InlinePlus plugin for Beets

This beets plugin is like the builtin inline plugin: it "lets you use Python to customize your path formats. Using it, you can define template fields in your beets configuration file and refer to them from your template strings in the paths: section."

However, inlineplus adds a fields_base: block where you can define python functions you want to use in multiple template fields.

Installation

Install the plugin into beets' Python environment with

pip install beets-inlineplus

(or the respective equivalent if you use e.g. pipx).

Usage

Add the inlineplus plugin to your config.

Then under a new fields_base: block write python functions and constants you want to use in your fielddefinition under item_fields: or album_fields:. Python function can be used in both of these section. Example:

You want to use a function anartist() both in the item field myiteminfo and in the album fields myartistinfo. Define this function in your config.yaml like this:

fields_base: |
  def anartist():
    return "AnArtist"

Then you can refer to it the item and album fields for example liek this:

item_fields:
  myiteminfo: anartist()

album_fields:
  myartistinfo: |
    return "Artist_" + anartist().upper()

and then in the paths section you can use your new fields:

paths:
    default: $albumartist/$album%aunique{}/$track $title $myiteminfo
    singelton: $myartistinfo/$title