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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Personal Tag Cloud

Generates a tag cloud of 50 recommended artists based on your overall top…
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Amarok

Amarok is the music player for Linux and Unix with an intuitive interface.
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Squeezebox

Last.fm on your Squeezebox!
API Methods
Album
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
Group
- 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.getInfo
- Track.getSimilar
- Track.getTags
- Track.getTopFans
- Track.getTopTags
- Track.love
- Track.removeTag
- Track.search
- Track.share
User
- 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