Last.fm

Introduction

# Last.fm API Skill

Access Last.fm listening history, music stats, and discovery.

## Configuration

**Required env vars** (add to your shell profile or optionally `~/.clawdbot/.env`): - `LASTFM_API_KEY` — your Last.fm API key ([get one here](https://www.last.fm/api/account/create)) - `LASTFM_USER` — your Last.fm username

**Base URL**: `http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/` **Docs**: https://lastfm-docs.github.io/api-docs/

## Example Output

Here's what 17+ years of scrobbling looks like:

``` Total scrobbles: 519,778 Unique artists: 13,763 Unique tracks: 68,435 Unique albums: 33,637

Top Artists (all time): • System of a Down (52,775 plays) • Eminem (15,400 plays) • Dashboard Confessional (10,166 plays) • Edguy (10,161 plays) • Metallica (9,927 plays)

Top Tracks (all time): • System of a Down - Aerials (1,405 plays) • System of a Down - Toxicity (1,215 plays) • System of a Down - Sugar (1,149 plays) • System of a Down - Chop Suey (1,116 plays) • System of a Down - Prison Song (1,102 plays) ```

## Quick Reference

All requests use GET with these base params: ``` ?api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&user=$LASTFM_USER ```

### User Endpoints

#### Recent Tracks (what's playing / recently played) ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getrecenttracks&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10" ``` - First track with `@attr.nowplaying=true` is currently playing - Returns: artist, track name, album, timestamp, images

#### User Info (profile stats) ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getinfo&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json" ``` - Returns: playcount, artist_count, track_count, album_count, registered date

#### Top Albums ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.gettopalbums&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&period=7day&limit=10" ```

#### Top Tracks ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.gettoptracks&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&period=7day&limit=10" ```

#### Loved Tracks ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getlovedtracks&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10" ```

#### Weekly Charts ```bash # Weekly artist chart curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getweeklyartistchart&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json"

# Weekly track chart curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getweeklytrackchart&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json"

# Weekly album chart curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getweeklyalbumchart&user=$LASTFM_USER&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json" ```

### Artist/Track/Album Info

#### Artist Info ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getinfo&artist=Tame+Impala&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&username=$LASTFM_USER" ``` - Adding `username` includes user's playcount for that artist

#### Similar Artists ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getsimilar&artist=Tame+Impala&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10" ```

#### Artist Top Tracks ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.gettoptracks&artist=Tame+Impala&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10" ```

#### Track Info ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getinfo&artist=Tame+Impala&track=The+Less+I+Know+The+Better&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&username=$LASTFM_USER" ```

#### Similar Tracks ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getsimilar&artist=Tame+Impala&track=Elephant&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10" ```

#### Album Info ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=album.getinfo&artist=Tame+Impala&album=Currents&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&username=$LASTFM_USER" ```

### Search

#### Search Artists ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.search&artist=tame&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=5" ```

#### Search Tracks ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.search&track=elephant&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=5" ```

#### Search Albums ```bash curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=album.search&album=currents&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=5" ```

### Charts (Global)

```bash # Top artists globally curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=chart.gettopartists&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10"

# Top tracks globally curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=chart.gettoptracks&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10" ```

### Tags

```bash # Top albums for a tag/genre curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=tag.gettopalbums&tag=psychedelic&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10"

# Top artists for a tag curl -s "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=tag.gettopartists&tag=brazilian&api_key=$LASTFM_API_KEY&format=json&limit=10" ```

## Useful jq Filters

For JSON processing, see the [jq skill on ClawdHub](https://clawdhub.com/skills/jq).

```bash # Recent tracks: artist - track jq '.recenttracks.track[] | "\(.artist["#text"]) - \(.name)"'

# Top artists: name (playcount) jq '.topartists.artist[] | "\(.name) (\(.playcount))"'

# Check if currently playing jq '.recenttracks.track[0] | if .["@attr"].nowplaying == "true" then "Now playing: \(.artist["#text"]) - \(.name)" else "Last played: \(.artist["#text"]) - \(.name)" end' ```

## Notes

- No auth needed for read-only endpoints (just API key) - Rate limit: be reasonable, no hard limit documented - URL-encode artist/track/album names (spaces → `+` or `%20`) - Images come in sizes: small, medium, large, extralarge

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