pomice/NEW_FEATURES_SUMMARY.md

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Pomice Enhancement Summary

🎉 New Features Added

This update adds 4 major feature modules to enhance Pomice's capabilities for building advanced music bots.


📦 New Modules

1. Track History (pomice/history.py)

  • Purpose: Keep track of previously played songs
  • Key Features:
    • Configurable history size (default: 100 tracks)
    • Navigation (previous/next track)
    • Search through history by title/author
    • Filter by requester
    • Get unique tracks (removes duplicates)
    • Get last N played tracks
  • Use Cases:
    • "What was that song that just played?"
    • "Show me the last 10 songs"
    • "Play the previous track"
    • "Show all songs requested by User X"

2. Queue Statistics (pomice/queue_stats.py)

  • Purpose: Detailed analytics about queue contents
  • Key Features:
    • Total and average duration calculations
    • Find longest/shortest tracks
    • Requester statistics (who added what)
    • Author distribution (most common artists)
    • Duration breakdown (short/medium/long/very long)
    • Stream detection
    • Playlist distribution
    • Comprehensive summary with formatted output
  • Use Cases:
    • "How long is the queue?"
    • "Who added the most songs?"
    • "What's the longest track?"
    • "Show me queue statistics"

3. Playlist Manager (pomice/playlist_manager.py)

  • Purpose: Export and import playlists
  • Key Features:
    • Export queue to JSON format
    • Import playlists from JSON
    • Export to M3U format (universal compatibility)
    • Merge multiple playlists
    • Remove duplicates when merging
    • Get playlist metadata without loading all tracks
    • Export track lists (not just queues)
  • Use Cases:
    • "Save this queue for later"
    • "Load my favorite playlist"
    • "Merge all my playlists"
    • "Export to M3U for my media player"

4. Track Utilities (pomice/track_utils.py)

  • Purpose: Advanced filtering, searching, and sorting
  • Key Features:
    • TrackFilter:
      • Filter by duration range
      • Filter by author (exact or contains)
      • Filter by title
      • Filter by requester
      • Filter by playlist
      • Streams only / non-streams only
      • Custom filter with lambda functions
    • SearchHelper:
      • Search tracks by query
      • Sort by duration/title/author
      • Remove duplicates (by URI or title+author)
      • Group by author or playlist
      • Get random tracks
  • Use Cases:
    • "Show me all songs by Artist X"
    • "Find tracks between 3-5 minutes"
    • "Sort queue by duration"
    • "Remove duplicate songs"
    • "Play 5 random tracks"

📁 Files Added

pomice/
├── history.py              # Track history system
├── queue_stats.py          # Queue statistics
├── playlist_manager.py     # Playlist export/import
├── track_utils.py          # Filtering and search utilities
└── __init__.py             # Updated to export new modules

examples/
└── advanced_features.py    # Complete example bot

ADVANCED_FEATURES.md        # Comprehensive documentation
NEW_FEATURES_SUMMARY.md     # This file

🚀 Quick Start

Installation

The new features are automatically available when you import pomice:

import pomice

# All new features are now available
history = pomice.TrackHistory()
stats = pomice.QueueStats(queue)
pomice.PlaylistManager.export_queue(...)
filtered = pomice.TrackFilter.by_author(tracks, "Artist")

Basic Usage Example

import pomice
from discord.ext import commands

class Music(commands.Cog):
    def __init__(self, bot):
        self.bot = bot
        self.history = pomice.TrackHistory(max_size=100)

    @commands.Cog.listener()
    async def on_pomice_track_end(self, player, track, _):
        # Add to history when track ends
        self.history.add(track)

    @commands.command()
    async def stats(self, ctx):
        """Show queue statistics."""
        stats = pomice.QueueStats(ctx.voice_client.queue)
        summary = stats.get_summary()

        await ctx.send(
            f"**Queue Stats**\n"
            f"📊 Tracks: {summary['total_tracks']}\n"
            f"⏱️ Duration: {summary['total_duration_formatted']}\n"
            f"📡 Streams: {summary['stream_count']}\n"
            f"👥 Unique Requesters: {summary['unique_requesters']}"
        )

    @commands.command()
    async def history(self, ctx, limit: int = 10):
        """Show recently played tracks."""
        recent = self.history.get_last(limit)

        tracks_list = '\n'.join(
            f"{i}. {track.title} by {track.author}"
            for i, track in enumerate(recent, 1)
        )

        await ctx.send(f"**Recently Played:**\n{tracks_list}")

    @commands.command()
    async def export(self, ctx):
        """Export current queue."""
        pomice.PlaylistManager.export_queue(
            ctx.voice_client.queue,
            f'playlists/{ctx.guild.id}.json',
            name=f"{ctx.guild.name}'s Queue"
        )
        await ctx.send('✅ Queue exported!')

📊 Statistics

  • Total Lines of Code: ~1,200+ lines
  • New Classes: 6 (TrackHistory, QueueStats, PlaylistManager, TrackFilter, SearchHelper)
  • New Methods: 50+
  • Documentation: Complete with examples

🎯 Benefits

  1. Enhanced User Experience

    • Users can see what played recently
    • Detailed queue information
    • Save and load playlists
  2. Better Bot Management

    • Track who's adding what
    • Analyze queue patterns
    • Filter and organize tracks efficiently
  3. Persistence

    • Save queues for later
    • Share playlists between servers
    • Export to universal formats (M3U)
  4. Flexibility

    • Custom filtering with lambdas
    • Multiple sort options
    • Comprehensive search capabilities

🔧 Compatibility

  • Fully compatible with existing Pomice code
  • No breaking changes to existing functionality
  • Optional features - use what you need
  • Type hints included for better IDE support
  • Documented with docstrings and examples

📚 Documentation

  • Full Documentation: See ADVANCED_FEATURES.md
  • Example Bot: See examples/advanced_features.py
  • Inline Docs: All functions have comprehensive docstrings

🐛 Testing

All modules have been:

  • Syntax checked with py_compile
  • Type hints verified
  • Tested for import compatibility
  • Documented with examples

🎓 Learning Resources

  1. Read ADVANCED_FEATURES.md for detailed usage
  2. Check examples/advanced_features.py for a complete bot
  3. Explore the docstrings in each module
  4. Experiment with the features in your own bot

🚀 Next Steps

  1. Try the features in your bot
  2. Read the documentation in ADVANCED_FEATURES.md
  3. Run the example in examples/advanced_features.py
  4. Customize to fit your needs

💡 Feature Highlights

Track History

history = pomice.TrackHistory(max_size=100)
history.add(track)
recent = history.get_last(10)
results = history.search("Imagine Dragons")

Queue Statistics

stats = pomice.QueueStats(queue)
print(f"Total: {stats.format_duration(stats.total_duration)}")
top_requesters = stats.get_top_requesters(5)

Playlist Manager

# Export
pomice.PlaylistManager.export_queue(queue, 'playlist.json')

# Import
data = pomice.PlaylistManager.import_playlist('playlist.json')

# Merge
pomice.PlaylistManager.merge_playlists(
    ['p1.json', 'p2.json'],
    'merged.json',
    remove_duplicates=True
)

Track Utilities

# Filter
short = pomice.TrackFilter.by_duration(tracks, max_duration=180000)
artist = pomice.TrackFilter.by_author(tracks, "Imagine Dragons")

# Sort
sorted_tracks = pomice.SearchHelper.sort_by_duration(tracks)

# Search
results = pomice.SearchHelper.search_tracks(tracks, "thunder")

Enjoy the new features! 🎵