de.umass.lastfm
Class Album

java.lang.Object
  extended by de.umass.lastfm.ImageHolder
      extended by de.umass.lastfm.MusicEntry
          extended by de.umass.lastfm.Album

public class Album
extends MusicEntry

Bean for Album info.

Author:
Janni Kovacs

Field Summary
 
Fields inherited from class de.umass.lastfm.MusicEntry
id, listeners, mbid, name, percentageChange, playcount, streamable, tags, url, userPlaycount
 
Fields inherited from class de.umass.lastfm.ImageHolder
imageUrls
 
Method Summary
static Result addTags(String artist, String album, String tags, Session session)
          Tag an album using a list of user supplied tags.
 String getArtist()
           
static Collection<BuyLink> getBuylinks(String artist, String albumOrMbid, String country, String apiKey)
          Get a list of Buy Links for a particular Album.
static Album getInfo(String artist, String albumOrMbid, String apiKey)
          Get the metadata for an album on Last.fm using the album name or a musicbrainz id.
static Album getInfo(String artist, String albumOrMbid, String username, String apiKey)
          Get the metadata for an album on Last.fm using the album name or a musicbrainz id.
 Date getReleaseDate()
           
static Collection<String> getTags(String artist, String album, Session session)
          Get the tags applied by an individual user to an album on Last.fm.
static Collection<Tag> getTopTags(String artist, String albumOrMbid, String apiKey)
          Get the top tags for an album on Last.fm, ordered by popularity.
static Result removeTag(String artist, String album, String tag, Session session)
          Remove a user's tag from an album.
static Collection<Album> search(String album, String apiKey)
          Search for an album by name.
 
Methods inherited from class de.umass.lastfm.MusicEntry
getId, getListeners, getMbid, getName, getPercentageChange, getPlaycount, getTags, getUrl, getUserPlaycount, getWikiLastChanged, getWikiSummary, getWikiText, isStreamable, loadStandardInfo
 
Methods inherited from class de.umass.lastfm.ImageHolder
availableSizes, getImageURL, loadImages
 
Methods inherited from class java.lang.Object
clone, equals, finalize, getClass, hashCode, notify, notifyAll, toString, wait, wait, wait
 

Method Detail

getArtist

public String getArtist()

getReleaseDate

public Date getReleaseDate()

getInfo

public static Album getInfo(String artist,
                            String albumOrMbid,
                            String apiKey)
Get the metadata for an album on Last.fm using the album name or a musicbrainz id. See playlist.fetch on how to get the album playlist.

Parameters:
artist - Artist's name
albumOrMbid - Album name or MBID
apiKey - The API key
Returns:
Album metadata

getInfo

public static Album getInfo(String artist,
                            String albumOrMbid,
                            String username,
                            String apiKey)
Get the metadata for an album on Last.fm using the album name or a musicbrainz id. See playlist.fetch on how to get the album playlist.

Parameters:
artist - Artist's name
albumOrMbid - Album name or MBID
username - The username for the context of the request. If supplied, the user's playcount for this album is included in the response.
apiKey - The API key
Returns:
Album metadata

addTags

public static Result addTags(String artist,
                             String album,
                             String tags,
                             Session session)
Tag an album using a list of user supplied tags.

Parameters:
artist - The artist name in question
album - The album name in question
tags - A comma delimited list of user supplied tags to apply to this album. Accepts a maximum of 10 tags.
session - The Session instance
Returns:
the Result of the operation
See Also:
Authenticator

removeTag

public static Result removeTag(String artist,
                               String album,
                               String tag,
                               Session session)
Remove a user's tag from an album.

Parameters:
artist - The artist name in question
album - The album name in question
tag - A single user tag to remove from this album.
session - The Session instance
Returns:
the Result of the operation
See Also:
Authenticator

getTags

public static Collection<String> getTags(String artist,
                                         String album,
                                         Session session)
Get the tags applied by an individual user to an album on Last.fm.

Parameters:
artist - The artist name in question
album - The album name in question
session - A Session instance
Returns:
a list of tags

search

public static Collection<Album> search(String album,
                                       String apiKey)
Search for an album by name. Returns album matches sorted by relevance.

Parameters:
album - The album name in question.
apiKey - A Last.fm API key.
Returns:
a Collection of matches

getBuylinks

public static Collection<BuyLink> getBuylinks(String artist,
                                              String albumOrMbid,
                                              String country,
                                              String apiKey)
Get a list of Buy Links for a particular Album. It is required that you supply either the artist and track params or the mbid param.

Parameters:
artist - The artist name in question
albumOrMbid - Album name or MBID
country - A country name, as defined by the ISO 3166-1 country names standard
apiKey - A Last.fm API key
Returns:
a Collection of BuyLinks

getTopTags

public static Collection<Tag> getTopTags(String artist,
                                         String albumOrMbid,
                                         String apiKey)
Get the top tags for an album on Last.fm, ordered by popularity. You either have to specify an album and artist name or an mbid. If you specify an mbid you may pass null for the first parameter.

Parameters:
artist - The artist name
albumOrMbid - Album name or MBID
apiKey - A Last.fm API key
Returns:
list of top tags