LastFmGet

LastFmGet is a Python package for accessing Last.fm scrobble data using the public API.

• Provides functions for calling specific Last.fm API methods
• Must use a cfg YAML file and call lastfmget.init() before use
• Gets a response from the API in JSON and returns a Python dictionary
• Examples of the response for each method shown in data/dump
• Use _raw method verions for more direct access to the Last.fm API

Installation

pip install lastfmget

Dependencies

• python3.10
• requests
• requests_cache (used only if configured in api_cfg.yaml)
• pyyaml

Documentation

lastfmget

Usage

Import

import lastfmget

Config

lastfmget.init('api_cfg.yaml')

api_cfg.yaml example (data/example_api_cfg.yaml)

api_url: http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/
api_key: <API KEY>
user_agent: <USER AGENT>
call_rate: 5 # Calls per second
cache:
  enable: true
  dir: .cache
  backend: sqlite
  lifetime: 120 # Seconds
# or (defaults)
cache:
  enable: true
# or (disable)
cache:
  enable: false

Code Examples

Getting user information using the user.getInfo method

>>> info = lastfmget.user_info('D3r3k523')
>>> info['playcount']
161602
>>> info['user']['url']
'https://www.last.fm/user/D3r3k523'

Getting a user's top 10 artists using the user.getTopArtists method

>>> topartists = lastfmget.user_top_artists('D3r3k523', 10)
>>> [ artist['name'] for artist in topartists ]
['Radiohead', 'Converge', 'Pink Floyd', 'Queens of the Stone Age', 'Bon Iver', 'Thee Oh Sees', 'Tame Impala', 'Arcade Fire', 'Beach House', 'Mastodon']

Example Projects

• LastFmTimeline
• PlaylistRanker
• Tests

Last.fm API Methods Available

Last.fm API Reference

• Introduction

• Terms of Service