Artists join value

[GustavAndreasson]

Hi!
I have made an discogs collection viewer application that is currently using my own code to query discogs (https://github.com/GustavAndreasson/records2). There is a lot of room for improvement and I would like to use this library instead.

One thing that I can't find is the join values of artist lists for realeases with multiple artists (like https://www.discogs.com/release/452087-Rowland-S-Howard-Lydia-Lunch-Shotgun-Wedding ("-" in this case)) so that I can display how the artists are shown on the record. Is there a way to get that information through this library?

[AnssiAhola]

Hi, @GustavAndreasson

There seems to be "join" field in the returned JSON from the release API point
You can get it by first getting artists from the Release object and then fetch ing the "join" field like so

# Rowland S. Howard - Lydia Lunch – Shotgun Wedding
release_id = 452087
print(client.release(release_id).artists[0].fetch('join'))
# Prints -

I'm curious, why does it matter what character you join the artists with? Can't you just join always with "-" 😅

Anyways, hope that helps

Cheers!
Anssi

[GustavAndreasson]

Great! Thank you!

The reason for the join attribute is that I want to show the correct artists names as they are used for the record.

Like in this example, https://www.discogs.com/release/1417827-Captain-Beefheart-And-His-Magic-Band-Safe-As-Milk. Without the join the artist would just be "Captain Beefheart - His Magic Band" while it should be "Captain Beefheart And His Magic Band".