thanks again for the api, and thanks also for the examples which were a good way to start.
However, I think the python example is not the best way to realize the api. Yesterday, the server seemed to be very busy. It took up to 25 seconds until I got a response from the server (search for artist with mbid).
In fact, the waiting time is not a problem at all, but when programming it according to the example using urllib2.urlopen(), during this waiting time the application is completely stuck, as it is waiting for a response or the timeout.
A better way - to my opinion - is to use pythons twisted mechanism which loads the data asynchronous, thus it does not matter how long it takes until an answer is provided - the application is able to continue with other tasks in the meanwhile. Maybe this helps other people also who do not have (like me) too much experience with python. So I attach the small bit of code which is neccessary to (in my case) get the dowload urls for artist pics....
Have fun
Alfred
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from twisted.web.client import getPage
import json
....
getPage(url, timeout=10).addCallback(self.getFanartParseJson).addErrback(self.getFanartFailed)
...
def getFanartParseJson(self, resultString):
jsonDict = json.loads(resultString)
if len(jsonDict["artistbackground"])== 0: return
for pic in jsonDict["artistbackground"]:
self.artistBgPicsList.append(pic["url"])
def getFanartFailed(self,result):
pass #some reaction
