soco.music_library module

Access to the Music Library.

The Music Library is the collection of music stored on your local network. For access to third party music streaming services, see the music_service module.

class soco.music_library.MusicLibrary(soco=None)[source]

The Music Library.

Parameters: soco (SoCo, optional) – A SoCo instance to query for music library information. If None, or not supplied, a random SoCo instance will be used.

build_album_art_full_uri(url)[source]

Ensure an Album Art URI is an absolute URI.

Parameters: url (str) – the album art URI.
Returns: An absolute URI.
Return type: str

get_artists(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='artists'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_album_artists(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='album_artists'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_albums(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='albums'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_genres(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='genres'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_composers(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='composers'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_tracks(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='tracks'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_playlists(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='playlists'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

Note

The playlists that are referred to here are the playlists imported from the music library, they are not the Sonos playlists.

get_sonos_favorites(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='sonos_favorites'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_favorite_radio_stations(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='radio_stations'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_favorite_radio_shows(*args, **kwargs)[source]: Convenience method for get_music_library_information with search_type='radio_stations'. For details of other arguments, see that method.

get_music_library_information(search_type, start=0, max_items=100, full_album_art_uri=False, search_term=None, subcategories=None, complete_result=False)[source]

Retrieve music information objects from the music library.

This method is the main method to get music information items, like e.g. tracks, albums etc., from the music library with. It can be used in a few different ways:

The search_term argument performs a fuzzy search on that string in the results, so e.g calling:

get_music_library_information('artists', search_term='Metallica')

will perform a fuzzy search for the term ‘Metallica’ among all the artists.

Using the subcategories argument, will jump directly into that subcategory of the search and return results from there. So. e.g knowing that among the artist is one called ‘Metallica’, calling:

get_music_library_information('artists',
                              subcategories=['Metallica'])

will jump directly into the ‘Metallica’ sub category and return the albums associated with Metallica and:

get_music_library_information('artists',
                              subcategories=['Metallica', 'Black'])

will return the tracks of the album ‘Black’ by the artist ‘Metallica’. The order of sub category types is: Genres->Artists->Albums->Tracks. It is also possible to combine the two, to perform a fuzzy search in a sub category.

The start, max_items and complete_result arguments all have to do with paging of the results. By default the searches are always paged, because there is a limit to how many items we can get at a time. This paging is exposed to the user with the start and max_items arguments. So calling:

get_music_library_information('artists', start=0, max_items=100)
get_music_library_information('artists', start=100, max_items=100)

will get the first and next 100 items, respectively. It is also possible to ask for all the elements at once:

get_music_library_information('artists', complete_result=True)

This will perform the paging internally and simply return all the items.

Parameters

search_type (str) – The kind of information to retrieve. Can be one of: 'artists', 'album_artists', 'albums', 'genres', 'composers', 'tracks', 'share', 'sonos_playlists', or 'playlists', where playlists are the imported playlists from the music library.
start (int, optional) – starting number of returned matches (zero based). Default 0.
max_items (int, optional) – Maximum number of returned matches. Default 100.
full_album_art_uri (bool) – whether the album art URI should be absolute (i.e. including the IP address). Default False.
search_term (str, optional) – a string that will be used to perform a fuzzy search among the search results. If used in combination with subcategories, the fuzzy search will be performed in the subcategory.
subcategories (str, optional) – A list of strings that indicate one or more subcategories to dive into.
complete_result (bool) – if True, will disable paging (ignore start and max_items) and return all results for the search.

Warning

Getting e.g. all the tracks in a large collection might take some time.

Returns: an instance of SearchResult.
Return type: SearchResult

Note

The maximum numer of results may be restricted by the unit, presumably due to transfer size consideration, so check the returned number against that requested.
The playlists that are returned with the 'playlists' search, are the playlists imported from the music library, they are not the Sonos playlists.

Raises: SoCoException –

browse(ml_item=None, start=0, max_items=100, full_album_art_uri=False, search_term=None, subcategories=None)[source]

Browse (get sub-elements from) a music library item.

Parameters

ml_item (DidlItem) – the item to browse, if left out or None, items at the root level will be searched.
start (int) – the starting index of the results.
max_items (int) – the maximum number of items to return.
full_album_art_uri (bool) – whether the album art URI should be fully qualified with the relevant IP address.
search_term (str) – A string that will be used to perform a fuzzy search among the search results. If used in combination with subcategories, the fuzzy search will be performed on the subcategory. Note: Searching will not work if ml_item is None.
subcategories (list) – A list of strings that indicate one or more subcategories to descend into. Note: Providing sub categories will not work if ml_item is None.

Returns

A SearchResult instance.

Raises

AttributeError – if ml_item has no item_id attribute.
SoCoUPnPException – with error_code='701' if the item cannot be browsed.

browse_by_idstring(search_type, idstring, start=0, max_items=100, full_album_art_uri=False)[source]

Browse (get sub-elements from) a given music library item, specified by a string.

Parameters

search_type (str) – The kind of information to retrieve. Can be one of: 'artists', 'album_artists', 'albums', 'genres', 'composers', 'tracks', 'share', 'sonos_playlists', and 'playlists', where playlists are the imported file based playlists from the music library.
idstring (str) – a term to search for.
start (int) – starting number of returned matches. Default 0.
max_items (int) – Maximum number of returned matches. Default 100.
full_album_art_uri (bool) – whether the album art URI should be absolute (i.e. including the IP address). Default False.

Returns

a SearchResult instance.

Return type

SearchResult

Note

The maximum numer of results may be restricted by the unit, presumably due to transfer size consideration, so check the returned number against that requested.

property library_updating

whether the music library is in the process of being updated.

Type: bool

start_library_update(album_artist_display_option='')[source]

Start an update of the music library.

Parameters: album_artist_display_option (str) – a value for the album artist compilation setting (see album_artist_display_option).

search_track(artist, album=None, track=None, full_album_art_uri=False)[source]

Search for an artist, an artist’s albums, or specific track.

Parameters

artist (str) – an artist’s name.
album (str, optional) – an album name. Default None.
track (str, optional) – a track name. Default None.
full_album_art_uri (bool) – whether the album art URI should be absolute (i.e. including the IP address). Default False.

Returns

A SearchResult instance.

get_albums_for_artist(artist, full_album_art_uri=False)[source]

Get an artist’s albums.

Parameters

artist (str) – an artist’s name.
full_album_art_uri – whether the album art URI should be absolute (i.e. including the IP address). Default False.

Returns

A SearchResult instance.

get_tracks_for_album(artist, album, full_album_art_uri=False)[source]

Get the tracks of an artist’s album.

Parameters

artist (str) – an artist’s name.
album (str) – an album name.
full_album_art_uri – whether the album art URI should be absolute (i.e. including the IP address). Default False.

Returns

A SearchResult instance.

property album_artist_display_option

The current value of the album artist compilation setting.

Possible values are:

'WMP' - use Album Artists
'ITUNES' - use iTunes® Compilations
'NONE' - do not group compilations