Module: Yesradio

Defined in:
lib/song.rb,
lib/item.rb,
lib/station.rb,
lib/yesradio.rb

Defined Under Namespace

Classes: Item, Song, Station

Constant Summary

YESRADIO_VERSION = 
1
YESRADIO_SERVER = 
"http://api.yes.com/#{YESRADIO_VERSION}"

Class Method Summary (collapse)

Class Method Details

+ (Object) get_chart(query_hash)

Get the current top 100 songs for any station based on number of times played and user voting (calculated daily).

Parameters

name
optional

The station name, defaults to US national top 100 if none given.

date
optional

Return just the charts from a specific date in the format year-mm-dd (April 2008 and newer).

genre
optional

Filter any request to a specific Genre ( Americana Blues Christian Classical Country Electronica Hip-Hop Jazz Latin Metal New Age Pop Punk R&B/Soul Rock Smooth Jazz World ).

hot
optional

Alternative sorting, must be either "fresh" (by most increase in charts day-to-day, not supported in combination with date field) or "vote" (most votes via yes.com).

max

How many songs to return (default is 10).

Examples

get_chart :genre => "Rock"

--



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# File 'lib/yesradio.rb', line 88

def self.get_chart(query_hash)
  self.search('Song', "chart", "//api/array/songs", query_hash)
end

+ (Object) get_log(query_hash)

Get the log of all the songs played on the given station in a selected day within the last week.

Parameters

name

The station name.

ago
optional

The days ago from now for the given date you want, an integer from 0-6 and defaults to 0 (the log today so far).

Examples

get_log :name => "KEXP", :ago => 3

--



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# File 'lib/yesradio.rb', line 58

def self.get_log(query_hash)
  self.search('Song', "log", "//api/array/songs", query_hash)
end

+ (Object) get_media(query_hash)

Get a list of any matching artist names or song titles based on airtime popularity.

Parameters

q

The string to search with, can be partial (used for autocomplete) or full names.

aid
optional

Instead of a general query, a known Artist ID can be passed to return just media from that artist.

mid
optional

Instead of a general query, a known Media ID can be passed to return extra information (lyrics from Lyric Wiki and matching videos from YouTube and MTV) about just that song.

max

How many songs to return (default is 10, max is 50).

Examples

get_media :aid => 610471

-- Run test with api.yes.com/1/media?mid=12812281&type=xml which returns an XML error (Yes.com's fault)



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# File 'lib/yesradio.rb', line 106

def self.get_media(query_hash)
  self.search('Song', "media", "//api/array/songs", query_hash)
end

+ (Object) get_recent(query_hash)

Get the most recent songs played on any station.

Parameters

name

The station name.

max

How many recent songs to return (default is 10).

Examples

get_recent :name => "KEXP", :max => 3

--



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# File 'lib/yesradio.rb', line 71

def self.get_recent(query_hash)
  self.search('Song', "recent", "//api/array/songs", query_hash)
end

+ (Object) get_related(query_hash)

Given a song, return a list of related songs based on airtime in the last week.

Parameters

mid

The media ID (use media call to search for IDs).

max

Maximum number of related songs to return (default is 20).

Examples

get_related :mid => 11586843

--



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# File 'lib/yesradio.rb', line 120

def self.get_related(query_hash)
  self.search('Song', "related", "//api/array/songs", query_hash)
end

+ (Object) get_station(query_hash)

Get current information about a single station including now playing song, slogan, frequency, market, and links to any known webcast stream or site.

Parameters

name

The station name (for AM/FM it is just the call letters).

Examples

get_station :name => "KEXP"

--



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# File 'lib/yesradio.rb', line 25

def self.get_station(query_hash)
  array = self.search('Station', "station", "//api", query_hash)
  array[0] unless array.nil? || array[0].name.nil?
end

+ (Object) search_stations(query_hash)

Search and find a list of stations by name, frequency, genre, artist, or location.

Parameters

match
optional

Used to search station names, call letters, slogans, frequency, or cities/states.

freq
optional

Also match an exact AM/FM frequency.

mid
optional

Also match only stations that have this media id (see #media call) in their top 100 charts.

genre
optional

Also match any genre keywords like pop, rock, etc.

loc
optional

Also match stations within 60 miles of the given zip code, "lat,lon", or city/state names.

max
optional

Defaults to 10 stations returned.

Examples

search_stations :match => "KEX"

--



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# File 'lib/yesradio.rb', line 44

def self.search_stations(query_hash)
  self.search('Station', "stations", "//api/array/stations", query_hash)
end