MusicBrainzAPI 4.0.0

.NET 8.0 This package targets .NET 8.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. .NET Standard 2.0 This package targets .NET Standard 2.0. The package is compatible with this framework or higher. 
dotnet add package MusicBrainzAPI --version 4.0.0
                    


                    

                
NuGet\Install-Package MusicBrainzAPI -Version 4.0.0
This command is intended to be used within the Package Manager Console in Visual Studio, as it uses the NuGet module's version of Install-Package. 
<PackageReference Include="MusicBrainzAPI" Version="4.0.0" />
For projects that support PackageReference, copy this XML node into the project file to reference the package. 
<PackageVersion Include="MusicBrainzAPI" Version="4.0.0" />
                    


                            Directory.Packages.props
                        

                    

                
<PackageReference Include="MusicBrainzAPI" />
                    


                            Project file
For projects that support Central Package Management (CPM), copy this XML node into the solution Directory.Packages.props file to version the package. 
paket add MusicBrainzAPI --version 4.0.0
                    


                    

                
#r "nuget: MusicBrainzAPI, 4.0.0"
#r directive can be used in F# Interactive and Polyglot Notebooks. Copy this into the interactive tool or source code of the script to reference the package. 
#:package MusicBrainzAPI@4.0.0
#:package directive can be used in C# file-based apps starting in .NET 10 preview 4. Copy this into a .cs file before any lines of code to reference the package. 
#addin nuget:?package=MusicBrainzAPI&version=4.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Addin
                        

                    

                
#tool nuget:?package=MusicBrainzAPI&version=4.0.0
                    


                            Install as a Cake Tool

Hqub.MusicBrainz

Implementation of the MusicBrainz API version 2 for .NET

Features

  • First class MusicBrainz entities Artist, Label, ReleaseGroup, Release and Recording supporting asynchronous Get (lookup by MBID), Search and Browse.
  • Advanced Search using Lucene query syntax (see search documentation for supported fields).
  • Support for sub-queries in lookup requests (see MusicBrainz documentation and wiki for a list of supported inc parameters).
  • Limited support for entity relationships.

More information about the MusicBrainz API can be found here.

Examples

Take a look at the wiki or the Hqub.MusicBrainz.Client example project.

Product Compatible and additional computed target framework versions.
.NET net5.0 was computed.  net5.0-windows was computed.  net6.0 was computed.  net6.0-android was computed.  net6.0-ios was computed.  net6.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net6.0-macos was computed.  net6.0-tvos was computed.  net6.0-windows was computed.  net7.0 was computed.  net7.0-android was computed.  net7.0-ios was computed.  net7.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net7.0-macos was computed.  net7.0-tvos was computed.  net7.0-windows was computed.  net8.0 is compatible.  net8.0-android was computed.  net8.0-browser was computed.  net8.0-ios was computed.  net8.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net8.0-macos was computed.  net8.0-tvos was computed.  net8.0-windows was computed.  net9.0 was computed.  net9.0-android was computed.  net9.0-browser was computed.  net9.0-ios was computed.  net9.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net9.0-macos was computed.  net9.0-tvos was computed.  net9.0-windows was computed.  net10.0 was computed.  net10.0-android was computed.  net10.0-browser was computed.  net10.0-ios was computed.  net10.0-maccatalyst was computed.  net10.0-macos was computed.  net10.0-tvos was computed.  net10.0-windows was computed. 
.NET Core netcoreapp2.0 was computed.  netcoreapp2.1 was computed.  netcoreapp2.2 was computed.  netcoreapp3.0 was computed.  netcoreapp3.1 was computed. 
.NET Standard netstandard2.0 is compatible.  netstandard2.1 was computed. 
.NET Framework net461 was computed.  net462 was computed.  net463 was computed.  net47 was computed.  net471 was computed.  net472 was computed.  net48 was computed.  net481 was computed. 
MonoAndroid monoandroid was computed. 
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MonoTouch monotouch was computed. 
Tizen tizen40 was computed.  tizen60 was computed. 
Xamarin.iOS xamarinios was computed. 
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Xamarin.TVOS xamarintvos was computed. 
Xamarin.WatchOS xamarinwatchos was computed. 
Compatible target framework(s)
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  • .NETStandard 2.0

    • No dependencies.

  • net8.0

    • No dependencies.

NuGet packages

This package is not used by any NuGet packages.

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Hqub.MusicBrainz version 4.0 breaking changes:

* Consistently return QueryResult instead of specialized collection types from search and browse requests.
* Removal of Hqub.MusicBrainz.Entities.Collections namespace.
* Removal of Area.IsoCodes property (use Iso1Codes or Iso2Codes instead).

Other changes in version 4.0:

* Introduce IEntity as base interface for all entity classes supported by services.
* Add support for Area relationships.
* Add support for Area lookup to MusicBrainz client.
* Add missing Release.Packaging property.