jITLibrary is a thin wrapper around the Apple iTunes Library Framework, which - despite its name - can also be used to access Music.app data. Note that the API is read-only, just like Apple's framework. For write access, see Obstmusic or Obstunes.
You must code sign your app to retrieve information with this framework, and iTunes library access is read-only. This framework is available to users with iTunes 11 or later (also Music.app).
jITLibrary is released via Maven. You can install it via the following dependency:
<dependencies>
<dependency>
<groupId>com.tagtraum</groupId>
<artifactId>jitlibrary</artifactId>
</dependency>
</dependencies>jITLibrary is shipped as a Java module
(see JPMS)
with the name tagtraum.jitlibrary.
Once you have obtained an ITLibrary
instance you may access its ITMediaItems and ITPlaylists as you like.
Example:
import com.tagtraum.jitlibrary.*;
public class ListAllMediaItems {
public static void main(final String args) throws Exception {
// get library (blocking call)
final ITLibrary itLibrary = ITLibrary.getInstance(true);
// get the natively backed collection
final ITLibMediaItems allMediaItems = itLibrary.getAllMediaItems();
// print size if library
final int length = allMediaItems.size();
System.out.println("Library size: " + length);
// iterate over the library and print names and artists
for (int i=0; i<length; i++) {
final ITLibMediaItem item = allMediaItems.getMediaItem(i);
System.out.println("Item named " + item.getName() + " by " + item.getArtist());
}
}
}Note that you should not call ITLibrary.getInstance(..) from the
Event Dispatch Thread (EDT, i.e. the AWT/Swing thread). Also note
that this library is not necessarily thread-safe.
jITLibrary uses java.util.logging.
- Apple's code signing requirement sucks
- thread safety may be an issue
- reloading data after changes my not be quick
You can find the complete API here.