From: kaliko Date: Mon, 8 Dec 2014 11:27:20 +0000 (+0100) Subject: Propagate Artist type X-Git-Tag: 0.13.0~23 X-Git-Url: https://git.kaliko.me/?a=commitdiff_plain;h=1b5cfb4c9187df891bd840b51c044d72ad0077d5;p=mpd-sima.git Propagate Artist type --- diff --git a/sima/client.py b/sima/client.py index 1d3a010..d127442 100644 --- a/sima/client.py +++ b/sima/client.py @@ -25,7 +25,6 @@ This client is built above python-musicpd a fork of python-mpd # standard library import from difflib import get_close_matches -from itertools import dropwhile from select import select # third parties components @@ -37,10 +36,9 @@ except ImportError as err: sexit(1) # local import -from .lib.player import Player +from .lib.player import Player, blacklist from .lib.track import Track -from .lib.meta import Album -from .lib.simastr import SimaStr +from .lib.meta import Album, Artist from .utils.leven import levenshtein_ratio @@ -53,36 +51,6 @@ class PlayerCommandError(PlayerError): PlayerUnHandledError = MPDError # pylint: disable=C0103 -def blacklist(artist=False, album=False, track=False): - #pylint: disable=C0111,W0212 - field = (artist, album, track) - def decorated(func): - def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): - if not args[0].database: - return func(*args, **kwargs) - cls = args[0] - boolgen = (bl for bl in field) - bl_fun = (cls.database.get_bl_artist, - cls.database.get_bl_album, - cls.database.get_bl_track,) - #bl_getter = next(fn for fn, bl in zip(bl_fun, boolgen) if bl is True) - bl_getter = next(dropwhile(lambda _: not next(boolgen), bl_fun)) - #cls.log.debug('using {0} as bl filter'.format(bl_getter.__name__)) - results = list() - for elem in func(*args, **kwargs): - if bl_getter(elem, add_not=True): - cls.log.debug('Blacklisted "{0}"'.format(elem)) - continue - if track and cls.database.get_bl_album(elem, add_not=True): - # filter album as well in track mode - # (artist have already been) - cls.log.debug('Blacklisted alb. "{0.album}"'.format(elem)) - continue - results.append(elem) - return results - return wrapper - return decorated - class PlayerClient(Player): """MPD Client From python-musicpd: @@ -173,12 +141,21 @@ class PlayerClient(Player): self._cache['artists'] = frozenset(self._client.list('artist')) @blacklist(track=True) - def find_track(self, artist, title=None): + def _find_track(self, artist, title): #return getattr(self, 'find')('artist', artist, 'title', title) if title: return self.find('artist', artist, 'title', title) return self.find('artist', artist) + def find_track(self, artist, title=None): + tracks = list() + if isinstance(artist, Artist): + for name in artist.names: + tracks.extend(self._find_track(name, title=title)) + else: + tracks.extend(self._find_track(artist,title=title)) + return tracks + @blacklist(track=True) def fuzzy_find_track(self, artist, title): # Retrieve all tracks from artist @@ -202,55 +179,6 @@ class PlayerClient(Player): return [] return self.find('artist', artist, 'title', title_) - @blacklist(artist=True) - def fuzzy_find_artist(self, art): - """ - Controls presence of artist in music library. - Crosschecking artist names with SimaStr objects / difflib / levenshtein - - TODO: proceed crosschecking even when an artist matched !!! - Not because we found "The Doors" as "The Doors" that there is no - remaining entries as "Doors" :/ - not straight forward, need probably heavy refactoring. - """ - matching_artists = list() - artist = SimaStr(art) - - # Check against the actual string in artist list - if artist.orig in self.artists: - self.log.debug('found exact match for "%s"' % artist) - return [artist.orig] - # Then proceed with fuzzy matching if got nothing - match = get_close_matches(artist.orig, self.artists, 50, 0.73) - if not match: - return [] - 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.orig and len(artist) < 8: - for fuzz_art in match: - # Regular string