pycompmusic

Introduction

API Interface to CompMusic Dunya. Dunya is a research project that studies several world music traditions from the point of view of the information technologies, with the aim to facilitate the cataloging and discovery of music recordings within large repositories. For more information: http://compmusic.upf.edu

Authors

PyCompmusic was written by members of the Music Technology Group at Universitat Pompeu Fabra (https://www.upf.edu/web/mtg/).

License

Pycompmusic is Copyright 2013-2024 Music Technology Group - Universitat Pompeu Fabra

Pycompmusic is released under the terms of the MIT License. See the LICENSE file for more information.

Installation

This library is designed for use with Python 3

It is recommended to install pycompmusic and dependencies into a virtualenv. Do it like this:

python -m venv venv
source venv/bin/activate
python setup.py install

Alternatively, install directly from pypi:

pip install compmusic

Documentation

There are sphinx docs available in the docs directory. Install sphinx to be able to build them

pip install sphinx

to build the docs run

make html

from the root directory.

API Quick reference

In order to use the API you need to register for a user account with Dunya. You can register at https://dunya.compmusic.upf.edu/user/register/ . Once your account is active you can start using the api.

In this repository you can find the code to access the API with python. For example to access recordings in the makam collection:

from compmusic import dunya
dunya.set_token("<your_token>")
recordings = dunya.makam.get_recordings()

In order to get your API token you have to log in to dunya (https://dunya.compmusic.upf.edu/social/login/) and then go to your profile: https://dunya.compmusic.upf.edu/social/profile/ where you will find your token.