/**
* Creates a Last.fm playlist.
*
* @param title A title for the playlist
* @param description A description for the playlist
* @param session A Session instance
* @return the result of the operation
*/
public static Playlist create(String title, String description, Session session) {
Result result =
Caller.getInstance()
.call("playlist.create", session, "title", title, "description", description);
if (!result.isSuccessful()) return null;
return ResponseBuilder.buildItem(
result.getContentElement().getChild("playlist"), Playlist.class);
}
/**
* Gets a list of a user's playlists on Last.fm. Note that this method only fetches metadata
* regarding the user's playlists. If you want to retrieve the list of tracks in a playlist use
* {@link Playlist#fetch(String, String) Playlist.fetch()}.
*
* @param user The last.fm username to fetch the playlists of.
* @param apiKey A Last.fm API key.
* @return a list of Playlists
*/
public static Collection<Playlist> getPlaylists(String user, String apiKey) {
Result result = Caller.getInstance().call("user.getPlaylists", apiKey, "user", user);
if (!result.isSuccessful()) return Collections.emptyList();
Collection<Playlist> playlists = new ArrayList<Playlist>();
for (DomElement element : result.getContentElement().getChildren("playlist")) {
playlists.add(Playlist.playlistFromElement(element));
}
return playlists;
}
/**
* Get a list of valid countries and {@link de.umass.lastfm.Geo.Metro}s for use in the other
* webservices.
*
* @param country Optionally restrict the results to those Metros from a particular country, as
* defined by the ISO 3166-1 country names standard
* @param apiKey A Last.fm API key
* @return a List of {@link de.umass.lastfm.Geo.Metro}s
*/
public static Collection<Metro> getMetros(String country, String apiKey) {
Map<String, String> params = new HashMap<String, String>();
MapUtilities.nullSafePut(params, "country", country);
Result result = Caller.getInstance().call("geo.getMetros", apiKey, params);
if (!result.isSuccessful()) return Collections.emptyList();
Collection<DomElement> children = result.getContentElement().getChildren("metro");
Collection<Metro> metros = new ArrayList<Metro>(children.size());
for (DomElement child : children) {
metros.add(new Metro(child.getChildText("name"), child.getChildText("country")));
}
return metros;
}