comparison SimaStr().lower is regular string - if artist.lower() == fuzz_art.lower(): - matching_artists.append(fuzz_art) - self.log.debug('"%s" matches "%s".' % (fuzz_art, artist)) - return matching_artists - for fuzz_art in match: - # Regular string comparison SimaStr().lower is regular string - if artist.lower() == fuzz_art.lower(): - matching_artists.append(fuzz_art) - self.log.debug('"%s" matches "%s".' % (fuzz_art, artist)) - return matching_artists - # SimaStr string __eq__ (not regular string comparison here) - if artist == fuzz_art: - matching_artists.append(fuzz_art) - self.log.info('"%s" quite probably matches "%s" (SimaStr)' % - (fuzz_art, artist)) - else: - self.log.debug('FZZZ: "%s" does not match "%s"' % - (fuzz_art, artist)) - return matching_artists - def find_album(self, artist, album): """ Special wrapper around album search: @@ -262,29 +190,31 @@ class PlayerClient(Player): return self.find('artist', artist, 'album', album) @blacklist(album=True) - def find_albums(self, artist): + def search_albums(self, artist): """ Fetch all albums for "AlbumArtist" == artist Filter albums returned for "artist" == artist since MPD returns any album containing at least a single track for artist """ albums = [] - kwalbart = {'albumartist':artist, 'artist':artist} - for album in self.list('album', 'albumartist', artist): - if album not in albums: - albums.append(Album(name=album, **kwalbart)) - for album in self.list('album', 'artist', artist): - album_trks = [trk for trk in self.find('album', album)] - if 'Various Artists' in [tr.albumartist for tr in album_trks]: - self.log.debug('Discarding {0} ("Various Artists" set)'.format(album)) - continue - arts = set([trk.artist for trk in album_trks]) - if len(set(arts)) < 2: # TODO: better heuristic, use a ratio instead - if album not in albums: - albums.append(Album(name=album, albumartist=artist)) - elif album and album not in albums: - self.log.debug('"{0}" probably not an album of "{1}"'.format( - album, artist) + '({0})'.format('/'.join(arts))) + for name in artist.aliases: + self.log.debug('Searching album for {}'.format(name)) + kwalbart = {'albumartist':name, 'artist':name} + for album in self.list('album', 'albumartist', artist): + if album and album not in albums: + albums.append(Album(name=album, **kwalbart)) + for album in self.list('album', 'artist', artist): + album_trks = [trk for trk in self.find('album', album)] + if 'Various Artists' in [tr.albumartist for tr in album_trks]: + self.log.debug('Discarding {0} ("Various Artists" set)'.format(album)) + continue + arts = set([trk.artist for trk in album_trks]) + if len(set(arts)) < 2: # TODO: better heuristic, use a ratio instead + if album not in albums: + albums.append(Album(name=album, albumartist=artist)) + elif album and album not in albums: + self.log.debug('"{0}" probably not an album of "{1}"'.format( + album, artist) + '({0})'.format('/'.join(arts))) return albums def monitor(self): diff --git a/sima/lib/meta.py b/sima/lib/meta.py index 1c3e511..32bb883 100644 --- a/sima/lib/meta.py +++ b/sima/lib/meta.py @@ -45,10 +45,13 @@ class Meta: """ def __init__(self, **kwargs): - self.name = None + self.__name = None #TODO: should be immutable self.__mbid = None + self.__aliases = set() if 'name' not in kwargs or not kwargs.get('name'): raise MetaException('Need a "name" argument') + else: + self.__name = kwargs.pop('name') if 'mbid' in kwargs and kwargs.get('mbid'): is_uuid4(kwargs.get('mbid')) # mbid immutable as hash rests on @@ -60,7 +63,7 @@ class Meta: return fmt.format(self.__class__.__name__, self) def __str__(self): - return self.name.__str__() + return self.__name.__str__() def __eq__(self, other): """ @@ -71,18 +74,40 @@ class Meta: if self.mbid and other.mbid: return self.mbid == other.mbid else: - return other.__str__() == self.__str__() + return (other.__str__() == self.__str__() or + other.