Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
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Re: Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
#2On similar lines, I wrote an unofficial API for Amazon's CloudPlayer: https://github.com/mwylde/cloud_player.
Re: Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
#3Might be cool to write a DAAP client that uses this so you get your Google Music inside of iTunes as a shared library. If I wasn't so loaded with stuff right now I might start a project. Oh, heck maybe I'll do it anyway.
Re: Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
#4Might be cool to write a DAAP client that uses this so you get your Google Music inside of iTunes as a shared library. If I wasn't so loaded with stuff right now I might start a project. Oh, heck maybe I'll do it anyway.
Best idea I've heard all day. Let me know if you end up doing this, I'd love to help out.
Re: Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
#5Might be cool to write a DAAP client that uses this so you get your Google Music inside of iTunes as a shared library. If I wasn't so loaded with stuff right now I might start a project. Oh, heck maybe I'll do it anyway.
I've started this: https://github.com/dpogue/gmusic-daap
Unfortunately the DAAP library I started with doesn't support some of the options that iTunes looks for. It works with Rhythmbox and Banshee on Linux, and someone told me that it worked with an Android DAAP client.
Unlike the API posted here, which emulates requests from the web interface, mine is based on the internal API used by Google's Android client.
Re: Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
#6Might be cool to write a DAAP client that uses this so you get your Google Music inside of iTunes as a shared library. If I wasn't so loaded with stuff right now I might start a project. Oh, heck maybe I'll do it anyway.
I've started this: https://github.com/dpogue/gmusic-daap Unfortunately the DAAP library I started with doesn't support some of the options that iTunes looks for. It works with Rhythmbox and Banshee on Linux, and someone told me that it worked with an Android DAAP client. Unlike the API posted here, which emulates requests from the web interface, mine is based on the internal API used by Google's Android client.
Oh nice. How far is it and did you stop because of this? Should I rather be looking into contributing to your project?
Re: Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
#7Personally, I don't like the 'gmapi' name since 'gm' could be Google Music or Google Maps, though this is obvious a bit nit-picky.
Re: Show HN: an unofficial API for Google Music
#8Personally, I don't like the 'gmapi' name since 'gm' could be Google Music or Google Maps, though this is obvious a bit nit-picky.
That's a good point, actually; I hadn't thought of that. Maybe "gmusicapi" would be a better choice? Anyone else got an opinion?
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#9Earlier quoted context omitted.
I've started this: https://github.com/dpogue/gmusic-daap Unfortunately the DAAP library I started with doesn't support some of the options that iTunes looks for. It works with Rhythmbox and Banshee on Linux, and someone told me that it worked with an Android DAAP client. Unlike the API posted here, which emulates requests from the web interface, mine is based on the internal API used by Google's Android client.
Oh nice. How far is it and did you stop because of this? Should I rather be looking into contributing to your project?
It's far enough along that it can list the whole library, and a client like Rhythmbox can request and successfully play a song.
I stopped mostly from time constraints, but I'm hoping to have time to continue working on it. Things like seeking in tracks and playlists would be nice to have.