Wrapper class for parsing last.fm XML feeds
In addition to it's API, Last.fm offers two XML feeds, one for top artists (overall, or for the last 3/6/9/12 months), and a weekly artist chart. This plugin makes parsing those feeds a little easier.
Required gems
- rexml
Install
git submodule add git://github.com/speric/last-fm.git vendor/plugins/last-fm
Use
last_fm = LastFm.new("ericfarkas") #initialize with your last.fm username
#top artists overall
top_artists = last_fm.topartists
top_artists.first.name
=> "Thrice"
top_artists.first.playcount
=> "2600"
top_artists.first.url
=> "http://www.last.fm/music/Thrice"
# top artists for the last 3 months
top_artists = last_fm.topartists(3)
# top artists for the last 6 months
top_artists = last_fm.topartists(6)
# latest weekly artist chart
weekly = last_fm.weeklyartistchart
Each method returns an Array of Artist objects, which each have a name, playcount, and url properties.
The topartists feed from last.fm only recognizes 3, 6, 9, and 12 months as parameters. Anything else will return top artists overall.
TODO
- Also include URLs for images in Artist object