__str__() in self.__aliases) return False def __hash__(self): if self.mbid: return hash(self.mbid) - return id(self) + return hash(self.__name) + + def add_alias(self, other): + if getattr(other, '__str__', None): + if callable(other.__str__): + self.__aliases |= {other.__str__()} + elif isinstance(other, Meta): + self.__aliases |= other.__aliases + else: + raise MetaException('No __str__ method found in {!r}'.format(other)) + + @property + def name(self): + return self.__name @property def mbid(self): return self.__mbid + @property + def aliases(self): + return self.__aliases + + @property + def names(self): + return self.__aliases | {self.__name,} + class Album(Meta): @@ -92,7 +117,7 @@ class Album(Meta): class Artist(Meta): - def __init__(self, name=None, **kwargs): + def __init__(self, name=None, mbid=None, **kwargs): """Artist object built from a mapping dict containing at least an "artist" entry: >>> trk = {'artist':'Art Name', @@ -103,9 +128,8 @@ class Artist(Meta): >>> artobj0 = Artist(**trk) >>> artobj1 = Artist(name='Tool') """ - self.__aliases = set() name = kwargs.get('artist', name) - mbid = kwargs.get('musicbrainz_artistid', None) + mbid = kwargs.get('musicbrainz_artistid', mbid) if (kwargs.get('albumartist', False) and kwargs.get('albumartist') != 'Various Artists'): name = kwargs.get('albumartist').split(', ')[0] @@ -114,18 +138,5 @@ class Artist(Meta): mbid = kwargs.get('musicbrainz_albumartistid').split(', ')[0] super().__init__(name=name, mbid=mbid) - def add_alias(self, other): - if getattr(other, '__str__', None): - if callable(other.__str__): - self.__aliases |= {other.__str__()} - elif isinstance(other, Artist): - self.__aliases |= other._Artist__aliases - else: - raise MetaException('No __str__ method found in {!r}'.format(other)) - - @property - def names(self): - return self.__aliases | {self.name,} - # VIM MODLINE # vim: ai ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 expandtab diff --git a/sima/lib/player.py b/sima/lib/player.py index cb562b5..473c9df 100644 --- a/sima/lib/player.py +++ b/sima/lib/player.py @@ -24,11 +24,65 @@ # standard library import import logging from difflib import get_close_matches +from itertools import dropwhile # local import +from .meta import Artist from .simastr import SimaStr from ..utils.leven import levenshtein_ratio +def blacklist(artist=False, album=False, track=False): + #pylint: disable=C0111,W0212 + field = (album, track) + def decorated(func): + def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): + if not args[0].database: + return func(*args, **kwargs) + cls = args[0] + boolgen = (bl for bl in field) + bl_fun = (cls.database.get_bl_album, + cls.database.get_bl_track,) + #bl_getter = next(fn for fn, bl in zip(bl_fun, boolgen) if bl is True) + bl_getter = next(dropwhile(lambda _: not next(boolgen), bl_fun)) + #cls.log.debug('using {0} as bl filter'.format(bl_getter.__name__)) + results = list() + for elem in func(*args, **kwargs): + if bl_getter(elem, add_not=True): + cls.log.debug('Blacklisted "{0}"'.format(elem)) + continue + if track and cls.database.get_bl_album(elem, add_not=True): + # filter album as well in track mode + # (artist have already been) + cls.log.debug('Blacklisted alb. "{0.album}"'.format(elem)) + continue + results.append(elem) + return results + return wrapper + return decorated + +def bl_artist(func): + def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): + cls = args[0] + if not args[0].database: + return func(*args, **kwargs) + result = func(*args, **kwargs) + if not result: + return + names = list() + for art in result.names: + if cls.database.get_bl_artist(art, add_not=True): + cls.log.debug('Blacklisted "{0}"'.format(art)) + continue + names.append(art) + if not names: + return + resp = Artist(name=names.pop(), mbid=result.mbid) + for name in names: + resp.add_alias(name) + return resp + return wrapper + + class