class MusicBrainzArtist < ActiveRecord::Base
  establish_connection :musicbrainz
	set_table_name 'musicbrainz.bh_artist'
	
	has_many :albums, :conditions => "release_type = 1", :order => 'year ASC, id ASC'

	def self.getByName(name)
		MusicBrainzArtist.first(:conditions => ['name = ? AND id=credit_id', name], :order => 'rating DESC')
	end

	def self.getLastFmAutocomplete(query)
		return nil if query.nil? or query.strip.empty?

		json = ActiveSupport::JSON.decode(open(
		  'http://www.last.fm/search/autocomplete' <<
		  '?q=' << URI.escape(query)
    ).read)
    return json.empty? ? nil : json
	end
end