.. currentmodule:: spotify
The :class:`Link` class
Link objects
.. data:: LINK_INVALID Link type not valid - default until the library has parsed the link, or when parsing failed.
.. data:: LINK_TRACK
.. data:: LINK_ALBUM
.. data:: LINK_ARTIST
.. data:: LINK_SEARCH
.. data:: LINK_PLAYLIST
.. method:: __str__() Return the link as a string in the Spotify format. Example: ``spotify:track:5st5644IlBmKiiRE73UsoZ``
.. method:: type() Return the type of the link as an :class:`int`. Check value against the :data:`LINK_*` types.
.. method:: as_album() :return: the link as an :class:`Album` object. :rtype: :class:`Album`
.. method:: as_artist() :return: the link as an :class:`Artist` object. :rtype: :class:`Artist`
.. method:: as_track() :return: the link as a :class:`Track` object. :rtype: :class:`Track`
.. staticmethod:: from_album(album) :param album: an album :type album: :class:`Album` :return: link to the album :rtype: :class:`Link` :raises: :exc:`SpotifyError` Create a new :class:`Link` object from an :class:`Album` object.
.. staticmethod:: from_artist(artist) :param artist: an artist :type artist: :class:`Artist` :return: link to the artist :rtype: :class:`Link` :raises: :exc:`SpotifyError` Create a new :class:`Link` object from an :class:`Artist` object.
.. staticmethod:: from_playlist(playlist) :param playlist: a playlist :type playlist: :class:`Playlist` :return: link to the playlist :rtype: :class:`Link` :raises: :exc:`SpotifyError` Create a new :class:`Link` object from a :class:`Playlist` object.
.. staticmethod:: from_search(results) :param results: a result set :type results: :class:`Results` :return: link to the result set :rtype: :class:`Link` :raises: :exc:`SpotifyError` Create a new :class:`Link` object from a :class:`Results` object.
.. staticmethod:: from_string(s) :param s: a Spotify URI :type s: :class:`string` :return: link to the same resource as the URI string :rtype: :class:`Link` :raises: :exc:`SpotifyError` Create a new :class:`Link` object from a string. Raises an exception if the string is not a valid Spotify URI.
.. staticmethod:: from_track(track[, offset]) :param track: a track :type track: :class:`Track` :param offset: offset in milliseconds from the start of the track :type offset: :class:`int` :return: link to the result set :rtype: :class:`Link` :raises: :exc:`SpotifyError` Create a new :class:`Link` object from a :class:`Track` object, and optionally a time offset in milliseconds from the start of the track.