pyitunes
A simple python wrapper for accessing the iTunes Store API [iTunes Store API]
Installation
To install with pip, just run this in your terminal:
$ pip install pitunes
Or clone the code from Github and:
$ python setup.py install
Caching
This module caches responses from the iTunes API to speed up repeated queries against the same resources. Note, however, that there's no persistent caching that happens between Python processes. Ie, once a python process exits, the cache is cleared.
Examples
Search
from __future__ import print_function
import itunes
# Search band U2
artist = itunes.search_artist('u2')[0]
for album in artist.get_albums():
for track in album.get_tracks():
print(album.name, album.url, track.name, track.duration, track.preview_url)
# Search U2 videos
videos = itunes.search(query='u2', media='musicVideo')
for video in videos:
print(video.name, video.preview_url, video.artwork)
# Search Volta album by Björk
album = itunes.search_album('Volta Björk')[0]
# Global Search 'Beatles'
items = itunes.search(query='beatles')
for item in items:
print('[' + item.type + ']', item.artist, item.name, item.url, item.release_date)
# Search 'Angry Birds' game
item = itunes.search(query='angry birds', media='software')[0]
vars(item)
# Search 'Family Guy Season 1'
item = itunes.search_season('Family Guy Season 1')[0]
vars(item)
# Search 'Episode 5 of Family Guy Season 1'
items = itunes.search_episode('Family Guy Season 1')
for ep in items:
if ep.episode_number == 5:
vars(ep)
Lookup by iTunes ID
import itunes
# Lookup Achtung Baby album by U2
U2_ACHTUNGBABY_ID = 475390461
album = itunes.lookup(U2_ACHTUNGBABY_ID)
print(album.url)
print(album.artwork)
artist = album.artist
tracks = album.get_tracks()
# Lookup song One from Achtung Baby album by U2
U2_ONE_ID = 475391315
track = itunes.lookup(U2_ONE_ID)
artist = track.artist
album = track.get_album()
Lookup by UPC
import itunes
# Lookup Arcade EP by glitch_d using UPC
ARCADE_EP_UPC = 5057917815772
album = itunes.lookup_upc(ARCADE_EP_UPC)
print(album.url)
print(album.artwork)
artist = album.artist
tracks = album.get_tracks()
Tests
$ py.test tests
