list_artists

NAME

list_artists - List Roon Library Artists

SYNOPSIS

list_artists [ ARTIST ] [ EXARTIST ]

DESCRIPTION

Lists Roon Library artists matching the specified artist name or substring. Optionally, a second argument can be provided which specifies an exclusion string. Artists whose name includes the exclusion string will not be listed.

COMMAND LINE OPTIONS

ARTIST : Provide an artist name, in quotes if it contains spaces, or a case-sensitive substring. All Roon library artist names matching the provided artist name or containing the substring will be returned

EXARTIST : Provide an artist exclusion string, in quotes if it contains spaces. No Roon library artist names including the provided artist exclusion string will be listed

EXAMPLES

list_artists Young : Will return a list of Roon library artist names, one per line, that contain the string "Young"

list_artists Young Neil : Will return a list of Roon library artist names, one per line, that contain the string "Young" but do not contain the string "Neil"

AUTHORS

Written by Ronald Record [email protected]

LICENSING

LIST_ARTISTS is distributed under an Open Source license. See the file LICENSE in the LIST_ARTISTS source distribution for information on terms & conditions for accessing and otherwise using LIST_ARTISTS and for a DISCLAIMER OF ALL WARRANTIES.

BUGS

Submit bug reports online at: https://github.com/doctorfree/RoonCommandLine/issues

SEE ALSO

clone_pyroon(1), get_core_ip(1), get_zone_info(1), get_zones(1), list_albums(1), list_artist_albums(1), list_artists(1), list_composers(1), list_genre_albums(1), list_genre_artists(1), list_genres(1), list_playlists(1), list_radio(1), list_tags(1), list_zones(1), play_album(1), play_artist(1), play_artist_album(1), play_artist_track(1), play_composer(1), play_genre(1), play_genre_album(1), play_genre_artist(1), play_playlist(1), play_radio(1), play_tag(1), roon(1), set_zone(1), set_zone_group(1), zone_command(1)

Full documentation and sources at: https://github.com/doctorfree/RoonCommandLine

The corresponding Python script, /usr/local/Roon/api/list_artists.py, can be invoked directly as:

python3 /usr/local/Roon/api/list_artists.py [ options]

Where [ options ] are described in the following usage message:

usage: list_artists.py [-h] [-a ARTIST] [-x EXARTIST] [-z ZONE]

optional arguments:
  -h, --help            show this help message and exit
  -a ARTIST, --artist ARTIST
                        artist search term
  -x EXARTIST, --exartist EXARTIST
                        artist exclude search term
  -z ZONE, --zone ZONE  zone selection