The gracenote samples page states it's possible to receive data of multiple albums including one albumart url (COVER_SIZE is disregarded) when option SELECT_EXTENDED=COVER is provided.
My xml request looks like
<QUERIES>
<AUTH>
<CLIENT>xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</CLIENT>
<USER>xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx</USER>
</AUTH>
<LANG>ger</LANG>
<COUNTRY>deu</COUNTRY>
<QUERY CMD="ALBUM_SEARCH">
<TEXT TYPE="ARTIST">The Beatles</TEXT>
<TEXT TYPE="ALBUM_TITLE">Help</TEXT>
<RANGE>
<START>1</START>
<END>20</END>
</RANGE>
<OPTION>
<PARAMETER>SELECT_EXTENDED</PARAMETER>
<VALUE>COVER</VALUE>
</OPTION>
</QUERY>
```
I played with the range to receive data of every album but none contained an url. I switched to the C# API and wrote a little programme
ParkSquare.Gracenote.GracenoteClient c = new ParkSquare.Gracenote.GracenoteClient("xxxxxxx-xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx");
ParkSquare.Gracenote.AlbumSearcher s=new ParkSquare.Gracenote.AlbumSearcher(c);
ParkSquare.Gracenote.SearchCriteria cr=new ParkSquare.Gracenote.SearchCriteria();
cr.AlbumTitle = "help";
cr.Artist = "the beatles";
cr.SearchOptions = ParkSquare.Gracenote.SearchOptions.Cover;
cr.SearchMode = ParkSquare.Gracenote.SearchMode.Default;
for (var ilauf = 0; ilauf < 5; ilauf++)
{
cr.Range = new ParkSquare.Gracenote.Range((ilauf * 20) + 1, (ilauf+1) * 20 );
ParkSquare.Gracenote.SearchResult sr = s.Search(cr);
foreach(var a in sr.Albums) {
Console.WriteLine( string.Format("{0} {1}",a.Title, a.Artwork.Count()) );
}
}
Console.ReadLine();
It shows no albumart with any album. Is there an error? Am I missing something? Was the API changed and the function is not supported any longer?
