iTunesCharts

iTunesCharts is a simple library for accessing iTunes charts from apple.com.

gem install itunes-charts

The gem makes available several class methods to obtain chart data:

ITunesCharts.albums
ITunesCharts.songs
ITunesCharts.movies

In addition to the above, the following class methods are also available:

• tv_shows
• movie_rentals
• free_apps
• paid_apps
• music_videos.

Each method returns an array of ChartItem classes containing the ITMS id, name, image url, and item url. For songs and albums, iTunesCharts will also return a parent ChartItem containing the Artist's information:

albums = ITunesCharts.albums
albums.first.id           => '123456789'
albums.first.name         => 'Untrue'
albums.first.url          => 'http://itunes.apple.com/.....'
albums.first.parent.name  => 'Burial'

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