Use magic encoding to ret rid of "invalid multibyte chat (US-ASCII)" errors. track_search is now renamed recording_search. recording_search now works (I mixed up the inputs).

lib/mb.rb

@@ -1,2 +1,3 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 require "musicbrainz"
 MB = MusicBrainz

lib/musicbrainz.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,7 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+#!/bin/env ruby
+# encoding: utf-8
+
 require "digest/sha1"
 require "fileutils"
 require "date"
@@ -20,6 +24,7 @@ require "musicbrainz/models/artist"
 require "musicbrainz/models/release_group"
 require "musicbrainz/models/release"
 require "musicbrainz/models/track"
+require "musicbrainz/models/recording"
 
 require "musicbrainz/bindings/artist"
 require "musicbrainz/bindings/artist_search"
@@ -32,7 +37,8 @@ require "musicbrainz/bindings/release_group_releases"
 require "musicbrainz/bindings/release"
 require "musicbrainz/bindings/release_tracks"
 require "musicbrainz/bindings/track"
-require "musicbrainz/bindings/track_search"
+require "musicbrainz/bindings/recording"
+require "musicbrainz/bindings/recording_search"
 
 module MusicBrainz
   GH_PAGE_URL = "http://git.io/brainz"

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/artist.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module Artist

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/artist_release_groups.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module ArtistReleaseGroups

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/artist_search.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module ArtistSearch

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/recording.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
+module MusicBrainz
+  module Bindings
+    module Recording
+      def parse(xml)
+				xml = xml.xpath('./recording') unless xml.xpath('./recording').empty?
+        {
+					id: (xml.attribute('id').value rescue nil),
+					mbid: (xml.attribute('id').value rescue nil), # Old shit
+					title: (xml.xpath('./title').text.gsub(/[`’]/, "'") rescue nil),
+					artist: (xml.xpath('./artist-credit/name-credit/artist/name').text rescue nil),
+					releases: (xml.xpath('./release-list/release/title').map{ |xml| xml.text } rescue []),
+					score: (xml.attribute('score').value.to_i rescue nil)
+				}
+      end
+
+      extend self
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/recording_search.rb

@@ -1,7 +1,7 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
-    module TrackSearch
+    module RecordingSearch 
       def parse(xml)
         xml.xpath('./recording-list/recording').map do |xml|
           {

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module Release

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release_group.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module ReleaseGroup

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release_group_releases.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module ReleaseGroupReleases

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release_group_search.rb

@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-# encoding: UTF-8
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module ReleaseGroupSearch

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/release_tracks.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module ReleaseTracks

lib/musicbrainz/bindings/track.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Bindings
     module Track

lib/musicbrainz/client.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   class Client
     include ClientModules::TransparentProxy

lib/musicbrainz/client_modules/caching_proxy.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module ClientModules
     module CachingProxy

lib/musicbrainz/client_modules/failsafe_proxy.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module ClientModules
     module FailsafeProxy

lib/musicbrainz/client_modules/transparent_proxy.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module ClientModules
     module TransparentProxy

lib/musicbrainz/configuration.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   class Configuration
     attr_accessor :app_name, :app_version, :contact,

lib/musicbrainz/deprecated.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   module Deprecated
     module ProxyConfig

lib/musicbrainz/middleware.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   class Middleware < Faraday::Middleware
     def call(env)

lib/musicbrainz/models/artist.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   class Artist < BaseModel
     field :id, String

lib/musicbrainz/models/base_model.rb

@@ -24,15 +24,16 @@ module MusicBrainz
         MusicBrainz.client
       end
 
-			def search(hash, resource=nil)
+			def find(hash)
+				underscored_name = underscore_name.to_sym
+				client.load(underscored_name, hash, { binding: underscored_name, create_model: underscored_name })
+			end
+
+			def search(hash)
 				hash = escape_strings(hash)
 				query_val = build_query(hash)
-				underscore_name = self.name[13..-1].underscore
-				if resource # only needed since "track" is really a "recording", ugly
-					client.load(resource, { query: query_val, limit: 10 }, { binding: underscore_name.insert(-1,"_search").to_sym })
-				else
-					client.load(underscore_name.to_sym, { query: query_val, limit: 10 }, { binding: underscore_name.insert(-1,"_search").to_sym })
-				end
+				underscored_name = underscore_name
+				client.load(underscored_name.to_sym, { query: query_val, limit: 10 }, { binding: underscored_name.insert(-1,"_search").to_sym })
 			end
 
 			class ::String
@@ -57,6 +58,10 @@ module MusicBrainz
 				hash
 			end
 
+			def underscore_name
+				self.name[13..-1].underscore
+			end
+
 			# these probably should be private... but I'm not sure how to get it to work in a module...
 			# private_class_method :build_query, :escape_strings
     end

lib/musicbrainz/models/recording.rb

@@ -0,0 +1,20 @@
+module MusicBrainz
+  class Recording < BaseModel
+    field :id, Integer
+    field :mbid, Integer
+    field :title, String
+    field :artist, String
+		field :releases, String
+		field :score, Integer
+
+    class << self
+      def find(id)
+				super({ id: id })
+      end
+
+			def search(track_name, artist_name)
+				super({recording: track_name, artist: artist_name})
+			end
+    end
+  end
+end

lib/musicbrainz/models/release.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   class Release < BaseModel
     field :id, String

lib/musicbrainz/models/release_group.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   class ReleaseGroup < BaseModel
     field :id, String

lib/musicbrainz/models/track.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   class Track < BaseModel
     field :position, Integer
@@ -12,11 +13,6 @@ module MusicBrainz
           create_model: :track
         })
       end
-
-			def search(artist_name, track_name)
-				# this model really should be named "recording" I'd rename, but I don't want to break anything
-				super({recording: track_name, artist: artist_name}, "recording")
-			end
     end
   end
 end

lib/musicbrainz/version.rb

@@ -1,3 +1,4 @@
+# -*- encoding : utf-8 -*-
 module MusicBrainz
   VERSION = "0.7.7"
 end