How to get detail (Title,Artist) from .mp3 files in python using eyed3

Question

Here is my code

import eyed3

audiofile = eyed3.load(\"19 Calvin Harris - Summer.mp3\")

print(audiofile.tag.artist)

This is an error

Answer 1

I think the problem lies within the module.

I did some debugging using this code:

from eyed3 import id3

tag = id3.Tag()
tag.parse("myfile.mp3")
print(tag.artist)

In the parse function, the file is opened and then passed to _loadV2Tag(fileobject). Then, the module reads the first few lines of the file header and checks if it begins with ID3.

if f.read(3) != "ID3":
    return False

And here it returns false and I think this is where the error lies, because if I try to read the header myself, it is most definitely ID3.

>>> f = open("myfile.mp3", "rb")
>>> print(f.read(3))
b'ID3'

But full python3 support is not to be expected until version 0.8 according to https://bitbucket.org/nicfit/eyed3/issues/25/python-3-compatibilty which is available here: https://bitbucket.org/nicfit/eyed3/branch/py3

Answer 2

Try this:

if audiofile.tag is None:
            audiofile.tag = eyed3.id3.Tag()
            audiofile.tag.file_info = eyed3.id3.FileInfo("foo.id3")
    audiofile.tag.artist=unicode(artist, "utf-8")

Answer 3

For Python 3 things have changed and my code runs on my Mac.

@yask was correct as you should be checking for non-existent values and this is my example:

Copy and paste and just adjust the path for your needs & can be used in a loop of file paths.

"""PlaceHolder."""
import re

from os import path as ospath

from eyed3 import id3

current_home = ospath.expanduser('~')
file_path = ospath.join(current_home,
                        'Music',
                        'iTunes',
                        'iTunes Media',
                        'Music',
                        'Aerosmith',
                        'Big Ones',
                        '01 Walk On Water.mp3',
                        )


def read_id3_artist(audio_file):
    """Module to read MP3 Meta Tags.

    Accepts Path like object only.
    """
    filename = audio_file
    tag = id3.Tag()
    tag.parse(filename)
    # =========================================================================
    # Set Variables
    # =========================================================================
    artist = tag.artist
    title = tag.title
    track_path = tag.file_info.name
    # =========================================================================
    # Check Variables Values & Encode Them and substitute back-ticks
    # =========================================================================
    if artist is not None:
        artist.encode()
        artistz = re.sub(u'`', u"'", artist)
    else:
        artistz = 'Not Listed'
    if title is not None:
        title.encode()
        titlez = re.sub(u'`', u"'", title)
    else:
        titlez = 'Not Listed'
    if track_path is not None:
        track_path.encode()
        track_pathz = re.sub(u'`', u"'", track_path)
    else:
        track_pathz = ('Not Listed, and you have an the worst luck, '
                       'because this is/should not possible.')
    # =========================================================================
    # print them out
    # =========================================================================
    try:
        if artist is not None and title is not None and track_path is not None:
            print('Artist: "{}"'.format(artistz))
            print('Track : "{}"'.format(titlez))
            print('Path  : "{}"'.format(track_pathz))
    except Exception as e:
        raise e


read_id3_artist(file_path)

# Show Case:
# Artist: "Aerosmith"
# Track : "Walk On Water"
# Path  : "/Users/MyUserName/Music/iTunes/iTunes Media/Music/Aerosmith/Big Ones/01 Walk On Water.mp3"  # noqa

Answer 4

Title and Artists are available through accessor functions of the Tag() return value. The example below shows how to get them using getArtist() and getTitle() methods.

 import eyed3
 tag = eyed3.Tag()
 tag.link("/some/file.mp3")
 print tag.getArtist()
 print tag.getTitle()

Answer 5

Try this Code , it worked for me

import eyed3

def show_info():
    audio = eyed3.load("[PATH_TO_MP3]")
    print audio.tag.artist
    print audio.tag.album
    print audio.tag.title

show_info()