#!/usr/bin/env ruby # # Copyright 2009 David Vazgenovich Shakaryan # Distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License v3. # See http://www.gnu.org/licenses/gpl.txt for the full license text. module MPDDatabase # Counts the number of songs in the database where _field_ is _value_, as # well as their total playtime. def count field, value return generate_hash send_request 'count %s "%s"' % [field, value] end # Finds all songs in the database where _field_ is _value_. # # Possible field names: album, artist, title. def find field, value return split_and_hash send_request 'find %s "%s"' % [field, value] end # Finds all songs in the database where _field_ contains _value_. # Matching is not case-sensitive. # # Possible field names: album, artist, filename, title. def search field, value return split_and_hash send_request 'search %s "%s"' % [field, value] end # Updates the database. # If an argument is given, update that particular file or directory. def update uri=nil command = 'update' command << ' "%s"' % uri if uri return send_request command end end