Player(object): """Player interface to inherit from. @@ -85,25 +139,65 @@ class Player(object): """ raise NotImplementedError - def find_albums(self, artist): + def search_albums(self, artist): """ Find albums by artist's name - >>> player.find_alums('Nirvana') + >>> art = Artist(name='Nirvana') + >>> player.search_albums(art) Returns a list of string objects """ raise NotImplementedError - def fuzzy_find_artist(self, artist): + @bl_artist + def search_artist(self, artist): """ - Find artists based on a fuzzy search in the media library - >>> bea = player.fuzzy_find_artist('beatles') - >>> print(bea) - >>> ['The Beatles'] + Search artists based on a fuzzy search in the media library + >>> bea = player.search_artist('The beatles') + >>> print(bea.names) + >>> ['The Beatles', 'Beatles', 'the beatles'] Returns a list of strings (artist names) """ - raise NotImplementedError + found = False + # Then proceed with fuzzy matching if got nothing + match = get_close_matches(artist.name, self.artists, 50, 0.73) + if not match: + 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 + if artist.name != fuzz_art: + artist.add_alias(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)) + #else: + #self.log.debug('FZZZ: "%s" does not match "%s"' % + #(fuzz_art, artist)) + if found: + if artist.aliases: + self.log.debug('Found: {}'.format('/'.join(artist.names))) + return artist + return def disconnect(self): """Closing client connection with the Player @@ -115,5 +209,25 @@ class Player(object): """ raise NotImplementedError + @property + def artists(self): + raise NotImplementedError + + @property + def state(self): + raise NotImplementedError + + @property + def current(self): + raise NotImplementedError + + @property + def queue(self): + raise NotImplementedError + + @property + def playlist(self): + raise NotImplementedError + # VIM MODLINE # vim: ai ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 expandtab diff --git a/sima/lib/simadb.py b/sima/lib/simadb.py index 280b23d..a7ce759 100644 --- a/sima/lib/simadb.py +++ b/sima/lib/simadb.py @@ -187,7 +187,7 @@ class SimaDB(object): """ get album information from the database. if not in database insert new entry. - Attention: use Track() object!! + Attention: use Track|Album object!! Use AlbumArtist tag if provided, fallback to Album tag """ if with_connection: @@ -346,6 +346,24 @@ class SimaDB(object): self.close_database_connection(connection) return False + def get_artists_history(self, artists, duration=__HIST_DURATION__): + """ + """ + date = datetime.utcnow() - timedelta(hours=duration) + connection = self.get_database_connection() + rows = connection.execute( + "SELECT arts.name, albs.name, trs.name, trs.file" + " FROM artists AS arts, tracks AS trs, history AS hist, albums AS albs" + " WHERE trs.id = hist.track AND trs.artist = arts.id AND trs.album = albs.id" + " AND hist.last_play > ? ORDER BY hist.last_play DESC", (date.isoformat(' '),)) + for row in rows: + if artists and row[0] not in artists: + continue + for art in artists: + if row[0] == art: + yield art + self.close_database_connection(connection) + def get_history(self, artist=None, artists=None, duration=__HIST_DURATION__): """Retrieve complete play history, most recent tracks first artist : filter history for specific artist diff --git a/sima/lib/simaecho.py b/sima/lib/simaecho.py index 3f649a6..af557c5 100644 --- a/sima/lib/simaecho.py +++ b/sima/lib/simaecho.py @@ -21,7 +21,7 @@ Consume EchoNest web service """ -__version__ = '0.0.3' +__version__ = '0.0.4' __author__ = 'Jack Kaliko' @@ -102,7 +102,7 @@ class SimaEch: for frgnid in art.get('foreign_ids'): if frgnid.get('catalog') == 'musicbrainz': mbid = frgnid.get('foreign_id' - ).lstrip('musicbrainz:artist:') + ).split(':')[2] yield Artist(mbid=mbid, name=art.get('name')) def get_toptrack(self, artist=None): diff --git a/sima/lib/track.py b/sima/lib/track.py index 1bed098..cb16856 100644 --- a/sima/lib/track.py +++ b/sima/lib/track.py @@ -63,7 +63,7 @@ class Track: self.