NAME

       WebService::MusicBrainz::ReleaseGroup

SYNOPSIS

           use WebService::MusicBrainz::ReleaseGroup;

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

           my $response = $ws->search({ TITLE => 'ok computer' });

           my $release = $response->release(); # grab first one in the list

           print $release->title(), " (", $release->type(), ") - ", $release->artist()->name(), "\n";

           # OUTPUT: OK Computer (Album Official) - Radiohead

DESCRIPTION

METHODS

   new()
       This method is the constructor and it will call for  initialization.

   query()
       This method will return the cached query object;

   search()
       This method is used to search the MusicBrainz database using their web service schema.
       The only argument is a hashref to define the search parameters.

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

           my $response = $ws->search({ TITLE => 'Highway to Hell' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ ARTIST => 'sleater kinney' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ ARTIST => 'beatles', OFFSET => 4 });
           my $response = $ws->search({ ARTISTID => '65f4f0c5-ef9e-490c-aee3-909e7ae6b2ab' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ DISCID => 'XgrrQ8Npf9Uz_trPIFMrSz6Mk6Q-' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ RELEASETYPES => 'Official', MBID => 'a89e1d92-5381-4dab-ba51-733137d0e431' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'artist' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'counts' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'release-events' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'discs' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'tracks' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'artist-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'release-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'track-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'url-rels' });

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

           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'artist url-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'artist,url-rels' });
           my $response = $ws->search({ MBID => 'fed37cfc-2a6d-4569-9ac0-501a7c7598eb', INC => 'artist+url-rels' });

AUTHOR

       Bob Faist <bob.faist@gmail.com>

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

       Copyright 2006-2007 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