Hatchery

A program to backup your Last.fm data. Thank god for the hatchery, without it we'd all be lost.

Usage

hatchery 0.1.0

Jake Ledoux (contactjakeledoux@gmail.com)

USAGE:
    hatchery [OPTIONS] --api-key <API_KEY> --api-secret <API_SECRET> <USERNAME>

ARGS:
    <USERNAME>    [env: LASTFM_USERNAME=]

OPTIONS:
        --api-key <API_KEY>          [env: LASTFM_API_KEY=]
        --api-secret <API_SECRET>    [env: LASTFM_API_SECRET=]
    -f, --format <FORMAT>            [default: json] [possible values: json, sql]
    -h, --help                       Print help information
    -V, --version                    Print version information

Why?

You learn all sorts of things working for the hatchery, one of those being the old adage, "Don't put all your eggs in one basket."

Last.fm doesn't seem to be going anywhere quite yet, but the lack of funding and support its received from its parent company CBS doesn't instill confidence in the future of the service. Whether you think it will even exist a decade from now is your opinion, but I don't want to leave my data's safety to chance, so that's what this is for. It allows you to back up your scrobbles, loved tracks, and friends to a local database to ensure their safe-keeping in the event that anything should happen to Last.fm.

Last.fm is dead, long live Last.fm.

Build requirements

Linux

• libsqlite3-dev

macOS

None AFAIK

Windows

None AFAIK

AFAQ

Anticipated Frequently Asked Questions:

Why do you fetch my entire scrobble history every time?

Short answer: Scrobble editing/deleting.

If it weren't for that I could just ask for the scrobbles since the last update and the whole thing would run much faster. A full backup is what we want, so a full report must be requested every time.

Why do you need my secret key?

Short answer: I don't.

I only require it in case it's needed in a future version.

Why can't I export to multiple formats simultaneously?

Short answer: Because there's no point.

This isn't something that can't be done, I just don't see a use case where you'd want both versions. This program is for backing up your data, not preparing it for data analysis or anything else, and there's no sense backing it up in two different formats.

Why can't I back up multiple accounts?

Short answer: You can: just run the program multiple times.