iTunes 
A Ruby wrapper around the iTunes API that lets you search for any sort of data that is available on the iTunes store.
Example Response
{
"artist_id" : 954266,
"artist_name" : "Green Day",
"artist_view_url" : "http://itunes.apple.com/us/artist/green-day/id954266?uo=4",
"artwork_url100" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/049/Features/1e/17/05/dj.rpihtiig.100x100-75.jpg",
"artwork_url30" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/049/Features/1e/17/05/dj.rpihtiig.30x30-50.jpg",
"artwork_url60" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/049/Features/1e/17/05/dj.rpihtiig.60x60-50.jpg",
"collection_censored_name" : "Dookie",
"collection_explicitness" : "explicit",
"collection_id" : 5132583,
"collection_name" : "Dookie",
"collection_price" : 9.99,
"collection_view_url" : "http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/she/id5132583?i=5132563&uo=4",
"content_advisory_rating" : null,
"country" : "USA",
"currency" : "USD",
"disc_count" : 1,
"disc_number" : 1,
"kind" : "song",
"preview_url" : "http://a1.phobos.apple.com/us/r1000/027/Music/0e/86/7a/mzm.wchstext.aac.p.m4a",
"primary_genre_name" : "Alternative",
"release_date" : "2003-04-22 07:00:00 Etc/GMT",
"track_censored_name" : "She",
"track_count" : 15,
"track_explicitness" : "notExplicit",
"track_id" : 5132563,
"track_name" : "She",
"track_number" : 8,
"track_price" : 1.29,
"track_time_millis" : 134293,
"track_view_url" : "http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/she/id5132583?i=5132563&uo=4",
"wrapper_type" : "track"
}Available Methods
- movie
- podcast
- music
- music_video
- audiobook
- short_film
- tv_show
- ebook
- software
- all
Using the iTunes gem
require 'itunes'
>> itunes = ITunes::Client.new
>> songs = itunes.music('green day she')
=> <#Hashie::Rash result_count=15 results=[...]>
>> songs.results.each do |song|
>> puts "#{song.track_name} - #{song.artist_name} (#{song.collection_name})"
>> end
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
=> She - Green Day (Dookie)
Search directly from the class
>> iron_man = ITunes.movie('iron man 2')
=> <#Hashie::Rash result_count=1 results=[...]>
Limit the results:
>> foo_fighters = ITunes.music('foo fighters everlong', :limit => 1)
=> <#Hashie::Rash result_count=1 results=[<#Hashie::Rash ...>]>
What is Hashie::Rash?
If you are familiar with Hashie, Rash is very similar to a Mash. The primary difference is that Rash gives us ruby-friendly keys so instead of artistId, Rash converts that to artist_id.
Copyright
Copyright Β© 2011 Garrett Bjerkhoel, Steve Agalloco. See MIT-LICENSE for details.