Catalog – catalog methods

class pyechonest.catalog.Catalog(id, type=None, **kwargs)

A Catalog object

Attributes:

id (str): Catalog ID

name (str): Catalog Name

read (list): A list of catalog items (objects if they are resolved, else dictionaries)

feed (list): A list of dictionaries for news, blogs, reviews, audio, video for a catalog’s artists

Create an catalog object like so:

>>> c = catalog.Catalog('CAGPXKK12BB06F9DE9') # get existing catalog
>>> c = catalog.Catalog('test_song_catalog', 'song') # get existing or create new catalog
__init__(id, type=None, **kwargs)

Create a catalog object (get a catalog by ID or get or create one given by name and type)

Args:
id (str): A catalog id or name
Kwargs:
type (str): ‘song’ or ‘artist’, specifying the catalog type
Returns:
A catalog object

Example:

>>> c = catalog.Catalog('my_songs', type='song')
>>> c.id
u'CAVKUPC12BCA792120'
>>> c.name
u'my_songs'
>>> 
__repr__()
__str__()
delete()

Deletes the entire catalog

Args:

Kwargs:

Returns:
The deleted catalog’s id.

Example:

>>> c
<catalog - test_song_catalog>
>>> c.delete()
{u'id': u'CAXGUPY12BB087A21D'}
>>>
get_feed(buckets=None, since=None, results=15, start=0)

Returns feed (news, blogs, reviews, audio, video) for the catalog artists; response depends on requested buckets

Args:

Kwargs:

buckets (list): A list of strings specifying which feed items to retrieve

results (int): An integer number of results to return

start (int): An integer starting value for the result set

Returns:
A list of news, blogs, reviews, audio or video document dicts;

Example:

>>> c
<catalog - my_artists>
>>> c.get_feed(results=15)
{u'date_found': u'2011-02-06T07:50:25',
 u'date_posted': u'2011-02-06T07:50:23',
 u'id': u'caec686c0dff361e4c53dceb58fb9d2f',
 u'name': u'Linkin Park \u2013 \u201cWaiting For The End\u201d + \u201cWhen They Come For Me\u201d 2/5 SNL',
 u'references': [{u'artist_id': u'ARQUMH41187B9AF699',
                  u'artist_name': u'Linkin Park'}],
 u'summary': u'<span>Linkin</span> <span>Park</span> performed "Waiting For The End" and "When They Come For Me" on Saturday Night Live. Watch the videos below and pick up their album A Thousand Suns on iTunes, Amazon MP3, CD    Social Bookmarking ... ',
 u'type': u'blogs',
 u'url': u'http://theaudioperv.com/2011/02/06/linkin-park-waiting-for-the-end-when-they-come-for-me-25-snl/'}
>>>
get_profile()

Check the status of a catalog update

Args:

Kwargs:

Returns:
A dictionary representing ticket status

Example:

>>> c
<catalog - test_song_catalog>
>>> c.profile()
{u'id': u'CAGPXKK12BB06F9DE9',
 u'name': u'test_song_catalog',
 u'pending_tickets': [],
 u'resolved': 2,
 u'total': 4,
 u'type': u'song'}
>>> 
read_items(buckets=None, results=15, start=0)

Returns data from the catalog; also expanded for the requested buckets

Args:

Kwargs:

buckets (list): A list of strings specifying which buckets to retrieve

results (int): An integer number of results to return

start (int): An integer starting value for the result set

Returns:
A list of objects in the catalog; list contains additional attributes ‘start’ and ‘total’

Example:

>>> c
<catalog - my_songs>
>>> c.read_items(results=1)
[<song - Harmonice Mundi II>]
>>>
status(ticket)

Check the status of a catalog update

Args:
ticket (str): A string representing a ticket ID

Kwargs:

Returns:
A dictionary representing ticket status

Example:

>>> ticket
u'7dcad583f2a38e6689d48a792b2e4c96'
>>> c.status(ticket)
{u'ticket_status': u'complete', u'update_info': []}
>>>
update(items)

Update a catalog object

Args:
items (list): A list of dicts describing update data and action codes (see api docs)

Kwargs:

Returns:
A ticket id

Example:

>>> c = catalog.Catalog('my_songs', type='song')
>>> items 
[{'action': 'update',
  'item': {'artist_name': 'dAn ThE aUtOmAtOr',
           'disc_number': 1,
           'genre': 'Instrumental',
           'item_id': '38937DDF04BC7FC4',
           'play_count': 5,
           'release': 'Bombay the Hard Way: Guns, Cars & Sitars',
           'song_name': 'Inspector Jay From Dehli',
           'track_number': 9,
           'url': 'file://localhost/Users/tylerw/Music/iTunes/iTunes%20Media/Music/Dan%20the%20Automator/Bombay%20the%20Hard%20Way_%20Guns,%20Cars%20&%20Sitars/09%20Inspector%20Jay%20From%20Dehli.m4a'}}]
>>> ticket = c.update(items)
>>> ticket
u'7dcad583f2a38e6689d48a792b2e4c96'
>>> c.status(ticket)
{u'ticket_status': u'complete', u'update_info': []}
>>> 
static catalog.list(results=30, start=0)

Returns list of all catalogs created on this API key

Args:

Kwargs:

results (int): An integer number of results to return

start (int): An integer starting value for the result set

Returns:
A list of catalog objects

Example:

>>> catalog.list()
[<catalog - test_artist_catalog>, <catalog - test_song_catalog>, <catalog - my_songs>]
>>> 

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