from mutagen.id3 import ID3, APIC

def get_album_art(file):
    """Get the album art for an audio file
    # Parameters
    `file` | str | Fully qualified path to file
    # Returns
    Data for album art or default file
    """
    default_image_path = './assets/default_album_art.jpg'
    try:
        audio = ID3(file)
        for tag in audio.getall('APIC'):
            if tag.type == 3:  # 3 is the type for front cover
                return tag.data
        if audio.getall('APIC'):
            return audio.getall('APIC')[0].data
    except Exception as e:
        print(f"Error retrieving album art: {e}")
    with open(default_image_path, 'rb') as file:
        print(f'album art type: {type(file.read())}')
        return file.read()