mixesdeebe

A web scraper for MixesDB, written in R.

Installation

You can install the development version from GitHub with:

# install.packages("devtools")
devtools::install_github("club-cooking/mixesdeebe")

Usage

library(mixesdeebe)

Get the tracklist for a mix, as a tidy “tibble”.

get_tracklist_tidy("https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2019-03-06_-_Object_Blue_-_The_Selector_After_Dark")
#> # A tibble: 19 x 8
#>    order timestamp artist    track      label  cat_no title       url           
#>    <int> <chr>     <chr>     <chr>      <chr>  <chr>  <chr>       <chr>         
#>  1     1 <NA>      Terribil… Room 104   Quant… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  2     2 <NA>      ATTRAKTTA Boom Halo  FILM   <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  3     3 <NA>      Keplrr +… Hoop Drum  Un-Re… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  4     4 <NA>      HAAi      I Never C… Cocon… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  5     5 <NA>      DEADBOY   DEEMZ      Local… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  6     6 <NA>      Killawatt Polar Pol… 47     <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  7     7 <NA>      SOPHIE    Ponyboy    MSMSM… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  8     8 <NA>      FURS      Vomit Rai… FURS   <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#>  9     9 <NA>      Sissel W… Still Und… Peder… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 10    10 <NA>      Xin       Sucker     Subte… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 11    11 <NA>      SIMARA &… My Friend… GTB    <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 12    12 <NA>      Liquid A… 4u         Physi… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 13    13 <NA>      The Burr… Hyper      Craig… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 14    14 <NA>      Pelada    Desatado   Physi… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 15    15 <NA>      White Vi… Wounds II  Blank… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 16    16 <NA>      BFTT      Kur        Un-Re… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 17    17 <NA>      Lotic     Heart      Tri A… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 18    18 <NA>      Hence Th… Weird Pat… Un-Re… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…
#> 19    19 <NA>      Lensk     Unjustifi… Angoi… <NA>   2019-03-06… https://www.m…

Get all mix pages for a “sub-category” (e.g. a “mix series”):

truancy_vols <- get_mix_entries("https://www.mixesdb.com/w/Category:Truancy_Volumes")

head(truancy_vols)
#> [1] "https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2010-05-03_-_Nguzunguzu_-_Truancy_Volume_11"         
#> [2] "https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2011-01-26_-_TWR72_-_Truancy_Volume_22"              
#> [3] "https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2011-04-15_-_Guy_Andrews_-_Truancy_Volume_28"        
#> [4] "https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2011-07-28_-_Helix_-_Truancy_Volume_33"              
#> [5] "https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2011-11-16_-_Tessela_-_Truancy_Volume_35"            
#> [6] "https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2012-02-15_-_Behling_%26_Simpson_-_Truancy_Volume_40"

Get mix-level metadata:

get_mix_meta_tidy(truancy_vols)
#> # A tibble: 97 x 5
#>    date       url                          title           artists    platform  
#>    <date>     <chr>                        <chr>           <chr>      <chr>     
#>  1 2010-05-03 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Nguzunguzu - T… Nguzunguzu Truancy V…
#>  2 2011-01-26 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… TWR72 - Truanc… TWR72      Truancy V…
#>  3 2011-04-15 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Guy Andrews - … Guy Andre… Truancy V…
#>  4 2011-07-28 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Helix - Truanc… Helix      Truancy V…
#>  5 2011-11-16 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Tessela - Trua… Tessela    Truancy V…
#>  6 2012-02-15 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Behling & Simp… Behling &… Truancy V…
#>  7 2012-05-31 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Eclair Fifi - … Eclair Fi… Truancy V…
#>  8 2012-06-06 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Ryan Hemsworth… Ryan Hems… Truancy V…
#>  9 2012-06-14 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Anthony Naples… Anthony N… Truancy V…
#> 10 2012-07-05 https://www.mixesdb.com/w/2… Fold - Truancy… Fold       Truancy V…
#> # … with 87 more rows