__dict__.update({tag: ', '.join(set(value))}) def __repr__(self): - return '%s(artist="%s", album="%s", title="%s", filename="%s")' % ( + return '%s(artist="%s", album="%s", title="%s", file="%s")' % ( self.__class__.__name__, self.artist, self.album, diff --git a/sima/lib/webserv.py b/sima/lib/webserv.py index 547c9ce..ffd516a 100644 --- a/sima/lib/webserv.py +++ b/sima/lib/webserv.py @@ -40,7 +40,7 @@ def cache(func): def wrapper(*args, **kwargs): #pylint: disable=W0212,C0111 cls = args[0] - similarities = [art for art in args[1]] + similarities = [art.name for art in args[1]] hashedlst = md5(''.join(similarities).encode('utf-8')).hexdigest() if hashedlst in cls._cache.get('asearch'): cls.log.debug('cached request') @@ -140,19 +140,15 @@ class WebService(Plugin): Move around items in artists_list in order to play first not recently played artists """ - # TODO: move to utils as a decorator + hist = list() duration = self.daemon_conf.getint('sima', 'history_duration') - art_in_hist = list() - for trk in self.sdb.get_history(duration=duration, artists=alist): - if trk[0] not in art_in_hist: - art_in_hist.append(trk[0]) - art_in_hist.reverse() - art_not_in_hist = [ar for ar in alist if ar not in art_in_hist] - random.shuffle(art_not_in_hist) - art_not_in_hist.extend(art_in_hist) - self.log.info('{}'.format( - ' / '.join(art_not_in_hist))) - return art_not_in_hist + for art in self.sdb.get_artists_history(alist, duration=duration): + if art not in hist: + hist.insert(0, art) + reorg = [art for art in alist if art not in hist] + reorg.extend(hist) + self.log.info('{}'.format(' / '.join([a.name for a in reorg]))) + return reorg @cache def get_artists_from_player(self, similarities): @@ -166,9 +162,11 @@ class WebService(Plugin): results = list() similarities.reverse() while (len(results) < dynamic - and len(similarities) > 0): + and len(similarities) > 0): art_pop = similarities.pop() - results.extend(self.player.fuzzy_find_artist(art_pop)) + res = self.player.search_artist(art_pop) + if res: + results.append(res) return results def ws_similar_artists(self, artist=None): @@ -177,24 +175,22 @@ class WebService(Plugin): """ # initialize artists deque list to construct from DB as_art = deque() - as_artists = self.ws().get_similar(artist=artist) - self.log.debug('Requesting {} for {!r}'.format(self.ws.name,artist)) + as_artists = self.ws.get_similar(artist=artist) + self.log.debug('Requesting {} for {!r}'.format(self.ws.name, artist)) try: - # TODO: let's propagate Artist type - [as_art.append(str(art)) for art in as_artists] + [as_art.append(art) for art in as_artists] except WSError as err: - self.log.warning('{0}: {1}'.format(self.ws.name, err)) + self.log.warning('{}: {}'.format(self.ws.name, err)) if as_art: - self.log.debug('Fetched {0} artist(s)'.format(len(as_art))) + self.log.debug('Fetched {} artist(s)'.format(len(as_art))) return as_art def get_recursive_similar_artist(self): - ret_extra = list() history = deque(self.history) history.popleft() depth = 0 if not self.player.playlist: - return ret_extra + return last_trk = self.player.playlist[-1] extra_arts = list() while depth < self.plugin_conf.getint('depth'): @@ -213,10 +209,10 @@ class WebService(Plugin): 'to "{}" as well'.format(artist)) similar = self.ws_similar_artists(artist=artist) if not similar: - return ret_extra - ret_extra.extend(self.get_artists_from_player(similar)) - if last_trk.artist in ret_extra: - ret_extra.remove(last_trk.artist) + return [] + ret_extra = set(self.get_artists_from_player(similar)) + if last_trk.Artist in ret_extra: + ret_extra.remove(last_trk.Artist) return ret_extra def get_local_similar_artists(self): @@ -231,7 +227,7 @@ class WebService(Plugin): self.log.info('Got nothing from {0}!'.format(self.ws.name)) return [] self.log.info('First five similar artist(s): {}...'