man MusicBrainz::Client::Simple::Album () - MusicBrainz Album Information

NAME

MusicBrainz::Client::Simple::Album - MusicBrainz Album Information

SYNOPSIS

DESCRIPTION

MusicBrainz::Client::Simple::Album is a class providing access to album information.

CONSTRUCTOR

Users of this class need no constructor. Instances are made available through MusicBrainz::Client::Simple.

METHODS

get_artist()
Returns a MusicBrainz::Client::Simple::Artist object that contains artist information for this album. See also: has_various_artists
get_id()
Returns the AlbumID that uniquely identifies this album at MusicBrainz.
get_name()
Returns the album's name.
get_release_status()
Returns the release status of this album. Possible values are Official, Promotion and Bootleg. If this information is not available, CWundef is returned. See also: get_release_type
get_release_dates()
Returns a hash with release dates. Keys are two-letter country codes, values are dates as strings. A date string can be of the format YYYY-MM-DD, YYYY-MM or YYYY.
get_tracks()
Returns a list of MusicBrainz::Client::Simple::Track objects, one for each track on this album.
get_release_type()
Returns the release type of this album. Possible values are Album, Single, EP, Compilation, Soundtrack, Spokenword, Interview, Audiobook, Live, Remix and Other. If this information is not available (not all albums in the MusicBrainz database have a release type yet), CWundef is returned. See also: get_release_status
has_various_artists()
Returns true if this is a various artists album and false otherwise.
get_amazon_asin()
Returns the Amazon.com shop identifier (ASIN) for this album. If there is none, CWundef is returned.

EXPORT

None by default.

SEE ALSO

 MusicBrainz::Client::Simple
 MusicBrainz::Client::Simple::Artist
 MusicBrainz::Client::Simple::Track
 MusicBrainz::Client
 http://www.musicbrainz.org
 perl(1)

AUTHORS

 Matthias Friedrich, <matt@mafr.de>
 Sander van Zoest, <svanzoest@cpan.org>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright 2003 by Matthias Friedrich <matt@mafr.de> This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself.