I have a music player in my theme that generates its playlist from a javascript file that looks like this
var myPlaylist = [
{
mp3:'track url goes here',
title:'title here',
artist:'artist',
}
{
mp3:'track url goes here',
title:'title here',
artist:'artist',
}
etc...
];
How can I query the media library so it will echo the track url, title text and maybe an existing audio parameter like “description” for the artist value?
I know enough about php to put them in the right places once they’re queried, I just needto know how to pull them from the wp database!
Welcome to WPSE marctain!
Edit
There are some critiques on using the guid but no one of the commentators managed to edit this answer to a better one, so I’ll do it.
Yes, using guid is a bad idea in the long run, I knew that and I should have pointed that out, I didn’t, it was a mistake. I’m sorry, it was a quick and dirty answer.
In my original answer, I would have made usage of wp_get_attachment_url to get the correct url in any case. This adds an extra query, but it is safe to use.
$args = array
(
'post_type' => 'attachment',
'post_mime_type' => 'audio',
'numberposts' => -1
);
$audiofiles = get_posts($args);
foreach ($audiofiles as $file)
{
$url = wp_get_attachment_url($file->ID);
echo $url; // url
echo file->post_title; //title
echo file->post_content; // description
}