Discogs Plugin

The discogs plugin extends the autotagger’s search capabilities to include matches from the Discogs database.

Installation

To use the discogs plugin, first enable it in your configuration (see Using Plugins). Then, install the discogs-client library by typing:

pip install discogs-client

You will also need to register for a Discogs account. The first time you run the import command after enabling the plugin, it will ask you to authorize with Discogs by visiting the site in a browser. Subsequent runs will not require re-authorization.

Matches from Discogs will now show up during import alongside matches from MusicBrainz.

If you have a Discogs ID for an album you want to tag, you can also enter it at the “enter Id” prompt in the importer.

Troubleshooting

Several issues have been encountered with the Discogs API. If you have one, please start by searching for a similar issue on the repo.

Here are two things you can try:

  • Try deleting the token file (~/.config/beets/discogs_token.json by default) to force re-authorization.
  • Make sure that your system clock is accurate. The Discogs servers can reject your request if your clock is too out of sync.