http://music.xbox.com/developer Bring music to your app. Unlock a new dimension in sound using the power of Xbox Music.

Reference documentation for the Xbox Music Service is available on MSDN: http://go.microsoft.com/p/?linkid=9840933 .

This solution provides a portable C# client to interface with Microsoft's Xbox Music Service. It targets the following minimum platforms:

• .NET Framework 4.5
• Windows Store apps (Windows 8)
• Windows Phone 8
• Silverlight 5

API features include:

• Catalog search, lookup and browsing
• New releases and tops
• Preview streaming
• Public playlist lookup
• Images and deep-links

Other API features limited by the terms of the http://music.xbox.com/developer/pilot program are:

• Full track streaming for Xbox Music Pass subscribers
• Collection and playlist browsing and editing

Test projects include sample code.

Start by registering an Azure Data Market client ID and secret. See http://music.xbox.com/developer.

Create a client

IXboxMusicClient client = XboxMusicClientFactory.CreateXboxMusicClient("MyClientId", "YourClientSecretYourClientSecretYourSecret=");

Use null to get your current geography. Specify a 2 letter country code (such as "US" or "DE") to force a specific country.

string country = null;

Search for albums in your current geography

ContentResponse searchResponse = await client.SearchAsync(Namespace.music, "Foo Fighters", filter: SearchFilter.Albums, maxItems: 5, country: country);
Console.WriteLine("Found {0} albums. Here are the first 5:", searchResponse.Albums.TotalItemCount);
foreach (Album albumResult in searchResponse.Albums.Items)
{
    Console.WriteLine("{0}", albumResult.Name);
}

The console output is:

Found 49 albums. Here are the first 5:
Greatest Hits
Foo Fighters
There Is Nothing Left To Lose
Wasting Light
The Colour And The Shape

List tracks in the first album

Album album = searchResponse.Albums.Items[0];
ContentResponse lookupResponse = await client.LookupAsync(album.Id, extras: ExtraDetails.Tracks, country: country);

Display information about the album

album = lookupResponse.Albums.Items[0];
Console.WriteLine("Album: {0} (link: {1}, image: {2})", album.Name, album.GetLink(ContentExtensions.LinkAction.Play), album.GetImageUrl(800, 800));
foreach (Contributor contributor in album.Artists)
{
    Artist artist = contributor.Artist;
    Console.WriteLine("Artist: {0} (link: {1}, image: {2})", artist.Name, artist.GetLink(), artist.GetImageUrl(1920, 1080));
}
foreach (Track track in album.Tracks.Items)
{
    Console.WriteLine("Track: {0} - {1}", track.TrackNumber, track.Name);
}

The console output is:

Album: Greatest Hits (link: http://music.xbox.com/Album/E9D50C02-0100-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933?partnerID=XboxMusicClientTest&action=Play, image: http://musicimage.xboxlive.com/content/music.E9D50C02-0100-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933/image?locale=en-GB&w=800&h=800)
Artist: Foo Fighters (link: http://music.xbox.com/Artist/9C2A0000-0200-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933?partnerID=XboxMusicClientTest, image: http://musicimage.xboxlive.com/content/music.9C2A0000-0200-11DB-89CA-0019B92A3933/image?locale=en-GB&w=1920&h=1080)
Track: 1 - All My Life
Track: 2 - Best Of You
Track: 3 - Everlong
Track: 4 - The Pretender
Track: 5 - My Hero
Track: 6 - Learn To Fly
Track: 7 - Times Like These
Track: 8 - Monkey Wrench
Track: 9 - Big Me
Track: 10 - Breakout
Track: 11 - Long Road To Ruin
Track: 12 - This Is A Call
Track: 13 - Skin And Bones
Track: 14 - Wheels
Track: 15 - Word Forward
Track: 16 - Everlong (Acoustic Version)

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