macOS iTunes XML Parser

[mmmdreg]

I'm a total script kiddie when it comes to cocoa so I was wondering if someone can shove me in the right direction regarding parsing the iTunes xml file for data on all the songs so that I can use them for something else?

 

[mj_1903]

NSDictionary 😉

Location of the iTunes Music Library file is nearly always ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml.

To load this:

[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:[@"~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml" stringByExpandingTildeInPath]];

Open the xml file in property list editor to see the layout, but the main keys that you will want are "Tracks" and "Playlists".

 

[mmmdreg]

hehe but how do I take those values out? =)

 

[mj_1903]

hehe but how do I take those values out? =)

Did you look in the documentation? It is quite obvious. 🙂

Methods like:

- (id)objectForKey:(NSString *)aString

for NSDictionary's or

- (id)objectAtIndex:(int)anIndex

for NSArray's.

 

[sicojola]

NSDictionary 😉

Location of the iTunes Music Library file is nearly always ~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml.

To load this:

[NSDictionary dictionaryWithContentsOfFile:[@"~/Music/iTunes/iTunes Music Library.xml" stringByExpandingTildeInPath]];

is there an easy way to do this using java instead of obj-c?

 

[caveman_uk]

Using the now unsupported 'Java bridge'. Check the Apple documentation on using cocoa from java.

 

[devman]

is there an easy way to do this using java instead of obj-c?

JAXP. http://java.sun.com/webservices/jaxp/index.jsp