Database

Modules
	Database Advanced Search
	Database Search Statistics
	Database Playlist

Functions
MpdData *	mpd_database_get_albums (MpdObj *mi, const char *artist)
MpdData *	mpd_database_get_artists (MpdObj *mi)
MpdData *	mpd_database_get_complete (MpdObj *mi)
int	mpd_database_update_dir (MpdObj *mi, const char *path)
MpdData *	mpd_database_find (MpdObj *mi, int table, const char *string, int exact)
MpdData *	mpd_database_get_directory (MpdObj *mi, const char *path)
MpdData *	mpd_database_get_directory_recursive (MpdObj *mi, const char *path)
mpd_Song *	mpd_database_get_fileinfo (MpdObj *mi, const char *path)

Detailed Description

Function Documentation

mpd_database_find()

MpdData* mpd_database_find	(	MpdObj *	mi,
		int	table,
		const char *	string,
		int	exact
	)

Parameters

mi	a MpdObj
table	table
string	string to search for
exact	if TRUE only return exact matches WARNING: This function is deprecated, use mpd_database_search_start

Returns

a MpdData list

mpd_database_get_albums()

MpdData* mpd_database_get_albums	(	MpdObj *	mi,
		const char *	artist
	)

Parameters

mi	A MpdObj
artist	an artist name

Grabs a list of albums of a certain artist from mpd. if artist is NULL it grabs all albums

Returns

A MpdData list.

mpd_database_get_artists()

MpdData* mpd_database_get_artists

(

MpdObj *

mi

)

Parameters

mi

a MpdObj

returns a list of all available artists.

Returns

a MpdData list

mpd_database_get_complete()

MpdData* mpd_database_get_complete

(

MpdObj *

mi

)

Parameters

mi

a MpdObj

Gets the complete database, only returns songs

Returns

a MpdData list with songs

mpd_database_get_directory()

MpdData* mpd_database_get_directory	(	MpdObj *	mi,
		const char *	path
	)

Parameters

mi	a MpdObj
path	a NULL terminated path string

Gets the contents of a directory, it can return songs, directories and playlists

Returns

a MpdData list with songs, directories and playlists

mpd_database_get_directory_recursive()

MpdData* mpd_database_get_directory_recursive	(	MpdObj *	mi,
		const char *	path
	)

Parameters

mi	a MpdObj
path	a string containing the path

Recursively list all the songs directory path

Returns

a MpdData

mpd_database_get_fileinfo()

mpd_Song* mpd_database_get_fileinfo	(	MpdObj *	mi,
		const char *	path
	)

Parameters

mi	A MpdObj
path	an Path to a file

Grabs the song info for a single file. Make sure you pass a url to a song and not a directory, that might result in strange behaviour.

Returns

a mpd_Song

mpd_database_update_dir()

int mpd_database_update_dir	(	MpdObj *	mi,
		const char *	path
	)

Parameters

mi	A MpdObj
path	The path mpd should update.

Force mpd to update (parts of) the database.

Returns

a MpdError