get tracklist of album using musicbrainzngs

album_get_tracklist.py

#!/usr/bin/python3
# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
from __future__ import print_function
from __future__ import unicode_literals
import musicbrainzngs
import sys

musicbrainzngs.set_useragent(
    "python-musicbrainzngs-example",
    "0.1",
    "https://github.com/alastair/python-musicbrainzngs/",
)

def get_tracklist(artist, album):
    result = musicbrainzngs.search_releases(artist=artist, release=album, limit=1, primarytype = 'Album')
    id = result["release-list"][0]["id"]
    print(f'{artist} - {album} ({result["release-list"][0]["date"][:4]})\nTracks:')
    #### get tracklist
    new_result = musicbrainzngs.get_release_by_id(id, includes=["recordings"])
    t = (new_result["release"]["medium-list"][0]["track-list"])
    for x in range(len(t)):
        line = (t[x])
        tracknumber = line["number"]
        title = line["recording"]["title"]
        print(f'{tracknumber}. {title}')

if __name__ == '__main__':
    ### get first release
    if len(sys.argv) > 1:
        artist, album = [sys.argv[1], sys.argv[2]]
        get_tracklist(artist, album)
    else:
        artist = input("Artist: ")
        album = input("Album: ")
        if not artist == "" and not album == "":
            get_tracklist(artist, album)
        else:
            print("Artist or Album missing")
        

Usage:

python3 album_get_tracklist.py "rolling stones" "beggars banquet"

or

python3 album_get_tracklist.py

it will ask for Artist and Album