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gracenote/gracenote
===================

A PHP library for abstracting the Gracenote API

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Since May 28Pushed 10y ago1 watchersCompare

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Gracenote API PHP Library
=========================

[](#gracenote-api-php-library)

This is a library to abstract the Gracenote API

Installation
------------

[](#installation)

1. edit `composer.json` file with following contents:

    ```
    "require": {
       "gracenote/gracenote": "dev-master"
    }
    ```
2. install composer via `curl -s http://getcomposer.org/installer | php` (on windows, download  and execute it with PHP)
3. run `php composer.phar install`

Use
---

[](#use)

Configure the service

```
use Gracenote\Service\Gracenote;

Gracenote::configure($clientId, $userId);
```

If you do not have a userId you may fetch one by setting your clientId and running

```
Gracenote::register();
```

Run a query

```
$simpleXmlResult = Gracenote::query('ALBUM_SEARCH', array(
    'mode' => 'SINGLE_BEST_COVER',
    'parameters' => array(
        'ARTIST' => 'the bengals',
        'ALBUM_TITLE' => 'different light',
        'TRACK_TITLE' => 'walk like an egyptian'
    ),
    'options' => array(
        'SELECT_EXTENDED' => 'COVER,REVIEW,ARTIST_BIOGRAPHY,ARTIST_IMAGE,ARTIST_OET,MOOD,TEMPO',
        'SELECT_DETAIL' => 'GENRE:3LEVEL,MOOD:2LEVEL,TEMPO:3LEVEL,ARTIST_ORIGIN:4LEVEL,ARTIST_ERA:2LEVEL,ARTIST_TYPE:2LEVEL',
    ),
));
```

The Gracenote API will return a SimpleXmlElement of the results

###  Health Score

23

—

LowBetter than 30% of packages

Maintenance20

Infrequent updates — may be unmaintained

Popularity15

Limited adoption so far

Community11

Small or concentrated contributor base

Maturity41

Maturing project, gaining track record

 Bus Factor1

Top contributor holds 70.6% of commits — single point of failure

How is this calculated?**Maintenance (25%)** — Last commit recency, latest release date, and issue-to-star ratio. Uses a 2-year decay window.

**Popularity (30%)** — Total and monthly downloads, GitHub stars, and forks. Logarithmic scaling prevents top-heavy scores.

**Community (15%)** — Contributors, dependents, forks, watchers, and maintainers. Measures real ecosystem engagement.

**Maturity (30%)** — Project age, version count, PHP version support, and release stability.

### Community

Maintainers

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---

Top Contributors

[![TomHAnderson](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/493920?v=4)](https://github.com/TomHAnderson "TomHAnderson (12 commits)")[![richadams](https://avatars.githubusercontent.com/u/439789?v=4)](https://github.com/richadams "richadams (5 commits)")

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