lookup_entities_by_id: Lookup musicbrainz entities by id
In dmi3kno/musicbrainz: Bindings for the 'musicbrainz' Database API

Description Usage Arguments Value Functions Examples

Helper functions for looking up details about musicbrainz database entities given mbid. Optional parameter 'includes' allows retrieving related information. Lookup functions are not vectorized

lookup_area_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_artist_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_event_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_instrument_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_label_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_place_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_recording_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_release_group_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_release_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_series_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

lookup_work_by_id(mbid, includes = NULL)

`mbid`	musicbrainz database id
`includes`	character vector of names of related entities to include. See information about avaialable includes in each of the lookup functions.

Tibble containing details of the requested entity

lookup_area_by_id: lookup area by mbid. Available includes: tags
lookup_artist_by_id: lookup artist by mbid. Available includes: recordings, releases, release-groups, works and tags.
lookup_event_by_id: lookup event by mbid. Available includes: tags.
lookup_instrument_by_id: lookup instrument by mbid. Available includes: tags.
lookup_label_by_id: lookup label by mbid. Available includes: releases and tags.
lookup_place_by_id: lookup artist by mbid. Available includes: tags.
lookup_recording_by_id: lookup recording by mbid. Available includes: artists, releases and tags
lookup_release_group_by_id: lookup release group by mbid. Available includes: artists, releases and tags
lookup_release_by_id: lookup release by mbid. Available includes: artists, labels, recordings, release-groups, and tags
lookup_series_by_id: lookup series by mbid. Available includes: tags
lookup_work_by_id: lookup work by mbid. Available includes: tags

# find mbid for Trondheim and lookup area information
trondheim_mbid <- search_areas("Trondheim",1)$mbid
lookup_area_by_id(trondheim_mbid)

# Lookup "The Wall" release
the_wall_mbid <- search_releases("The Wall AND artist:Pink Floyd",1)$mbid
lookup_release_by_id(the_wall_mbid)

# Lookup "David Sanborn" artist
sanborn_id <- search_artists("David+Sanborn",1)$mbid
lookup_artist_by_id(sanborn_id, includes=c("recordings"))