.format( - ' / '.join([a for a in list(similar)[0:5]]))) + ' / '.join([a.name for a in list(similar)[0:5]]))) self.log.info('Looking availability in music library') ret = set(self.get_artists_from_player(similar)) ret_extra = None @@ -244,13 +240,17 @@ class WebService(Plugin): self.log.warning('Got nothing from music library.') self.log.warning('Try running in debug mode to guess why...') return [] - queued_artists = { trk.artist for trk in self.player.queue } + queued_artists = { trk.Artist for trk in self.player.queue } + for art in queued_artists: + if art in ret: + self.log.debug('Removing already queued artist: {0}'.format(art)) + ret = ret - queued_artists if ret & queued_artists: self.log.debug('Removing already queued artist: {0}'.format(ret & queued_artists)) ret = ret - queued_artists - if self.player.current.artist in ret: - self.log.debug('Removing current artist: {0}'.format(self.player.current.artist)) - ret = ret - {self.player.current.artist} + if self.player.current.Artist in ret: + self.log.debug('Removing current artist: {0}'.format(self.player.current.Artist)) + ret = ret - {self.player.current.Artist} # Move around similars items to get in unplayed|not recently played # artist first. self.log.info('Got {} artists in library'.format(len(ret))) @@ -260,7 +260,7 @@ class WebService(Plugin): """Retrieve album history""" duration = self.daemon_conf.getint('sima', 'history_duration') albums_list = set() - for trk in self.sdb.get_history(artist=artist, duration=duration): + for trk in self.sdb.get_history(artist=artist.name, duration=duration): albums_list.add(trk[1]) return albums_list @@ -272,7 +272,7 @@ class WebService(Plugin): target_album_to_add = self.plugin_conf.getint('album_to_add') for artist in artists: self.log.info('Looking for an album to add for "%s"...' % artist) - albums = self.player.find_albums(artist) + albums = self.player.search_albums(artist) # str conversion while Album type is not propagated albums = [str(album) for album in albums] if albums: @@ -315,7 +315,6 @@ class WebService(Plugin): """ self.to_add = list() nbtracks_target = self.plugin_conf.getint('track_to_add') - webserv = self.ws() for artist in artists: artist = Artist(name=artist) if len(self.to_add) == nbtracks_target: @@ -323,7 +322,7 @@ class WebService(Plugin): self.log.info('Looking for a top track for {0}'.format(artist)) titles = deque() try: - titles = [t for t in webserv.get_toptrack(artist)] + titles = [t for t in self.ws.get_toptrack(artist)] except WSError as err: self.log.warning('{0}: {1}'.format(self.ws.name, err)) if self.ws.ratelimit: @@ -354,8 +353,7 @@ class WebService(Plugin): if len(self.to_add) == nbtracks_target: break if not self.to_add: - self.log.debug('Found no tracks to queue, is your ' + - 'history getting too large?') + self.log.debug('Found no tracks to queue!') return None for track in self.to_add: self.log.info('{1} candidates: {0!s}'.format(track, self.ws.name)) diff --git a/sima/plugins/internal/echonest.py b/sima/plugins/internal/echonest.py index c9a02e8..a6dda93 100644 --- a/sima/plugins/internal/echonest.py +++ b/sima/plugins/internal/echonest.py @@ -41,7 +41,7 @@ class EchoNest(WebService): # Set persitent cache vardir = daemon.config['sima']['var_dir'] SimaEch.cache = FileCache(join(vardir, 'http', 'EchoNest')) - self.ws = SimaEch + self.ws = SimaEch() # VIM MODLINE # vim: ai ts=4 sw=4 sts=4 expandtab diff --git a/sima/plugins/internal/lastfm.py b/sima/plugins/internal/lastfm.py index be87094..f6008dc 100644 --- a/sima/plugins/internal/lastfm.py +++ b/sima/plugins/internal/lastfm.py @@ -38,7 +38,7 @@ class Lastfm(WebService): def __init__(self, daemon): WebService.__init__(self, daemon) - self.ws = SimaFM + self.ws = SimaFM() # Set persitent cache vardir = daemon.config['sima']['var_dir'] persitent_cache = daemon.config.getboolean('lastfm', 'cache')