# Search Discogs

This function is used to search for artwork from Discogs.

The function is different from other artwork functions as it is based on Discogs Ids. Artwork will be searched in the associated Discogs release and master.

If Discogs Release Ids are not available, but MusicBrainz Release Id are, Yate will attempt to acquire the Discogs Release Ids ids from MusicBrainz. If Discogs Master Ids are not available, Yate will attempt to extract them from Discogs. Yate must be authenticated to search Discogs.

You specify which artwork types you'd like to import. Discogs artwork types are tagged as Primary (album cover) or Secondary. You specify which types of Discogs artwork you would like to import.

It seems as if some Discogs artwork lists are improperly tagged. To handle this case the following special semantics apply: If you only want to download Primary images and a list of artwork items does not have a Primary image, the first image is downloaded. If you only want to download Secondary images and a list of artwork items does not have a Primary image, the first image is not downloaded.

The following function variants are available:

Search for Album Cover at Discogs
  Download Primary items.
Search Discogs...
  This method allows you to specify what types of artwork should be downloaded.