Mine Data from Last.fm
Casually exercise the Last.fm API from the command line by adding the following to your .bashrc:
fm()
{
declare API_KEY=... # TODO: get API key.
curl -s \
-d"api_key=$API_KEY" \
${1:+"-dmethod=$1"} \
${2:+"-d$2"} ${3:+"-d$3"} ${4:+"-d$4"} ${5:+"-d$5"} \
${6:+"-d$6"} ${7:+"-d$7"} ${8:+"-d$8"} ${9:+"-d$9"} \
'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0'
}Examples:
# Find artists similar to Surfer Blood.
$ fm artist.getSimilar artist=Surfer\ Blood|grep '<name>'
<name>Wavves</name>
<name>Real Estate</name>
<name>Smith Westerns</name>
...
# Read insightful track comments.
$ fm track.getShouts track=Yesterday artist=The\ Beatles
<shout>
<body>YESTEHDAYYYY, ALL MY TROUBLES SEEMED SO FAR AWAYYYYYYYY... lol</body>
<author>alexia_N</author>
<date>Fri, 6 Apr 2012 04:44:56</date>
</shout>
...Written by Stephen Niedzielski
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