Last.fm

aid: lastfm
name: Last.fm
description: >-
  Last.fm is the long-running music recommendation, scrobbling, and music-data
  service operated by CBS Interactive. Its Web Services 2.0 API (the
  AudioScrobbler API at ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/) exposes catalog data
  (artists, albums, tracks, tags), charts, geo-listening data, user listening
  history (recent tracks, top tracks/albums/artists, weekly charts), and the
  Scrobbling 2.0 write surface (track.scrobble, track.updateNowPlaying,
  track.love). Every operation is dispatched through a single endpoint via the
  `method` parameter (e.g. `method=user.getRecentTracks`). Authentication uses
  an API key for reads and a signed (`api_sig`) session-key flow for writes.
  The API is free for non-commercial use; commercial use requires a separate
  agreement via partners@last.fm.
type: Index
position: Consuming
access: 3rd-Party
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/apis-json-logo.jpg
tags:
  - Music
  - Audio
  - Scrobbling
  - Recommendations
  - Charts
  - Public APIs
  - AudioScrobbler
created: '2026-05-28'
modified: '2026-05-29'
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/lastfm/main/apis.yml
specificationVersion: '0.20'
x-source: public-apis/public-apis
x-category: Music
x-type: company
x-tier: 3
x-tier-reason: bulk-registered-from-public-apis-then-enriched
apis:
  - aid: lastfm:lastfm-web-services-2-0
    name: Last.fm Web Services 2.0
    description: >-
      The AudioScrobbler / Last.fm Web Services 2.0 API. A single method-dispatched
      endpoint (`https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/`) serves all read operations as
      GET requests and all authenticated write operations as POST requests. Methods
      are organized by package: album, artist, auth, chart, geo, library, tag,
      track, user. Default response format is XML; pass `format=json` for JSON.
    humanURL: https://www.last.fm/api
    baseURL: https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0
    tags:
      - Album
      - Artist
      - Auth
      - Chart
      - Geo
      - Library
      - Tag
      - Track
      - User
      - Scrobbling
    properties:
      - type: Documentation
        url: https://www.last.fm/api
      - type: OpenAPI
        url: openapi/lastfm-openapi-original.yml
      - type: GettingStarted
        url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
      - type: APIReference
        url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
      - type: Authentication
        url: https://www.last.fm/api/authentication
      - type: SignUp
        url: https://www.last.fm/api/account/create
      - type: RateLimits
        url: rate-limits/lastfm-rate-limits.yml
      - type: TermsOfService
        url: https://www.last.fm/api/tos
      - type: Errors
        url: https://www.last.fm/api/errorcodes
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/lastfm-album-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/lastfm-artist-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/lastfm-track-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/lastfm-tag-schema.json
      - type: JSONSchema
        url: json-schema/lastfm-user-schema.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/lastfm-album-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/lastfm-artist-structure.json
      - type: JSONStructure
        url: json-structure/lastfm-track-structure.json
      - type: JSONLD
        url: json-ld/lastfm-context.jsonld
      - type: Example
        url: examples/lastfm-album-getinfo-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/lastfm-artist-getinfo-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/lastfm-track-getinfo-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/lastfm-chart-gettopartists-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/lastfm-user-getrecenttracks-example.json
      - type: Example
        url: examples/lastfm-track-scrobble-example.json
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-album.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-artist.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-auth.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-chart.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-geo.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-library.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-tag.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-track.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/lastfm-user.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/music-discovery.yaml
      - type: NaftikoCapability
        url: capabilities/music-scrobbling.yaml
    features:
      - type: MusicCatalog
        description: Artist, album, track, and tag metadata for the Last.fm music graph.
      - type: Scrobbling
        description: Authenticated track.scrobble write surface (Scrobbling 2.0) with batching up to 50 plays per request.
      - type: ListeningHistory
        description: Per-user recent tracks, loved tracks, weekly charts, and personal tags.
      - type: SimilarityGraph
        description: Artist-to-artist, track-to-track, and tag-to-tag similarity derived from listening data.
      - type: GlobalCharts
        description: Top artists, top tracks, and top tags across the entire Last.fm community.
      - type: GeoCharts
        description: Top artists and tracks by country (geo.getTopArtists / geo.getTopTracks).
      - type: TaggingFolksonomy
        description: User-applied free-form tags on artists, albums, and tracks; weighted by usage.
      - type: NowPlaying
        description: Lightweight currently-listening signal that does not affect charts.
      - type: Corrections
        description: Canonical name resolution for misspelled artist/track inputs.
      - type: WeeklyCharts
        description: Per-user, per-tag, and global week-bounded chart slices addressable by Unix timestamp range.
    useCases:
      - type: MusicRecommendation
        description: Build recommendation engines using artist.getSimilar, track.getSimilar, and tag-based pivots.
      - type: ListenLogging
        description: Scrobble plays from desktop, mobile, or embedded players to a user's Last.fm profile.
      - type: TasteProfiling
        description: Aggregate user.getTopArtists/Albums/Tracks across `overall|7day|1month|3month|6month|12month` periods to model taste.
      - type: MusicDiscoveryDashboards
        description: Compose chart, geo, and tag endpoints into trend/discovery dashboards.
      - type: PlaylistEnrichment
        description: Augment a playlist UI with Last.fm metadata, top tags, similar artists, and bio content.
