NAME

Mac::iTunes::Item - Perl extension for representing a item (song, URL, video) within an iTunes library.

SYNOPSIS

  use Mac::iTunes::Item;

  my $item = Mac::iTunes::Item->new(
                'Track ID' => 1,
                'Name' => 'The Fooiest Song',
                'Artist' => 'The Bar Band',
                );
  $item->genre('Ska');
  print "We are the " . $item->artist() . " and we play " .
  $item->genre() . " music\n";
  print "Enjoy our hit song " . $item->name() . "\n";

DESCRIPTION

A data structure for representing a item (song, URL, video) within an iTunes library. Use this along with Mac::iTunes::Library to create an iTunes library from which other information can be gleaned.

EXPORT

None by default.

METHODS

new()

Creates a new Mac::iTunes::Item object that can store all of the data of an iTunes library item.

        my $rec = Mac::iTunes::Item->new();

The constructor can also be called initializing any number of the attributes of a item

        my $rec = Mac::iTunes::Item->new();
                'Track ID' => '73',
                'Name' => 'Josie',
                'Artist' => 'blink-182',
                'Genre' => 'Pop Punk',
                'Kind' => 'MPEG audio file',
                'Size' => 31337,
                'Total Time' => 31337,
                'Year' => '2007',
                'Date Modified' => '2007-01-01T01:01:01Z',
                'Date Added' => '2007-01-01T01:01:01Z',
                'Bit Rate' => 256,
                'Sample Rate' => 44100,
                'Play Count' => 1,
                'Play Date' => -1167613261,
                'Play Date UTC' => '2007-01-01T01:01:01Z',
                'Rating' => 50,
                'Persistent ID' => 'DAC2FC501CCA2031',
                'Track Type' => 'File',
                'Location' => 'file://localhost/Users/dinomite/Music/blink-182/Dude%20Ranch/Josie.mp3',
                'File Folder Count' => 4,
                'Library Folder Count' => 1
        );

$rec->trackID( $id )

Get/set the Track ID attribute for this item.

$rec->artist( $artist )

Get/set the Artist attribute for this item.

$rec->genre( $genre )

Get/set the Genre attribute for this item.

$rec->kind( $kind )

Get/set the Kind ("MPEG audio file", etc.) attribute for this item.

$rec->size( $size )

Get/set the Size attribute for this item.

$rec->totalTime( $totalTime )

Get/set the Total Time attribute for this item.

$rec->year( $year )

Get/set the Year attribute for this item.

$rec->dateModified( $dateModified )

Get/set the Date Modified attribute for this item.

$rec->dateAdded( $dateAdded )

Get/set the Date Added attribute for this item.

$rec->dateAdded( $dateAdded )

Get/set the Date Added attribute for this item.

$rec->sampleRate( $sampleRate )

Get/set the Sample Rate attribute for this item.

$rec->playCount( $playCount )

Get/set the Play Count attribute for this item.

$rec->playDate( $playDate )

Get/set the Play Date attribute for this item.

$rec->playDateUTC( $playDateUTC )

Get/set the Play Date UTC attribute for this item.

$rec->rating( $rating )

Get/set the Rating attribute for this item.

$rec->persistentID( $persistentID )

Get/set the Persistent ID attribute for this item.

$rec->trackType( $trackType )

Get/set the Track Type attribute for this item.

$rec->location( $location )

Get/set the Location attribute for this item.

$rec->fileFolderCount( $fileFolderCount )

Get/set the File Folder Count attribute for this item.

$rec->libraryFolderCount( $libraryFolderCount )

Get/set the Library Folder Count attribute for this item.

SEE ALSO

Mac::iTunes, Mac::iTunes::Library

AUTHOR

Drew Stephens, <lt>drewgstephens@gmail.com<gt>, http://dinomite.net

COPYRIGHT AND LICENSE

Copyright (C) 2007 by Drew Stephens

This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify it under the same terms as Perl itself, either Perl version 5.8.8 or, at your option, any later version of Perl 5 you may have available.

cpanm Mac::iTunes::XML

perl -MCPAN -e shell
install Mac::iTunes::XML