Last.fm Library API
A user's scrobbled artist library.
Last.fm Library API is one of 9 APIs that Last.fm publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.
This API exposes 8 JSON Schema definitions.
Tagged areas include Library. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, a getting-started guide, an API reference, authentication docs, rate-limit docs, and 8 JSON Schemas.
This API exposes 2 operations across 2 paths, and defines 16 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 2.0.
Requests are made against 2 base URLs: https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0, http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0.
Metadata
The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.
Authentication & Security 2
Last.fm Library API declares
2 security schemes
for authenticating requests.
An API key is passed in the query as api_key (ApiKeyAuth).
An API key is passed in the query as api_sig (SignedAuth).
By default, every request must be authenticated.
ApiKeyAuth— Required on all calls. Obtain from https://www.last.fm/api/account/create.SignedAuth— MD5 signature of all request parameters (excluding format and callback) sorted alphabetically by name, concatenated as name+value pairs, with the shared secret…
Paths & Operations 2
Across 2 paths, the API surfaces 2 operations — 2 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.
A user's scrobbled artist library.
Schemas 16
The contract defines 16 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Track (14 properties), UserProfile (12 properties), Artist (10 properties), Album (10 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.
Specification
The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.
Source
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