Questions tagged [echonest]

Questions about the Echo Nest API

Echo Nest API (http://developer.echonest.com)

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Echo Nest track ID to Spotify URI conversion

I'd like to use Echo Nest's API to get tracks and play them in Spotify, but I couldn't find a nice way to get the Spotify track URI from the Echo Nest's track ID. One roundabout way would be to grab the artist/track name from an Echo Nest's track…
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EchoNest 12 dimensional vector of timbre - meaning of each element?

This is not the same question as this one The EchoNest Analyzer Documentation states the following regarding timbre: The Echo Nest Analyzer’s timbre feature is a vector that includes 12 unbounded values roughly centered around 0. Those values…
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Pyechonest Remix Echo Nest API Error 2: 2|API key not allowed

I expect that due to the migration of Echonest API to Spotify API, I'm now getting an error when I try to retrieve an audio_analysis object. But I'm not sure how or where to change the API I'm calling from the Echonest API to the Spotify API. The…
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Echonest track/upload gives "not allowed to call this method"

I'm attempting to call the track/upload method as given in the PAI documentation, but I always get the response that I'm "not allowed to call this method". Is the method deprecated after they were bought by Spotify? According to Uploading MP3 files…
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How can I set a Timer to control a function call inside a loop?

I have this function, which plays Spotify: #a function to play Spotify def play(id_): print 'playing', id_ os.system("osascript -e 'tell application \"Spotify\" to play track \"%s\"'" % (id_,)) and the following loop, which iterates through…
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What will happen to the echonest remix api after migration?

Following the Spotify migration, what features from the remix api will be available? will apps only be limited to those features for songs on spotify?
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Spotify ::: playing songs using osascript and Python

I am running a python script in order to play two Spotify songs in a row via Echonest api. Apparently, there's something wrong with this osacript syntax: def play(id1, id2): print 'playing', id1, 'then', id2 os.system("osascript -e 'tell…
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Can an Echo Nest Taste Profile be created based on Spotify Track ID's?

Echo Nest API is supposed to be 100% compatible with Spotify ID's, but I am unable to create an Echo Nest Taste Profile based on Spotify Track ID's. I've tried the following: create the Taste Profile curl -F "api_key={api_key}" -F "type=song" -F…
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Echo Nest API: convert curl command for checking rate limit to c#

I'm trying to convert this curl command to c# curl -i 'http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/artist/profile?api_key=[API KEY]&name=weezer' This returns a response header with content like so: HTTP/1.1 200 OK Content-Length: 135 X-RateLimit-Limit:…
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Echonest APi order retrieved genres

I'm calling the genre search method in the echonest API. When I make the call for "rock" (http://developer.echonest.com/api/v4/genre/search?api_key=[API_KEY]&name=rock) I get a bunch of genres containing the string rock. "genres": [134] 0: { …
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How do I use the Echonest API Start Parameter?

I am following the examples located on the following page: http://developer.echonest.com/docs/v4/genre.html#artists I'd like to offset the results from a search for artists by genre. The example they provide on the page listed "results" and…
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Echonest track profile requests always return an empty audio_summary

I'm requesting bucket=audio_summary for songs that rank highly in hotttness. The top 100 hotttessst songs all return track.status: 'complete' but the audio summary is always an empty object. How do I get audio summary data like time_signature and…
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Uploading track with curl, echonest POST issue with local file

I am trying to upload a file (input type and named "upload") through the echonest api but am struggling to get the curl upload working. http://developer.echonest.com/docs/v4/track.html#upload Can anybody point me into the right direction to get the…
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$.getJSON not returning anything despite success

I'm relatively new to the whole jQuery thing, so apologies if this is a really obvious thing. My basic problem is that the URL within the .getJSON() function is not returning anything despite the JSON file being…
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Audio Fingerprinting: Can I find out the exact audio time code with tools such as Echoprint or AcusticID?

I understand that landmark based fingerprinting uses time and frequency, but can I get the time code of landmarks / the offset as an output using open source tools? Or something else to sync some content with audio?
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