Individual artist for each track on compilation

[kenzoJEP]

How can I access each individual artist for each track on various artists' compilations? I can find the position, title, and duration but not the artist(s)

[AnssiAhola]

Hey @kenzoJEP
Could you show the code you are using when trying to access the artist(s) ?

It should work just like this

for track in release.tracklist:
   print(track.artists)

There's also credits property you can check

print(track.credits) # this is an list of Artist objects

Also could you tell us the specific compilation/release you are trying to access?
Could help us track down the issue.

Cheers!
-Anssi

[kenzoJEP]

Hi Anssi Thanks for your reply. for track in release.tracklist: print(track.artists) Yes, this works as you say it does. I went wrong as I assigned variables:- artists = release.artists # [<Artist 194 'Various'>] track = release.tracklist for trk in track: print(trk.position + ' ' + trk.artists + ' ' + trk.title + ' ' + trk.duration) An exception was raised as artists are not in track. This is the compilation I was using to test:- https://www.discogs.com/fr/release/2635858-Various-We-Got-A-Party-The-Best-Of-Ron-Records-Volume-One This leaves me with another problem as trk.artists gives the output of [<Artist 18394 'Professor Longhair'>] and I want Professor Longhair. I have tried using trk_artist = re.findall(r"'([^']*)'", str(trk.artists)) but the output is ['Professor Longhair'] - Close but no cigar. Do you know of a way to get the desired output? Thanks, John

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On Wed, 7 Jun 2023 at 16:31, Anssi Ahola ***@***.***> wrote: Hey @kenzoJEP <https://github.com/kenzoJEP> Could you show the code you are using when trying to access the artist(s) ? It *should* work just like this for track in release.tracklist: print(track.artists) There's also credits property you can check print(track.credits) # this is an list of Artist objects Also could you tell us the specific compilation/release you are trying to access? Could help us track down the issue. Cheers! -Anssi — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#133 (comment)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2ETXKOXWIGZKSR4P3AEL2TXKCNELANCNFSM6AAAAAAY5ZS75Q> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>

[AnssiAhola]

The artists property of an track is actually an ListField of Artist objects, which is basically an array of Artist objects.
When you print the track.artists it uses the __repr__ method of the Artist object to print an string representation of that object.
i.e. Multiple track artists would print out like so

[<Artist 1373771 'Spectral Lore'>, <Artist 3020852 'Mare Cognitum'>]

You can access the artist name like so

for track in release.tracklist:
    artist: Artist = track.artists[0] # I added the Artist type here to aid with code completion
    print(track.position + ' ' + artist.name + ' ' + track.title + ' ' + track.duration)

Note: This assumes that track.artists always has at least one artist, some guard clauses here might be a good idea

Output

A1 Professor Longhair Go To The Mardi Gras 2:46
A2 Irma Thomas Don't Mess With My Man 2:07
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Hope that helps!

[kenzoJEP]

Hi Great help - just what I was looking for! Thanks, John

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On Thu, 8 Jun 2023 at 14:30, Anssi Ahola ***@***.***> wrote: The artists property of an track is actually an ListField of Track objects, which is basically an array of Track objects When you print the track.artists it uses the __repr__ method <https://github.com/joalla/discogs_client/blob/6292146201aebb49cdef9a639cc1ddf1a5d8941d/discogs_client/models.py#L876-L877> of the Track object to print an string representation of that object. i.e. Multiple track artists would print out like so [<Artist 1373771 'Spectral Lore'>, <Artist 3020852 'Mare Cognitum'>] You can access the artist name like so for track in release.tracklist: artist: Artist = track.artists[0] # I added the Artist type here to aid with code completion print(track.position + ' ' + artist.name + ' ' + track.title + ' ' + track.duration) Output A1 Professor Longhair Go To The Mardi Gras 2:46 A2 Irma Thomas Don't Mess With My Man 2:07 . . . *Note: This assumes that track.artists always has at least one artist, some guard clauses here might be a good idea* Hope that helps! — Reply to this email directly, view it on GitHub <#133 (reply in thread)>, or unsubscribe <https://github.com/notifications/unsubscribe-auth/A2ETXKLZKNSI6OUTFFU6QQDXKHHZFANCNFSM6AAAAAAY5ZS75Q> . You are receiving this because you were mentioned.Message ID: ***@***.***>