discogs_client brief overview:



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import discogs_client



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token = open('./token.txt').readline().strip()



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print token









    



EzkFoLQvrTrRmCbIsThgDPVoCjpxiKDMTDTvlyzL



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d = discogs_client.Client('MusicDBCreater/0.1', user_token=token)

Search for a particular release:



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results = d.search('Bob Dylan - Time Out of Mind', type = 'release')



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type(results)









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discogs_client.models.MixedPaginatedList



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len(results)









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201



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print type(results[0]), results[0]









    



<class 'discogs_client.models.Release'> <Release 954191 u'Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind'>

Go to https://github.com/discogs/discogs_client/blob/master/discogs_client/models.py to find out about the different API objects, including the Release class object



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r = results[0]



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print r.title









    



Bob Dylan - Time Out Of Mind



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print r.year



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print r.artists[0]









    



<Artist 59792 u'Bob Dylan'>



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print r.genres









    



[u'Rock', u'Blues']



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print r.credits









    



[<Artist 952565 u'Robert Britt'>, <Artist 217325 u'Bucky Baxter'>, <Artist 855990 u'Geoff Gans'>, <Artist 252331 u'Brian Blade'>, <Artist 315825 u'David Kemper'>, <Artist 194118 u'Jim Keltner'>, <Artist 503204 u'Winston Watson'>, <Artist 287861 u'Tony Garnier'>, <Artist 186383 u'Mark Howard'>, <Artist 952563 u'Chris Carrol'>, <Artist 357703 u'Duke Robillard'>, <Artist 59792 u'Bob Dylan'>, <Artist 23858 u'Daniel Lanois'>, <Artist 135966 u'Jim Dickinson'>, <Artist 315828 u'Augie Meyers'>, <Artist 162515 u'Tony Mangurian'>, <Artist 23858 u'Daniel Lanois'>, <Artist 2639407 u'K. Dalka'>, <Artist 1836999 u'Mark Seliger'>, <Artist 2236634 u'Suzie-Q'>, <Artist 23858 u'Daniel Lanois'>, <Artist 315830 u'Jack Frost (2)'>, <Artist 663136 u'Cindy Cashdollar'>, <Artist 59792 u'Bob Dylan'>]



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print r.tracklist[0].position

A1



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print r.formats









    



[{u'descriptions': [u'LP', u'Album'], u'name': u'Vinyl', u'qty': u'2'}]



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print results[2].tracklist[0].position



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print r.companies









    



[<Label 19795 u'Sony Music Entertainment Inc.'>, <Label 19795 u'Sony Music Entertainment Inc.'>, <Label 269412 u'Criteria Recording Studios'>, <Label 358950 u'Teatro Studios'>, <Label 93330 u'Columbia Records'>]



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print r.labels









    



[<Label 1866 u'Columbia'>, <Label 1866 u'Columbia'>]



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print r.id

Can go to https://www.discogs.com/Bob-Dylan-Time-Out-Of-Mind/release/954191 to check the given release and how this information appears on their website



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