{"id":1111,"date":"2013-03-13T19:49:16","date_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:49:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/denbeke.be\/blog\/?page_id=1111"},"modified":"2013-03-13T19:49:16","modified_gmt":"2013-03-13T18:49:16","slug":"itunes-library-parser-itunesparser","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/denbeke.be\/blog\/itunes-library-parser\/itunes-library-parser-itunesparser\/","title":{"rendered":"iTunes Library Parser &#8211; iTunesParser"},"content":{"rendered":"<pre><code data-language=\"python\">class iTunesParser:\r\n'''Class for parsing an iTunes Library'''\r\n\r\ndef __init__(self, input_file):\r\n    '''Constructor'''\r\n    self.source = input_file #Source file\r\n    self.xml = ElementTree.parse(input_file) # Parsed XML File in a tree\r\n    self.library = list() #List containing all the tracks\r\n\r\n\r\ndef parse(self):\r\n    '''Parse the file'''\r\n    # Documentation about Element Tree ->  http:\/\/docs.python.org\/2\/library\/xml.etree.elementtree.html\r\n    root = self.xml.getroot()\r\n    \r\n    #Find index of element containing tracks\r\n    i = 0\r\n    \r\n    for child in root[0]:\r\n        if child.text == \"Tracks\":\r\n            tracksIndex = i+1\r\n            break\r\n        i += 1\r\n    \r\n            \r\n    #Loop trough all songs\r\n    i = 0\r\n    for song in root[0][tracksIndex]:\r\n        #Every second element is a track\r\n        if i % 2 == 1:\r\n            \r\n            #Loop through metadata of the track and extract info\r\n            j = 0\r\n            \r\n            albumArtist = None\r\n            \r\n            for tag in song:\r\n\r\n                if tag.text == \"Name\":\r\n                    trackName = song[j+1].text\r\n                \r\n                elif tag.text == \"Artist\":\r\n                    artist = song[j+1].text\r\n                    \r\n                elif tag.text == \"Album Artist\":\r\n                    albumArtist = song[j+1].text\r\n                    \r\n                elif tag.text == \"Album\":\r\n                    album = song[j+1].text\r\n                    \r\n                elif tag.text == \"Genre\":\r\n                    genre = song[j+1].text\r\n                    \r\n                elif tag.text == \"Year\":\r\n                    year = song[j+1].text\r\n                \r\n                j += 1\r\n            \r\n            \r\n            #Sometime Album Artist is not defined, then we take the artist as album artist\r\n            if albumArtist == None:\r\n                albumArtist = artist\r\n            \r\n            #Make new track\r\n            try:\r\n                track = Track(trackName, artist, albumArtist, album, year, genre)\r\n            except:\r\n                #Sometime Album Artist is not defined, then we take the artist as album artist\r\n                track = Track(trackName, artist, artist, album, year, genre)\r\n            \r\n            #Add track to 'library'\r\n            self.library.append(track)\r\n        \r\n        i += 1\t\t\t\r\n        \r\n    \r\n    return\r\n\r\n\r\ndef getTrackList(self):\r\n    '''Returns list with all tracks'''\r\n    return self.library\r\n    \r\n\r\ndef __str__(self):\r\n    '''Returns string of iTunes Library with all albums'''\r\n    \r\n    string = \"\"\r\n    \r\n    for i in range ( len(self.library) ):\r\n        \r\n        string += str(i+1)+\". \"\r\n        \r\n        string += str(self.library[i])\r\n        \r\n        if i != len(self.library) - 1:\r\n            string += \"\\n\"\r\n    \r\n    return string<\/code><\/pre>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>class iTunesParser: &#8221;&#8217;Class for parsing an iTunes Library&#8221;&#8217; 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