The idea is that you've got a bunch of files each with a list of albums/films/books in it. And you want to download all the album/poster/cover art.

Set-up

• For albums, add files called albums_X.txt to the lists/ directory that contain a list of albums like this:

  Parts & Labor's "Receivers"
  Ty Segall's "Twins" (2012)
  The Blues Collection Vol. 5: Bo Diddley's "Jungle Music" (1993)
  Kanye West's "Yeezus" (2013)
  Julian Lynch's "Lines" (2013)
  

• Add books in the same format, but to a file called books_X.txt.

• Add films as a list of titles only.

Usage

(Note: use with python3)

By default, we download music albums. Use the --type option to toggle between film, album, or book.

Download albums from all files in lists/ directory:

python cover_art.py -i lists/ -o . --all --type album

Download albums from a single file:

python cover_art.py -i lists/albums_2007.txt -o 2007/ --type album

List albums with missing cover art:

python cover_art.py -i lists/ -o . --all -c --type album

Print info only (no images):

python cover_art.py -i lists/albums_2007.txt --type album --get_info

This won't work perfectly, but it's a start!

Requirements

Python3.

For films, we need IMDBpy. For books, we need the Goodreads API with the associated developer keys. For albums, we need the Discogs API and developer keys.

Save all developer keys as environment variables for your consumer key and consumer secret keys. For example, you can create a local file called .env with the following:

```
export DISCOGS_CONSUMER_KEY=asdfasdfasdf
export DISCOGS_CONSUMER_SECRET=asdfasdfasdfsadfasdfasdf
export GOODREADS_KEY=asdfasdfasdf
export GOODREADS_SECRET=asdfasdfasdfsadfasdfasdf
```

(Remember to run source .env to load these variables prior to running cover_art.py.)