Public search & find_by_name Artist methods

lib/models/music_brainz/artist.rb

@@ -30,19 +30,22 @@ module MusicBrainz
       @artist
     end
     
-    private
+    def self.find_by_name name
+      matches = self.search name
+      matches.length.zero? ? nil : self.find(matches.first[:mbid])
+    end
     
     def self.search name
       artists = []
       xml = Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load(
-        'http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query='+ URI.escape(query).gsub(/\&/, '%26').gsub(/\?/, '%3F') +'~&limit=50'
+        'http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/artist/?query='+ URI.escape(name).gsub(/\&/, '%26').gsub(/\?/, '%3F') +'~&limit=50'
       ))
       xml.css('artist-list > artist').each do |a|
         artist = {
-          :name => a.css('name').text,
+          :name => a.first_element_child.text,
           :weight => 0,
-          :desc => a.css('disambiguation').text unless a.css('disambiguation').empty?,
+          :desc => (a.css('disambiguation').text unless a.css('disambiguation').empty?),
-          :type => a.css('type').text.capitalize,
+          :type => a.attr('type'),
           :mbid => a.attr('id')
         }
         aliases = a.css('alias-list > alias').map{ |item| item.text }

lib/models/music_brainz/release.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module MusicBrainz
     def tracks
       if @tracks.nil? and not self.id.nil?
         @tracks = []
-        Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load('http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/' + self.id + '?inc=recordings')).css('medium-list > medium > track-list > track').each do |r|
+        Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load('http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/' + self.id + '?inc=recordings&limit=100')).css('medium-list > medium > track-list > track').each do |r|
           @tracks << MusicBrainz::Track.parse_xml(r)
         end
       end

lib/models/music_brainz/release_group.rb

@@ -6,7 +6,7 @@ module MusicBrainz
     def releases
       if @releases.nil? and not self.id.nil?
         @releases = []
-        Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load('http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/?release-group=' + self.id)).css('release').each do |r|
+        Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load('http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/?release-group=' + self.id + '&limit=100')).css('release').each do |r|
           @releases << MusicBrainz::Release.parse_xml(r)
         end
       end

lib/models/music_brainz/track.rb

@@ -3,7 +3,7 @@ module MusicBrainz
     attr_accessor :position, :recording_id, :title, :length
   
     def self.find mbid
-      xml = Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load('http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/recording/' + mbid))
+      xml = Nokogiri::XML(MusicBrainz.load('http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/recording/' + mbid + '?limit=100'))
       self.parse_xml(xml) unless xml.nil?
     end
   

test/test_musicbrainz.rb

@@ -8,6 +8,17 @@ class TestMusicbrainz < Test::Unit::TestCase
       end
     end
     
+    should "search for artists by name" do
+      matches = MusicBrainz::Artist.search('Kasabian')
+      assert_operator(0, :<, matches.length)
+      assert_equal("Kasabian", matches.first[:name])
+    end
+    
+    should "get correct artist by name" do
+      @artist = MusicBrainz::Artist.find_by_name('Kasabian')
+      assert_equal("69b39eab-6577-46a4-a9f5-817839092033", @artist.id)
+    end
+    
     setup do
       @artist = MusicBrainz::Artist.find('69b39eab-6577-46a4-a9f5-817839092033')
     end