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GetMetadata

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Returns a string list of metadata values contained in an audio file.

app.GetMetadata( file, keys? ) → String: comma “,” separated

Example - Retreive all Metadata

function OnStart()
{
    app.ChooseFile( "Choose an audio file", "audio/mpeg", OnChoose );
}

function OnChoose( path )
{
    var keys = (
        "album,artist,genre,title,composer," +
        "author,duration"
        ).split(",");

    var data = app.GetMetadata( path, keys )
    data = data.slice(1).split(",");

    var lst = [];
    for(var i in keys) lst.push(keys[i] + ": " + data[i]);

    app.Alert( lst.join( "\n" ), path );
}

from native import app

def OnStart():
    app.ChooseFile("Choose an audio file", "audio/mpeg", OnChoose)

def OnChoose(path):
    keys = (
        "album,artist,genre,title,composer," +
        "author,duration"
    ).split(",")

    data = app.GetMetadata(path, keys)
    data = data.slice(1).split(",")

    lst = []
    for i in range(len(keys)):
        lst.append(keys[i] + ": " + data[i])

    app.Alert("\n".join(lst), path)

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String: path to file ( “/absolute/...” or “relative/...” )

String: comma “,” separated: “album”, “artist”, “genre”, “title”, “composer”, “author”, “duration”, “bitrate”, “width”, “height”