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)
• 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 Artists

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

• period: overall | 7day | 1month | 3month | 6month | 12month

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.

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