def alexa_play_artist(slots):
heard_artist = str(slots['Artist']['value']).lower().translate(
None, string.punctuation)
print('Trying to play music by %s' % (heard_artist))
sys.stdout.flush()
artists = kodi.GetMusicArtists()
if 'result' in artists and 'artists' in artists['result']:
artists_list = artists['result']['artists']
located = kodi.matchHeard(heard_artist, artists_list, 'artist')
if located:
songs_result = kodi.GetArtistSongs(located['artistid'])
songs = songs_result['result']['songs']
kodi.Stop()
kodi.ClearPlaylist()
songs_array = []
for song in songs:
songs_array.append(song['songid'])
kodi.AddSongsToPlaylist(songs_array)
kodi.StartPlaylist()
return build_alexa_response('Playing %s' % (heard_artist))
else:
return build_alexa_response('Could not find %s' % (heard_artist))
else:
return build_alexa_response('Could not find %s' % (heard_artist))
def alexa_play_artist(slots):
artists = kodi.GetMusicArtists()
heard_artist = str(slots['Artist']['value']).lower().translate(None, string.punctuation)
located = None
fuzzy_match = False
for artist in artists['result']['artists']:
ascii_name = artist['artist'].encode('ascii', 'replace')
artist_name = str(ascii_name).lower().translate(None, string.punctuation)
if artist_name == heard_artist:
located = artist_name
artist_id = artist['artistid']
break
if not located:
# Try an exact match after removing any leading "the"
heard_minus_the = remove_the(heard_artist)
for artist in artists['result']['artists']:
ascii_name = artist['artist'].encode('ascii', 'replace')
artist_name = str(ascii_name).lower().translate(None, string.punctuation)
if remove_the(artist_name) == heard_minus_the:
located = artist_name
artist_id = artist['artistid']
break
if located:
songs_result = kodi.GetArtistSongs(artist_id)
songs = songs_result['result']['songs']
kodi.Stop()
kodi.ClearPlaylist()
songs_array = []
for song in songs:
songs_array.append(song['songid'])
kodi.AddSongsToPlaylist(songs_array)
kodi.StartPlaylist()
return build_alexa_response('Playing %s' % (located))
else:
return build_alexa_response('Could not find %s' % (heard_artist))