itunes

iTunes

A Ruby wrapper around the iTunes API that lets you search for any sort of data that is available on the iTunes store.

Example Response

{
  "artist_id" : 954266,
  "artist_name" : "Green Day",
  "artist_view_url" : "http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/green-day/id954266?uo=4",
  "artwork_url100" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/049/Features/1e/17/05/dj.rpihtiig.100x100-75.jpg",
  "artwork_url30" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/049/Features/1e/17/05/dj.rpihtiig.30x30-50.jpg",
  "artwork_url60" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/049/Features/1e/17/05/dj.rpihtiig.60x60-50.jpg",
  "collection_censored_name" : "Dookie",
  "collection_explicitness" : "explicit",
  "collection_id" : 5132583,
  "collection_name" : "Dookie",
  "collection_price" : 9.99,
  "collection_view_url" : "http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/she/id5132583?i=5132563&uo=4",
  "content_advisory_rating" : null,
  "country" : "USA",
  "currency" : "USD",
  "disc_count" : 1,
  "disc_number" : 1,
  "kind" : "song",
  "preview_url" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/027/Music/0e/86/7a/mzm.wchstext.aac.p.m4a",
  "primary_genre_name" : "Alternative",
  "release_date" : "2003-04-22 07:00:00 Etc/GMT",
  "track_censored_name" : "She",
  "track_count" : 15,
  "track_explicitness" : "notExplicit",
  "track_id" : 5132563,
  "track_name" : "She",
  "track_number" : 8,
  "track_price" : 1.29,
  "track_time_millis" : 134293,
  "track_view_url" : "http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/she/id5132583?i=5132563&uo=4",
  "wrapper_type" : "track"
}

Available Methods

• movie
• podcast
• music
• music_video
• audiobook
• short_film
• tv_show
• ebook
• software
• all

Using the iTunes gem

require 'itunes'

>> itunes = ITunes::Client.new
>> songs = itunes.music('green day she')
=> <#Hashie::Rash result_count=15 results=[...]>
>> songs.results.each do |song|
>>   puts "#{song.track_name} - #{song.artist_name} (#{song.collection_name})"
>> end
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)

Search directly from the class

>> iron_man = ITunes.movie('iron man 2')
=> <#Hashie::Rash result_count=1 results=[...]>

Limit the results:

>> foo_fighters = ITunes.music('foo fighters everlong', :limit => 1)
=> <#Hashie::Rash result_count=1 results=[<#Hashie::Rash ...>]>

What is Hashie::Rash?

If you are familiar with Hashie, Rash is very similar to a Mash. The primary difference is that Rash gives us ruby-friendly keys so instead of artistId, Rash converts that to artist_id.

Copyright

Copyright © 2011 Garrett Bjerkhoel, Steve Agalloco. See MIT-LICENSE for details.