itunespy 
itunespy is a simple library to fetch data from the iTunes Store API made for Python 3.5 and beyond.
Important: Since version 1.6 itunespy no longer supports versions below Python 3.5. You can still use any previous versions but those won't get any further updates or features.
Installing
You can install it from pip:
pip install itunespy
Or you can simply clone this project anywhere in your computer:
git clone https://github.com/sleepyfran/itunespy.git
And then enter the cloned repo and execute:
python setup.py install
Dependencies
itunespy requires Requests and pycountry installed.
Examples and information
Search an artist and show all its album's names:
import itunespy
artist = itunespy.search_artist('Steven Wilson') # Returns a list
albums = artist[0].get_albums() # Get albums from the first result
for album in albums:
print(album.collection_name)
Or search an album and show all its song's names and length, and finally the album length:
import itunespy
album = itunespy.search_album('One Hour By The Concrete Lake') # Returns a list
tracks = album[0].get_tracks() # Get tracks from the first result
for track in tracks:
print(track.artist_name + ': ' + track.track_name + str(track.get_track_time_minutes()))
print('Total playing time: ' + str(album[0].get_album_time()))
Or search for a track:
import itunespy
track = itunespy.search_track('Iter Impius') # Returns a list
print(track[0].artist_name + ': ' + track[0].track_name + ' | Length: ' + str(track[0].get_track_time_minutes())) # Get info from the first result
Or ebook authors:
import itunespy
author = itunespy.search_book_author('Fyodor Dostoevsky') # Search for Dostoevsky
books = author[0].get_books() # Get books from the firs result
for book in books:
print(book.track_name) # Show each book's name
Or software:
import itunespy
telegram = itunespy.search_software('Telegram')
print(telegram[0].track_name) # Prints 'Telegram Messenger'
Basically, every search_ method is just an alias for a general search with certain parameters to make your life easier.
I made the basic ones, if you miss any, make an issue and provide information about the type you want added.
You can also perform a lookup:
import itunespy
lookup = itunespy.lookup(upc=720642462928) # Lookup for the Weezer's album 'Weezer'
for item in lookup:
print(item.artist_name + ': ' + item.collection_name)
Since every search or lookup can return more than one object type, every object in the returned list has a 'type' property, so you can check if it's an artist, album or track like this:
import itunespy
lookup = itunespy.lookup(id=428011728) # Steven Wilson's ID
for l in lookup:
if l.type == 'artist':
print('Artist!')
print(l.artist_type) # Since it's an artist, you can also check its artist type
For a complete list, take a look at the wrapperType and kind documentation in the iTunes API's site.
Each request has some parameters that you need to know. Searches has these:
term: The URL-encoded text string you want to search for. Example: Steven Wilson.
The function will take care of spaces so you don't have to.
country: The two-letter country code for the store you want to search.
For a full list of the codes: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%20ISO_3166-1_alpha-2
media: The media type you want to search for. Since this module is made for music I recommend leaving it blank.
entity: The type of results you want returned, relative to the specified media type. Example: musicArtist.
Full list: musicArtist, musicTrack, album, musicVideo, mix, song
attribute: The attribute you want to search for in the stores, relative to the specified media type.
limit: The number of search results you want the iTunes Store to return.
Note: Only the term is obligatory, the other ones have default values that will be used in case you don't provide any. Note 2: In specific searches, like search_artist or search_album, etc, don't change entity, since it's configured inside the function to retrieve an specific entity.
For lookups, the same parameters apply except for term, which changes to a couple of id fields:
id: iTunes ID of the artist/album/track
artist_amg_id: All Music Guide ID of the artist
upc: UPCs/EANs
Every search and lookup will always return a list of result_item instances, except if it's an artist, album, movie artist or an ebook author, which inheritates from result_item but has extra methods, like get_albums in music_artist. Each object has their own variables, following the iTunes API names adapted to Python syntax.
To take a look at all of this simply go to the item_result class.
Contributing
I'm accepting any pull request to improve or fix anything in the library, just fork the project and hack it!
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