NAME
WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist
SYNOPSIS
use WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist;
my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new();
my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'throwing muses' });DESCRIPTION
This module is used to query an artist from the MusicBrainz web service.
METHODS
new()
This method is the constructor and it will make a call for initialization.
_init()
This method will initialize the object and instantiate a WebService::MusicBrainz::Query object with artist specific parameters. Internal use only.
query()
This method returns the cached WebService::MusicBrainz::Query object.
search()
This method will perform the search of the MusicBrainz database through their web service schema and return a response object.
my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new();
my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'd15721d8-56b4-453d-b506-fc915b14cba2' });
my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'throwing muses' });
my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'james', LIMIT => 5 });
my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases' });
my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'artist-rels' });
my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'release-rels' });
my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'track-rels' });
my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'url-rels' });AUTHOR
COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE
Copyright 2006 by Bob Faist
This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.
SEE ALSO
http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/XMLWebService