylor Swift\*(Aq });
.Ve
.PP
\fISearch release\fR
.IX Subsection "Search release"
.PP
.Vb 2
\& my $releases = $mb\->search(release => { release => \*(AqLove Is Hell\*(Aq, status => \*(Aqofficial\*(Aq });
\& print "RELEASE COUNT: ", $releases\->{count}, "\en";
.Ve
.SH "DEBUG"
.IX Header "DEBUG"
Set environment variable MUSICBRAINZ_DEBUG=1
.IP "\(bu" 1
The \s-1URL\s0 that is generated for the search will output to \s-1STDOUT.\s0
.IP "\(bu" 1
The formatted output (\s-1JSON\s0 or \s-1XML\s0) will be output to \s-1STDOUT\s0
.SH "AUTHOR"
.IX Header "AUTHOR"
.IP "Bob Faist <bob.faist@gmail.com>" 4
.IX Item "Bob Faist <bob.faist@gmail.com>"
.SH "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
.IX Header "COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE"
Copyright 2006\-2017 by Bob Faist
.PP
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
it under the same terms as Perl itself.
.SH "SEE ALSO"
.IX Header "SEE ALSO"
http://musicbrainz.org/doc/Development/XML_Web_Service/Version_2