itunes_api

ItunesApi

A simple interface for the Itunes Api.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'itunes_api'

And then execute:

bundle

Or install it yourself as:

gem install itunes_api

Configuration

Add an initializer to your app to set the country for the Store:

# config/initializers/itunes_api.rb
ItunesApi.configure do |config|
  config.country_code = ENV['COUNTRY_CODE'] || :gb
end

Usage

To get all artists returning from a search term

ItunesApi::Music.find_by_name('Led Zeppelin')

To return a specific artist, based on the artist's Apple id

ItunesApi::Music.find_by_apple_id(265766061)

Note that each request that returns artists does not automatically return albums. They are lazily fetched when calling artist.albums.

To return only the albums for a specific artist, based on the artist's Apple id

ItunesApi::Music.find_albums_by_apple_id(265766061)

To return a specific album, based on the album's collection id

ItunesApi::Music.find_by_collection_id(286930912)

Note that each request that returns albums does not automatically return songs. They are lazily fetched when calling album.tracklist.

To return only the songs for a specific album, based on the album's collection id

ItunesApi::Music.find_songs_by_collection_id(286930912)

To return a specific track, based on its track id

ItunesApi::Music.find_by_track_id(286931522)

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An argument holding the country code can be used to look into different stores than the default one

ItunesApi::Music.find_by_name('Led Zeppelin', :fr)
ItunesApi::Music.find_by_apple_id(265766061, :us)
ItunesApi::Music.find_albums_by_apple_id(265766061, :es)

Development

Ruby version:

>= 2.5

Fork the project, clone the repository and bundle:

>> git clone https://github.com/{your_account}/itunes-api.git
>> cd itunes-api

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/mariodarco/itunes-api. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.