Last.FM Tools

Last.FM backuper, helper and data analyzer.

I'm using last.fm to track statistics of music i've listened to. Basically I tag all artists of which i've listened five and more tracks with tags good, meh and shit.

This software greatly facilitates statistics parsing, syncing and sharing great artists with friends.

Installation

gem install lastfm_tools if you're using ruby 1.9.3 (other versions untested).

Command line API

Command line API is very simple and speaks english. Also, it'll search for .lastfm_tools file in your user directory and create it if it doesn't exist.

Usage is: lastfmtools "query". Example queries:

• sync will sync tags user and tracks to local files in order to not mess around Last.FM API limits in the future. Backup format is JSON.
• sync with itunes will adjust tracks listen count in iTunes and it will be equal to tracks listen count on last.fm.
• show best hip-hop artists will print a list of 7 hip-hop artists i've listened to and which I tagged with tags awesome and good.
• show witch house artists I hadn't listened to will print a list of tag's top artists that are not persist in my library yet.
• is eminem awesome? will print yep or nope, depending on tag used for eminem in tag library. Also works for good, meh and shit.
• what is eminem? will print eminem is awesome / good / meh / shit.

~/.lastfm_tools

.lastfm_tools is an application YAML configuration file. Params it can contain:

• :api_key - Last.FM API key, can be received here http://www.last.fm/api/account.
• :api_secret - Last.FM API secret.
• :backup_location - location to directory which will contain all your synced data.
• :user -- your Last.FM username.

Example:

:api_key: '18882c02ea1e4ef8c8f1ecd68076b423'
:api_secret: 'fafc664d6c2cf58f1453f6fba4d18d38'
:backup_location: '/Users/paul/Documents/lastfm-backups/'
:user: 'docbay0'

Contributing

• Clone lastfm_tools repo from github.
• Change the code.
• Install it via rake install.
• Run tests: rake spec.
• Make pull request if you want.

License

Copyright (c) Paul Miller (http://paulmillr.com)

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