discogs-python-client

DiscoGS Python client

Requirements

1. Verify python 2.7 version python --version

2. Verify pip 9 version pip2 --version

3. Verify virtualenv 15 version virtualenv --version

Note: If one missed install it via brew or easy_install (install global packages like virtualenv) and pip (install python packages in a local environment)

Virtual Environment

1. Create a virtual environment mkvirtualenv discogs-python-client

2. cd discogs-python-client

3. Activate the virtual environment workon discogs-python-client

4. Install the dependencies pip2 install -r requirements.txt

5. Deactivate virtual environment once done deactivate

XML Artist Parser

1. Test XML Parser python test_xml_artist.py artist_test.xml

XML Artist Genre Parser

1. Test XML Parser python test_xml_genre.py release_test.xml

Getting images with DiscoGS API

1. Create an account at https://www.discogs.com and create a token

2. Add the token in the env variables to be used in the python script export DISCOGS_TOKEN="YOUR_PRIVATE_TOKEN"

3. Test python test_client.py artist_test.xml