macscrobble (heavily wip)

Building

Requirements

1. Xcode Command line tools
   • Install via xcode-select --install
2. Python 3
   • Required for initial authentication (temporarily)
3. A Last.fm API account
   • Create one here

Compilation

To compile the scrobbler and produce the macscrobble binary, run:

make build

Running

To use macscrobble, follow these steps to acquire a Last.fm session key:

Set environment variables

Export the LASTFM_API_KEY and LASTFM_API_SECRET environment variables:

export LASTFM_API_KEY=your_api_key
export LASTFM_API_SECRET=your_api_secret

Please authorize the application by visiting this URL: http://www.last.fm/api/auth/?api_key=abc123def456ghi789jkl012mno345pq&token=randomToken12345
Press Enter after you have authorized the token...

Session Key: sk1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef

Export the ovbtained session key and then finally run the scrobbler:

export SESSION_KEY=sk1234567890abcdef1234567890abcdef

./macscrobble