This is an implementation of a command line version to consume Last.fm Geolocation API thru terminal.
Check ./bin/lastfm -h to get more information about the command line.
Currently it's possible to retrieve data form Last.fm for the following methods:
- getEvents (location): retrieve events from a specific location, ie. "boston"
- getTopArtists (country): retrieve a list of the top 50 most artists listened in the specified country
- getTopTracks (country [location]): retrieve a list of the top 50 most tracks listened in the specific country/location
You will require a Last.fm API_KEY access to consume their API. So, you need to create a Last.fm account and then request access to the API [1]
[1] http://www.last.fm/api/account
After that, you need to pass the api-key to the command line:
$ ./bin/lastfm --api-key API_KEY --location boston events
Since you will need to pass the api key for every request, it's possible to setup an ~/.lastfmrc with the api_key. For example:
~/.lastfmrc file api_key: MY_API_KEY
So, you don't need to pass the --api-key option every time.
Requesting Top Tracks from United States
$ ./bin/lastfm -c "united states" top_tracks Results for Top Tracks in united states --------------------------------------- #1: All Of The Lights with 6288 listeners. #2: Hold It Against Me with 5543 listeners. #3: Dark Fantasy with 5541 listeners. #4: POWER with 5351 listeners. #5: Tighten Up with 4805 listeners. #6: Dog Days Are Over with 4706 listeners. #7: Little Lion Man with 4413 listeners. #8: Skinny Love with 4345 listeners. #9: Home with 4333 listeners. #10: Derezzed with 4211 listeners. #11: Ready to Start with 4070 listeners. #12: The Suburbs with 3991 listeners. #13: The Cave with 3885 listeners. #14: 1901 with 3824 listeners. #15: Hell Of A Life with 3817 listeners. #16: Sleepyhead with 3751 listeners. #17: Everlasting Light with 3570 listeners. #18: All Of The Lights (Interlude) with 3563 listeners. #19: Lisztomania with 3511 listeners. #20: We R Who We R with 3495 listeners. #21: Howlin' for You with 3463 listeners. #22: Kids with 3446 listeners. #23: Firework with 3444 listeners. #24: Sprawl II (Mountains Beyond Mountains) with 3400 listeners. #25: Electric Feel with 3341 listeners. #26: Modern Man with 3334 listeners. #27: Zebra with 3286 listeners. #28: Bad Romance with 3272 listeners. #29: Who Will Survive In America with 3254 listeners. #30: A-Punk with 3223 listeners. #31: Rococo with 3219 listeners. #32: The High Road with 3196 listeners. #33: Next Girl with 3179 listeners. #34: Norway with 3176 listeners. #35: VCR with 3162 listeners. #36: The Son of Flynn with 3157 listeners. #37: Teenage Dream with 3155 listeners. #38: Flume with 3134 listeners. #39: Time to Pretend with 3094 listeners. #40: We Used to Wait with 3088 listeners. #41: End of Line with 3019 listeners. #42: Oxford Comma with 2982 listeners. #43: Crystalised with 2972 listeners. #44: Sweet Disposition with 2966 listeners. #45: Winter Winds with 2917 listeners. #46: She's Long Gone with 2912 listeners. #47: The Game Has Changed with 2911 listeners. #48: The Grid with 2898 listeners. #49: Empty Room with 2897 listeners. #50: Recognizer with 2871 listeners.
Since the command uses STDOUT and STDIN, it is possible to use terminal commands to it.
Like, retrieve the 2nd most listened track, you could use:
$ ./bin/lastfm --country "united states" top_tracks | grep "#2" #2: Hold It Against Me with 5543 listeners.