Last.fm · Authentication Profile

Lastfm Authentication

Authentication

Last.fm secures its APIs with apiKey across 2 declared security schemes, as derived from its OpenAPI definitions.

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Methods: apiKey Schemes: 2 OAuth flows: API key in: query

Security Schemes

ApiKeyAuth apiKey
· in: query (api_key)
SignedAuth apiKey
· in: query (api_sig)

Source

Authentication Profile

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generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/lastfm-openapi-original.yml
summary:
  types:
  - apiKey
  api_key_in:
  - query
schemes:
- name: ApiKeyAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_key
  description: Required on all calls. Obtain from https://www.last.fm/api/account/create.
  sources:
  - openapi/lastfm-openapi-original.yml
- name: SignedAuth
  type: apiKey
  in: query
  parameter: api_sig
  description: |-
    MD5 signature of all request parameters (excluding format and callback)
    sorted alphabetically by name, concatenated as name+value pairs, with
    the shared secret appended. Required for all write/auth methods.
  sources:
  - openapi/lastfm-openapi-original.yml