I am trying to learn Python, and thought I'd learn by writing something I'd actually use. SO I'm trying to write a little script to rip some music CDs.
I am using the musicbrainzngs package. I would like to get the tracklist of the CD. My code currently:
#! /usr/bin/env python
import argparse
import musicbrainzngs
import discid
musicbrainzngs.set_useragent("Audacious", "0.1", "https://github.com/jonnybarnes/audacious")
parser = argparse.ArgumentParser()
parser.add_argument("--cdrom", help="provide the source of the cd", default="/dev/cdrom")
args = parser.parse_args()
device = args.cdrom
print("device: %s" % device)
disc = discid.read(device)
print("id: %s" % disc.id)
try:
result = musicbrainzngs.get_releases_by_discid(disc.id, includes=["artists"])
except musicbrainzngs.ResponseError:
print("disc not found or bad response")
else:
if result.get("disc"):
print("artist:\t%s" %
result["disc"]["release-list"][0]["artist-credit-phrase"])
print("title:\t%s" % result["disc"]["release-list"][0]["title"])
elif result.get("cdstub"):
print("artist:\t" % result["cdstub"]["artist"])
print("title:\t" % result["cdstub"]["title"])
How can I get the tracklist, looking at the full results returned there is a track-list property but regardless of what CD I try the result is always empty
Getting releases by discid is a lookup and its "'inc=' arguments supported are identical to a lookup request for a release" which are listed earlier on that page. To get a non-empty tracklist you simply need to add the "recordings" include:
result = musicbrainzngs.get_releases_by_discid(disc.id, includes=["artists", "recordings"])