      - type: ResearchAndAcademia
        description: Use anonymized listening data for music information retrieval (MIR) research — under a commercial use agreement.
      - type: NowPlayingWidgets
        description: Public "now playing" / recent-track widgets from user.getRecentTracks.
    integrations:
      - type: MusicBrainz
        description: Last.fm accepts MusicBrainz IDs (mbid) in place of artist/album/track name parameters.
      - type: Spotify
        description: Common pairing — many third-party tools sync Spotify playback to Last.fm scrobbles.
      - type: ListenBrainz
        description: ListenBrainz publishes a Last.fm-compatible API surface for portable scrobbling.
common:
  - type: PostmanWorkspace
    url: https://www.postman.com/kinlaneapi/lastfm/overview
  - type: ArazzoWorkflows
    url: arazzo/
    workflows:
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-album-genre-profile-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Album Genre Profile
      summary: Search for an album, resolve its full info and tracklist, then surface the community tags that define its genre.
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-artist-discovery-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Artist Discovery
      summary: Search for an artist by name, resolve full metadata, then surface their top tracks and similar artists.
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-chart-to-album-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Chart To Album Deep Dive
      summary: Take the
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-genre-artist-explorer-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Genre Artist Explorer
      summary: Take a genre tag's top artist, branch into similar artists, and pull that artist's top tracks.
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-geo-artist-spotlight-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Geo Artist Spotlight
      summary: Find the top artist in a country, resolve their full profile, and list their top albums.
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-loved-tracks-insight-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Loved Tracks Insight
      summary: Read a user's loved tracks, resolve the latest one's full info, and surface the community tags that describe it.
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-now-playing-context-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Now Playing Context
      summary: Read a user's most recent track, resolve its full info, and surface the community tags that describe it.
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-tag-to-track-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Tag To Track Deep Dive
      summary: Resolve a tag's metadata, pull its top tracks, and fetch full info for the leading track.
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-track-radio-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm Track Radio Seed
      summary: "Search for a track, resolve its full info, and build a similar-tracks radio seed \u2014 branching when no match is found."
    - url: arazzo/lastfm-user-taste-profile-workflow.yml
      name: Last.fm User Taste Profile
      summary: Read a user's profile, find their top artist for a period, and surface that artist's top tracks.
  - type: Website
    url: https://www.last.fm
  - type: DeveloperPortal
    url: https://www.last.fm/api
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://www.last.fm/api
  - type: GettingStarted
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
  - type: APIReference
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/intro
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/authentication
  - type: SignUp
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/account/create
  - type: TermsOfService
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/tos
  - type: PrivacyPolicy
    url: https://www.last.fm/legal/privacy
  - type: Errors
    url: https://www.last.fm/api/errorcodes
  - type: Support
    url: https://support.last.fm
  - type: Contact
    url: mailto:partners@last.fm
  - type: GitHubOrganization
    url: https://github.com/lastfm
  - type: Pricing
    url: plans/lastfm-plans-pricing.yml
  - type: RateLimits
    url: rate-limits/lastfm-rate-limits.yml
  - type: SpectralRules
    url: rules/lastfm-rules.yml
  - type: Vocabulary
    url: vocabulary/lastfm-vocabulary.yml
  - type: JSONLD
    url: json-ld/lastfm-context.jsonld
  - type: PublicAPIsListing
    url: https://github.com/public-apis/public-apis
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/inflatablefriends/lastfm
    title: Inflatable.Lastfm (.NET / NuGet) — portable C# client
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/feross/last-fm
    title: feross/last-fm (JavaScript) — simple public-data client
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/dandelionmood/php-lastfm
    title: dandelionmood/php-lastfm (PHP) — dead-simple wrapper
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/barryvanveen/lastfm
    title: barryvanveen/lastfm (PHP + Laravel service provider)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/gordonbisnor/lastfm
    title: gordonbisnor/lastfm (Ruby) — Rails plugin
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/codegram/lastfm
    title: codegram/lastfm (Ruby) — broad method coverage
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/theorangewill/pylastfmapi
    title: theorangewill/pylastfmapi (Python)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/jrichocean/Elixirfm
    title: jrichocean/Elixirfm (Elixir)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/mihaiolteanu/lastfm
    title: mihaiolteanu/lastfm (Common Lisp)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/supki/liblastfm
    title: supki/liblastfm (Haskell)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/Nebulino/Scrobblenaut
    title: Nebulino/Scrobblenaut (Dart)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/SHOEGAZEssb/Shoegaze.LastFM
    title: SHOEGAZEssb/Shoegaze.LastFM (modern C#)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/mannuelf/lastfm-nodejs-client
    title: mannuelf/lastfm-nodejs-client (TypeScript / Node.js)
  - type: SDK
    url: https://github.com/michaellavelle/spring-social-lastfm
    title: michaellavelle/spring-social-lastfm (Java / Spring Social)
  - type: Tools
    url: https://github.com/tfmart/ScrobblerContext
    title: ScrobblerContext — Last.fm MCP server (Swift, stdio MCP transport, search/library/scrobble)
  - type: Tools
    url: https://github.com/rianvdm/lastfm-mcp
    title: lastfm-mcp — Cloudflare Workers MCP server with OAuth 2.0 for AI access to Last.fm listening data
maintainers:
  - FN: Kin Lane
    email: kin@apievangelist.com