NAME

       WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist

SYNOPSIS

           use WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist;

           my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new();

           my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'white lion' });

           my $artist = $response->artist(); # get first in list

           print $artist->name(), " ", $artist->life_span_begin(), "-", $artist->life_span_end(), "\n";

           # OUTPUT: White Lion 1983-1991

DESCRIPTION

       This module is used to query an artist from the MusicBrainz web service.

METHODS

   new()
       This method is the constructor and it will make a call for initialization.  This method
       will take an optional HOST parameter to specify a mirrored server.  The default is
       "musicbrainz.org".

       my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new(HOST => 'de.musicbrainz.org');

   query()
       This method returns the cached WebService::MusicBrainz::Query object.

   search()
       This method will perform the search of the MusicBrainz database through their web service
       schema and return a response object.

           my $ws = WebService::MusicBrainz::Artist->new();

           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'd15721d8-56b4-453d-b506-fc915b14cba2' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'throwing muses' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'james', LIMIT => 5 });
           my $response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'beatles', OFFSET => 5 });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'artist-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'release-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'track-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'url-rels' });

       Multiple INC params can be delimited by whitespace, commas, or + characters.

           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases url-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases,url-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'aliases+url-rels' });

       Find a single artist by MBID

       my $mbid_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '4eca1aa0-c79f-481b-af8a-4a2d6c41aa5c' });

       Find a artist(s) by name

       my $name_response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'Pantera' });

       Find a artist(s) by name and limit results

       my $name_limit_response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'Elvis', LIMIT => 3 });

       Find a artist(s) by name and offset

       my $name_offset_response = $ws->search({ NAME => 'Elvis', OFFSET => 10 });

       Find a artist by MBID and include aliases

       my $mbid_aliases_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '070d193a-845c-479f-980e-bef15710653e',
       INC => 'aliases' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include release groups

       my $mbid_release_groups_response = $ws->search({ MBID =>
       '4dca4bb2-23ba-4103-97e6-5810311db33a', INC => 'release-groups sa-Album' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include artist relations

       my $mbid_artist_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID =>
       'ae1b47d5-5128-431c-9d30-e08fd90e0767', INC => 'artist-rels' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include label relations

       my $mbid_label_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID =>
       '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'label-rels+sa-Official' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include release relations

       my $mbid_release_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID =>
       '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'release-rels' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include track relations

       my $mbid_track_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID =>
       '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'track-rels' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include URL relations

       my $mbid_url_rels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'ae1b47d5-5128-431c-9d30-e08fd90e0767',
       INC => 'url-rels' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include tags

       my $mbid_tags_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC
       => 'tags' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include ratings

       my $mbid_ratings_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab',
       INC => 'ratings' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include counts

       my $mbid_counts_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab',
       INC => 'counts+sa-Official' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include release events

       my $mbid_rel_events_response = $ws->search({ MBID =>
       '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab', INC => 'release-events+sa-Official' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include discs

       my $mbid_discs_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab',
       INC => 'discs+sa-Official' });

       Find a artist by MBID and include labels

       my $mbid_labels_response = $ws->search({ MBID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab',
       INC => 'labels+release-events+sa-Official' });

       Find a artist by direct Lucene query

       my $q1_response = $ws->search({ QUERY => 'begin:1990 AND type:group'});

AUTHOR

       Bob Faist <bob.faist@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2006-2009 by Bob Faist

       This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same
       terms as Perl itself.

SEE ALSO

       http://wiki.musicbrainz.org/XMLWebService