Hi everyone,

I've been tasked with tagging 30,000+ files with correct artist, album, title, genre, release year, and cover art. Most of this information is already present in the folder and filenames, but there's very little ID3 tag data. My goal is to automate this process by querying Discogs.com based on the available information and automatically tagging the files when the returned data meets certain quality criteria. I'll handle any exceptions manually using tools like Mp3tag and MusicBrainz. I'm planning to build a custom application for the automated traversal and tagging, and I'll be using VB6 on a set of Windows 11 PCs.

I'd love to benefit from the experience of others. I've searched the forum for relevant code and ideas, but haven't found much.

If you have any experience with this type of project, I'd really appreciate your input on the following:

1) Discogs API Interaction: What's the best way to make HTTP requests to the Discogs API from VB6? Are there any recommended libraries, methods, sample projects? I'll need to handle authentication and rate limiting.

2) JSON Parsing: The Discogs API returns data in JSON format. I need a reliable and easy-to-use JSON parsing library for VB6. Any recommendations? Examples of how to use it to parse the Discogs API response would be fantastic.

3) General Best Practices: Any tips for handling the Discogs API responses, dealing with potential errors, and structuring the data in my VB6 application would be greatly appreciated.

I already have libraries for reading/writing ID3 v1 and 2.3 tags.

Thanks in advance!