Getting Started
Anyone is free to use the Last.fm API. Here's what you need to get going:
The Last.fm API allows anyone to build their own programs using Last.fm data, whether they're on the web, the desktop or mobile devices. Find out more about how you can start exploring the social music playground or just browse the list of methods below.
Featured Applications
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Last.fm Spiral

Weekly chart visualisation for your Top Artists. See how you listen.
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LastGraph

Creates artist wave graphs from your musical history in PDF and SVG format.
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Gijsco's Desktop Generator

Gijsco's Last.fm Desktop Generator is a program for last.fm users. It downloads…
API Methods
Album
- Album.addTags
- Album.getBuylinks
- Album.getInfo
- Album.getTags
- Album.getTopTags
- Album.removeTag
- Album.search
- Album.share
Artist
- Artist.addTags
- Artist.getEvents
- Artist.getImages
- Artist.getInfo
- Artist.getPastEvents
- Artist.getPodcast
- Artist.getShouts
- Artist.getSimilar
- Artist.getTags
- Artist.getTopAlbums
- Artist.getTopFans
- Artist.getTopTags
- Artist.getTopTracks
- Artist.removeTag
- Artist.search
- Artist.share
- Artist.shout
Auth
Event
Geo
- Geo.getEvents
- Geo.getMetroArtistChart
- Geo.getMetroHypeArtistChart
- Geo.getMetroHypeTrackChart
- Geo.getMetroTrackChart
- Geo.getMetroUniqueArtistChart
- Geo.getMetroUniqueTrackChart
- Geo.getMetroWeeklyChartlist
- Geo.getMetros
- Geo.getTopArtists
- Geo.getTopTracks
Group
- Group.getHype
- Group.getMembers
- Group.getWeeklyAlbumChart
- Group.getWeeklyArtistChart
- Group.getWeeklyChartList
- Group.getWeeklyTrackChart
Library
- Library.addAlbum
- Library.addArtist
- Library.addTrack
- Library.getAlbums
- Library.getArtists
- Library.getTracks
Playlist
Radio
Tag
- Tag.getSimilar
- Tag.getTopAlbums
- Tag.getTopArtists
- Tag.getTopTags
- Tag.getTopTracks
- Tag.getWeeklyArtistChart
- Tag.getWeeklyChartList
- Tag.search
Tasteometer
Track
- Track.addTags
- Track.ban
- Track.getBuylinks
- Track.getFingerprintMetadata
- Track.getInfo
- Track.getSimilar
- Track.getTags
- Track.getTopFans
- Track.getTopTags
- Track.love
- Track.removeTag
- Track.search
- Track.share
User
- User.getArtistTracks
- User.getEvents
- User.getFriends
- User.getInfo
- User.getLovedTracks
- User.getNeighbours
- User.getPastEvents
- User.getPlaylists
- User.getRecentStations
- User.getRecentTracks
- User.getRecommendedArtists
- User.getRecommendedEvents
- User.getShouts
- User.getTopAlbums
- User.getTopArtists
- User.getTopTags
- User.getTopTracks
- User.getWeeklyAlbumChart
- User.getWeeklyArtistChart
- User.getWeeklyChartList
- User.getWeeklyTrackChart
- User.shout