+ @bl_artist
+ def search_artist(self, artist):
+ """
+ Search artists based on a fuzzy search in the media library
+ >>> art = Artist(name='the beatles', mbid=<UUID4>) # mbid optional
+ >>> bea = player.search_artist(art)
+ >>> print(bea.names)
+ >>> ['The Beatles', 'Beatles', 'the beatles']
+
+ Returns an Artist object
+ """
+ found = False
+ if artist.mbid:
+ # look for exact search w/ musicbrainz_artistid
+ exact_m = self._execute('list', ['artist', 'musicbrainz_artistid', artist.mbid])
+ if exact_m:
+ [artist.add_alias(name) for name in exact_m]
+ found = True
+ else:
+ artist = Artist(name=artist.name)
+ # then complete with fuzzy search on artist with no musicbrainz_artistid
+ if artist.mbid:
+ # we already performed a lookup on artists with mbid set
+ # search through remaining artists
+ artists = self._cache.get('nombid_artists', [])
+ else:
+ artists = self._cache.get('artists', [])
+ match = get_close_matches(artist.name, artists, 50, 0.73)
+ if not match and not found:
+ return
+ if len(match) > 1:
+ self.log.debug('found close match for "%s": %s' %
+ (artist, '/'.join(match)))
+ # Does not perform fuzzy matching on short and single word strings
+ # Only lowercased comparison
+ if ' ' not in artist.name and len(artist.name) < 8:
+ for fuzz_art in match:
+ # Regular lowered string comparison
+ if artist.name.lower() == fuzz_art.lower():
+ artist.add_alias(fuzz_art)
+ return artist
+ fzartist = SimaStr(artist.name)
+ for fuzz_art in match:
+ # Regular lowered string comparison
+ if artist.name.lower() == fuzz_art.lower():
+ found = True
+ artist.add_alias(fuzz_art)
+ if artist.name != fuzz_art:
+ self.log.debug('"%s" matches "%s".' % (fuzz_art, artist))
+ continue
+ # SimaStr string __eq__ (not regular string comparison here)
+ if fzartist == fuzz_art:
+ found = True
+ artist.add_alias(fuzz_art)
+ self.log.info('"%s" quite probably matches "%s" (SimaStr)' %
+ (fuzz_art, artist))
+ if found:
+ if artist.aliases:
+ self.log.debug('Found: {}'.format('/'.join(list(artist.names)[:4])))
+ return artist
+