Java data bindings for the Cover Art Archive.

• Provides access to cover art through the /release/{mbid}/ or /release-group/{mbid}/ end points.
• The Javadoc can be generated by running mvn javadoc:javadoc.

The recommended way of using coverartarchive-api is through Maven. Add the coverartarchive-api dependency to your project's POM:

<dependency>
  <groupId>fm.last</groupId>
  <artifactId>coverartarchive-api</artifactId>
  <version>2.1.0</version>
</dependency>

(Alternatively, a JAR file can be obtained from Maven Central: fm.last:coverartarchive-api:2.1.0)

Get all cover art for Portishead's 'Dummy' release:

CoverArtArchiveClient client = new DefaultCoverArtArchiveClient();
UUID mbid = UUID.fromString("76df3287-6cda-33eb-8e9a-044b5e15ffdd");

CoverArt coverArt = null;
try {
  coverArt = client.getByMbid(mbid);
  if (coverArt != null) {
    for (CoverArtImage coverArtImage : coverArt.getImages()) {
      File output = new File(mbid.toString() + "_" + coverArtImage.getId() + ".jpg");
      FileUtils.copyInputStreamToFile(coverArtImage.getImage(), output);
    }
  }
} catch (Exception e) {
  // ...
}

To get all cover art for Portishead's 'Dummy' using the release-group endpoint, replace:

coverArt = client.getByMbid(mbid);

with:

coverArt = client.getReleaseGroupByMbid(mbid);

To query using HTTPs instead of plain HTTP, create the client as follows.

final boolean useHttps = true;
CoverArtArchiveClient client = new DefaultCoverArtArchiveClient(useHttps);

Note that URLs for images returned by the service may still contain insecure addresses. To detect these cases you can query the URLs for each returned image by calling CoverArtImage.getImageUrl().

• Run mvn clean verify

All contributions are welcome. Please use the Last.fm codeformatting profile found in the lastfm-oss-config project for formatting your changes.

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