Cheatsheet For MusicBrainz API with PHP:

1. Obtain an API key from MusicBrainz by registering on their website.

2. Initialize a new cURL session using curl_init().

$curl = curl_init();

3. Set the API endpoint and any required options using curl_setopt(). For example, to search for a release by its MBID:

$mbid = '2f2c0f52-a651-46b1-9db5-abb6c197cde5';
$url = "http://musicbrainz.org/ws/2/release/$mbid?inc=artist-credits+labels";

curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_URL, $url);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($curl, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, [
    'Accept: application/json',
    'User-Agent: MyMusicApp/1.0.0 ([email protected])',
    'Authorization: Bearer ' . $api_key
]);

4. Execute the request using curl_exec().

$response = curl_exec($curl);

5. Check for any errors or exceptions using curl_error() and handle them accordingly.

if(curl_error($curl)) {
    throw new Exception(curl_error($curl));
}

6. Obtain information about the response using curl_getinfo(), such as the HTTP status code.

$status_code = curl_getinfo($curl, CURLINFO_HTTP_CODE);

7. Close the cURL session using curl_close().

curl_close($curl);

8. Parse the response data using json_decode() or simplexml_load_string() if it is returned in JSON or XML format, respectively.

$data = json_decode($response);

9. Use try-catch blocks to catch any exceptions that occur during the request and handle them accordingly.

try {
    // Make API request
} catch (Exception $e) {
    // Handle exception
}

10. Always ensure that you are using the latest version of PHP and cURL library for the best security and performance when connecting to MusicBrainz API with PHP.

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Cheatsheet For MusicBrainz API with PHP: