lastfm

name	lastfm
description	Access Last.fm listening history, music stats, and discovery. Query recent tracks, top artists/albums/tracks, loved tracks, similar artists, and global charts.
metadata	{"author":"Clawdbot","category":"External","display-name":"Access Last.fm data using an API key (free)"}

Notice

Zo note: set LASTFM_API_KEY and LASTFM_USER in your shell (or source a local env file) before using this skill. The ~/.clawdbot/.env path in the docs is not required on Zo.

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)

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)

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

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

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

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

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

# 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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Search Tracks

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

Search Albums

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

Charts (Global)

# 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

# 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.

# 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