MusicBrainz API for node.js

This is a MusicBrainz XML Web Service Version 2 client written in JavaScript for node.js.

It's a work in progress. Currently supports lookups with an MBID or DiscId, as well as searches for artist, release, or recording.

Contribute

Want to help make node-musicbrainz better or fix a bug? Please read How To Contribute in the wiki.

Supported resources

• DiscId
• Artist (recordings, releases, release-groups, works)
• Label (releases)
• Recording (artists, releases)
• Release (artists, labels, recordings, release-groups)
• Release Group (artists, releases)
• Work

Lookup Examples

var mb = require('musicbrainz');

Looking up a release with linked artists:

mb.lookupRelease('283821f3-522a-45ca-a669-d74d0b4fb93a', ['artists'], function (error, release) {
	console.log(release);
});

The same but different:

var Release = mb.Release;

var release = new Release('283821f3-522a-45ca-a669-d74d0b4fb93a');
release.load(['artists'], function () {
	console.log(release);
});

Search Examples

mb.searchArtists('The White Stripes', {}, function(err, artists){
    console.log(artists);
});
mb.searchRecordings('Seven Nation Army', { artist: 'The White Stripes' }, function(err, recordings){
    console.log(recordings);
});
mb.searchReleases('Elephant', { country: 'US' }, function(err, releases){
    console.log(releases);
});

Configuration

If you run your own MusicBrainz server you can set a custom baseURI and and rate limit options. In the following example the API endpoint is "http://myMusicBrainzServer.org/ws/2/" and the rate limit allows 5 requests per 2 seconds.

var mb = require('musicbrainz');
mb.configure({
    baseURI: 'http://myMusicBrainzServer.org/ws/2/',
    rateLimit: {
        requests: 5,
        interval: 2000
    }
});

Caching Lookups with Redis

var mb = require('musicbrainz');
var redis = require('redis');

mb.lookupCache = function (uri, force, callback, lookup) {
	var key = 'lookup:' + uri;
	var r = redis.createClient();

	r.on('connect', function () {
		r.get(key, function (err, reply) {
			if (!err && reply) {
				callback(null, JSON.parse(reply));

			} else {
				lookup(function (err, resource) {
					callback(err, resource);

					if (err) { r.quit(); return; }

					r.set(key, JSON.stringify(resource), function (err, reply) {
						r.quit();
					});

				});
			}
		});
	});
};

Contributors

• Max Kueng (http://maxkueng.com/)
• Alex Ehrnschwender (http://alexehrnschwender.com/)
• Sam (https://github.com/samcday)
• Marco Godoy (https://github.com/ghostnumber7)

License

MIT License

Copyright (c) 2011 Max Kueng (http://maxkueng.com/)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.