Track count per mix

[Francois Cartegnie]

I'll just need the track count per mix. Can It be added ?

(I've seen the thread about tracks listing/stats per mix and licence
incompatibility, but I don't need those details)

[Remi - 8tracks]

It could be useful yes. Let me add to my list...

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[Francois Cartegnie]

On 20 juin, 18:32, Remi - 8tracks <r...@8tracks.com> wrote:
> It could be useful yes. Let me add to my list...

My playlist is set once for all before playback, so I'll need to
schedule N "next" requests.
Without this, I'll have to add an arbitrary number of "next" tracks.

More globally, the major problem with the api is that it is requires
the client to be stateful.
One example: you have to keep track of the mix_id to be able to report
playback. (Not provided in play request).

[Remi - 8tracks]

Hey Francois, it took a long time but we did add tracks_count &
duration to the API.

You can get them by including "length" in your requests, for instance:

http://8tracks.com/mixes/14.json?api_version=2.1&include=length

I hope this helps,

Remi

[Matija Lukic]

Cool, a very nice new feature!

Does the same parameter apply when mixes.json is called? If not, could you please add it? It would be useful for the users to know how big are the mixes when choosing which one to play.

cheers,

Matija

[Remi - 8tracks]

Thanks Matija, which call are you thinking about exactly?

[Matija Lukic]

Hi,

something like this:  

http://8tracks.com/mixes.xml?tag=jazz&sort=recent&include=length

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[Remi - 8tracks]

Unfortunately that's not possible yet but I'm hoping to improve our
API backend to allow this kind of query easily.

[Mika]

Hey Remi.

I didn't find an answer in the API documentation, so I ask in this thread:
Is there yet a possible way to fetch the length of a mix when using the mixes.xml? Or do I have to query every mix on his own (/mixes/[id].xml)?

I would like to include the playing duration to my mix overview as easy as possible, so it would be great if tracks_count & duration would be part of the mixes.xml response too :)

Greets, Markus

[Remi - 8tracks]

Hi Markus,

We have a newer API that lets you adjust which fields you want to be
returned but it's not fully baked yet.
For now, I just added these 2 fields (tracks_count and duration) to
all version 2 requests (to be deployed later today).

Happy to help!

Remi

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[Mika]

That's great, looking forward to it.
Thanks!

So i should be able to do a call like "http://8tracks.com/mixes.xml?api_version=2&tag=jazz&sort=recent&api_key=XXX" and fetch the duration property of the mixes.
Great :)

Greets, Markus

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Yes Markus, that's right. Let me know if it's not working by tomorrow.

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[Mika]

Hey Remi, just wanted to tell you that it's working fine.
Just did the test and... voila :)

Thanks again for adding it.

Greets, Markus

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