Beatport Plugin
===============

.. deprecated:: 2.8

    Beatport retired the API this plugin relies on. See :bug:`3862` and
    :bug:`4477`.

The ``beatport`` plugin adds support for querying the Beatport_ catalogue during
the autotagging process. This can potentially be helpful for users whose
collection includes a lot of diverse electronic music releases, for which both
MusicBrainz and (to a lesser degree) Discogs_ show no matches.

.. _discogs: https://discogs.com

Installation
------------

To use the ``beatport`` plugin, first enable it in your configuration (see
:ref:`using-plugins`). Then, install ``beets`` with ``beatport`` extra

.. code-block:: bash

    pip install "beets[beatport]"

You will also need to register for a Beatport_ account. The first time you run
the :ref:`import-cmd` command after enabling the plugin, it will ask you to
authorize with Beatport by visiting the site in a browser. On the site you will
be asked to enter your username and password to authorize beets to query the
Beatport API. You will then be displayed with a single line of text that you
should paste as a whole into your terminal. This will store the authentication
data for subsequent runs and you will not be required to repeat the above steps.

Matches from Beatport should now show up alongside matches from MusicBrainz and
other sources.

If you have a Beatport ID or a URL for a release or track you want to tag, you
can just enter one of the two at the "enter Id" prompt in the importer. You can
also search for an id like so:

::

    beet import path/to/music/library --search-id id

Configuration
-------------

This plugin can be configured like other metadata source plugins as described in
:ref:`metadata-source-plugin-configuration`.

.. _beatport: https://www.beatport.com/
