Welcome Python coder!

In this repo, you'll find the following files:

• Sample JSON files for Gracenote Music Metadata
  • Artist Metadata File: artist-object-1.json
  • Album Metadata File: album-object-1.json
  • Recording Metadata File: recording-object-1.json
• Test Scripts
  • Python 2 version: test_script_python2.py (Removed 01/08/2020)
  • Python 3 version: test_script_python3.py
• Skeleton Code
  • Python 2 version: Gracenote_music_data_python2.py (Removed 01/08/2020)
  • Python 3 version: Gracenote_music_data_python3.py

Please run the test script on your machine to make sure you can run the json and requests libraries.

There are 2 test scripts and skeleton files, one for Python2 and one for Python3. To check which version of python you have installed, run the command python --version

Once you know what version of Python you have installed, clone the repo using:

git clone https://github.com/gracenote/python_meetup.git

Then navigate to the directory:

cd python_meetup

Next, run the test script:

python test_script_pythonX.py (where X = version of Python on your machine)

The output should look like this:

Requests test result: True

Json test result: Taylor Swift

Sample API Requests:

https://api.gmd.music.gracenote.com/v1.0/artists/search?artistName=Taylor Swift&apikey=[KEY]

https://api.gmd.music.gracenote.com/v1.0/artists/gnid?ids=[GNID]&apikey=[KEY]

Resources:

Requests Library: https://pypi.org/project/requests/2.7.0/

Info on RESTful APIs: https://medium.com/extend/what-is-rest-a-simple-explanation-for-beginners-part-1-introduction-b4a072f8740f