Paul Lamere plamere

## gist:8976417
Perhaps an analogy would help ... like comparing an API to a car dashboard.
The dashboard is the interface between the car and the human - it has all
the controls you need to make the car do its job. An API is like the
dashboard for a software system. It provides the interface for another
system (typically another computer) to get a system to do its job.

## genre_playlist.py
import pyen
import sys

en = pyen.Pyen()

if len(sys.argv) < 2:
    print 'Usage: python genre_playlist.py seed genre name'
else:
    genre = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
    response = en.get('playlist/static', type='genre-radio', genre_preset='core-best', genre=genre)

## sim_genres.py
import pyen
import sys

en = pyen.Pyen()

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    genre = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
    response = en.get('genre/similar', name=genre)
    for genre in response['genres']:
        print genre['name']

## top_artists_for_genre.py
import pyen
import sys

en = pyen.Pyen()

if len(sys.argv) > 1:
    genre = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
    response = en.get('genre/artists', name=genre)
    for artist in response['artists']:
        print artist['name']

## genre_list.txt
a cappella - A cappella is singing without instrumental accompaniment. From the Italian for "in the manner of the chapel," a cappella may be performed solo or by a group.
abstract hip hop -
acid house - From house music came acid house, developed in the mid-'80s by Chicago DJs experimenting with the Roland TB-303 synthesizer. That instrument produced the subgenre's signature squelching bass, used to create a hypnotic sound.
acid jazz - Acid jazz, also called club jazz, is a style of jazz that takes cues from a number of genres, including funk, hip-hop, house, and soul.

...

## all_genres.py
import pyen

en = pyen.Pyen()
response = en.get('genre/list', bucket=['description'])
for g in response['genres']:
    print g['name'], '-', g['description']

## acrostic.py
#
# Generates an acrostic playlist
#
# This was built at the Tufts Hackathon Fall 2013
#
# Creates a playlist in the given genre, where the
# first letter in each song spells out a secret
# message

## spotify-echo-nest-playbutton.html
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html>
  <head>
    <title>Echo Nest + Spotify Play Button Demo</title>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
    <script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
    <link type="text/css" href="demo_styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
  </head>

<body>

## gist:5004349


function runLength(quanta, confidenceThreshold, loudnessThreshold, lookAhead, lookaheadMatch) {
    var lastState = false;

    for (var i = 0; i < quanta.length; i++) {
        quanta[i].needsDrums = false;
    }

    for (var i = 0; i < quanta.length -1; i+=2) {

## combine.py
"""
combine.py

alternate between two audiofiles, beat by beat

By Paul Lamere, 2013-01-25
"""
import echonest.audio as audio

usage = """
	Perhaps an analogy would help ... like comparing an API to a car dashboard.
	The dashboard is the interface between the car and the human - it has all
	the controls you need to make the car do its job. An API is like the
	dashboard for a software system. It provides the interface for another
	system (typically another computer) to get a system to do its job.
	import pyen
	import sys

	en = pyen.Pyen()

	if len(sys.argv) < 2:
	print 'Usage: python genre_playlist.py seed genre name'
	else:
	genre = ' '.join(sys.argv[1:])
	response = en.get('playlist/static', type='genre-radio', genre_preset='core-best', genre=genre)
	a cappella - A cappella is singing without instrumental accompaniment. From the Italian for "in the manner of the chapel," a cappella may be performed solo or by a group.
	abstract hip hop -
	acid house - From house music came acid house, developed in the mid-'80s by Chicago DJs experimenting with the Roland TB-303 synthesizer. That instrument produced the subgenre's signature squelching bass, used to create a hypnotic sound.
	acid jazz - Acid jazz, also called club jazz, is a style of jazz that takes cues from a number of genres, including funk, hip-hop, house, and soul.

	...
	import pyen

	en = pyen.Pyen()
	response = en.get('genre/list', bucket=['description'])
	for g in response['genres']:
	print g['name'], '-', g['description']
	#
	# Generates an acrostic playlist
	#
	# This was built at the Tufts Hackathon Fall 2013
	#
	# Creates a playlist in the given genre, where the
	# first letter in each song spells out a secret
	# message
	<!DOCTYPE html>
	<html>
	<head>
	<title>Echo Nest + Spotify Play Button Demo</title>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/jquery/1.7.0/jquery.min.js"></script>
	<script type="text/javascript" src="https://www.google.com/jsapi"></script>
	<link type="text/css" href="demo_styles.css" rel="stylesheet" />
	</head>

	<body>


	function runLength(quanta, confidenceThreshold, loudnessThreshold, lookAhead, lookaheadMatch) {
	var lastState = false;

	for (var i = 0; i < quanta.length; i++) {
	quanta[i].needsDrums = false;
	}

	for (var i = 0; i < quanta.length -1; i+=2) {
	"""
	combine.py

	alternate between two audiofiles, beat by beat

	By Paul Lamere, 2013-01-25
	"""
	import echonest.audio as audio

	usage = """