Compilation

A music similarity library, returning a weighted combination of several API and tool results.

Installation

npm install compilation

Usage

For now, see the tests.

Features

similarArtists({ artist: 'Hector Berlioz' })

Returns Promise resolving to an Array, ordered by similarity:

[ { name: 'Johannes Brahms',
    similarity: 0.5204596666666667,
    href: 'https://api.spotify.com/v1/artists/5wTAi7QkpP6kp8a54lmTOq' },
  { name: 'Carl Maria von Weber',
    similarity: 0.49999999999999983,
    href: 'http://www.last.fm/music/Carl+Maria+von+Weber' },
    ...
]

Backends:

• Pandora
• Last.fm
• Spotify

similarTracks({ artist: 'Bonobo', track: 'Silver' })

Returns Promise resolving to an Array, ordered by similarity:

[ { name: 'The Plug',
    similarity: 0.3333333333333333,
    href: 'http://www.last.fm/music/Bonobo/_/The+Plug',
    artist: 
     { name: 'Bonobo',
       href: 'http://www.last.fm/music/Bonobo' } },
  ...
]

Backends:

• Last.fm

See also

• metalminer, a similar library without the weighted result merging.
• Spotify API documentation
• Last.fm API documentation
• Groovebasin, a rather nice C++ / nodejs based player with a web frontend. It is lacking support for using similarity in its auto-dj functionality.