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==What's there?==
{{Infobox project
| logo =  Last-fm-logo.png
| image = Lastfm home page (5-4-13).png
| description = The home page of Last.fm, as seen on May 4, 2013.
| URL = http://last.fm/
| project_status = {{specialcase}} <small>(switching codebases, some user data might die)</small>
| archiving_status = {{partiallysaved}} <small>(forum in all languages, part of users)</small>
| source = [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/lastfm-discovery lastfm-discovery], [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/lastfm-grab lastfm-grab], [https://github.com/ArchiveTeam/lastfm-items lastfm-items]
| tracker = [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/lastfmdisco/ lastfmdisco], [http://tracker.archiveteam.org/lastfm/ lastfm]
| irc = lastchance.fm
| irc_network = EFnet
| irc_abandoned = true
| data = {{IA collection|archiveteam_lastfm}}
}}
 
== What's there? ==


* Your "scrobbled" listening history of songs you've listened to sent by supported software, including "Loved tracks"
* Your "scrobbled" listening history of songs you've listened to sent by supported software, including "Loved tracks"
* Your playlists generated on the website  
* Your playlists generated on the website  
* Artist Wiki biographies (licensed Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike, and GNU Free Documentation)
* Artist Wiki biographies (licensed Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike, and GNU Free Documentation), album wikis, track wikis, label wikis, and tag wikis
* Artist images
* A page for each artist, album, track, label, user, tag, and group
* Artist and label images
* Album artwork (can be multiple images for an album)
* Like/dislike votes on images (including album artwork)
* Forums
* Forums
* Event Calendars
* Event Calendars
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* Your user journal entries
* Your user journal entries
* Your friends list
* Your friends list
* Events user went to
* Some artists have uploaded tracks, which are free to download
* per user "badges" showing top tracks, # tracks listened to, popular this week tracks etc.
* users' About Me profiles, and where they're from
* Groups, group forums, group connections, and group articles (group journals)
* Shoutboxes (comment areas) on users, groups, musicians, albums, tracks, labels, tags, and pictures (including album artwork)
* Help pages http://www.last.fm/help
* Last.fm Originals http://originals.last.fm/
* "Tools, Plugins & more" http://build.last.fm/
== Getting it Out ==
=== Listening History ===


==Getting it Out==
Tools to export scrobbles


===Listening History===
==== LastScrape GUI ====
https://github.com/encukou/lastscrape-gui


Tools
The useful script here is lastexport.py. The user's history must be public, though.


* LastScrape GUI  http://encukou.github.com/lastscrape-gui/
==== LastToLibre ====
* LastToLibre https://gitorious.org/fmthings/lasttolibre
https://gitorious.org/fmthings/lasttolibre
* Playlistify (Limited Export) http://playlistify.org/


===User Profile Image===
==== Playlistify ====
(limited export)
 
http://playlistify.org (dead?)
 
==== Official exporter ====
http://www.last.fm/settings/dataexporter (dead)
 
==== Misc ====
 
There were some tools available via http://build.last.fm as well.
 
=== User Profile Image ===


Access your profile, right click image, Save Image
Access your profile, right click image, Save Image
Can get it bigger by changing the image size parameter (default 126) to 500 (or maybe more?)
=== Wiki ===
?
== Archives ==
Forum in all languages: https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_lastfm
== Alternative services ==
* [http://www.libre.fm/ Libre.fm] - Open source clone, no apparent user costs
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Latest revision as of 17:12, 24 May 2022

Last.fm
Last.fm logo
The home page of Last.fm, as seen on May 4, 2013.
The home page of Last.fm, as seen on May 4, 2013.
URL http://last.fm/
Status Special case (switching codebases, some user data might die)
Archiving status Partially saved (forum in all languages, part of users)
Archiving type Unknown
Project source lastfm-discovery, lastfm-grab, lastfm-items
Project tracker lastfmdisco, lastfm
IRC channel #archiveteam-bs (on hackint)
(formerly #lastchance.fm (on EFnet))
Data[how to use] archiveteam_lastfm

What's there?

  • Your "scrobbled" listening history of songs you've listened to sent by supported software, including "Loved tracks"
  • Your playlists generated on the website
  • Artist Wiki biographies (licensed Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike, and GNU Free Documentation), album wikis, track wikis, label wikis, and tag wikis
  • A page for each artist, album, track, label, user, tag, and group
  • Artist and label images
  • Album artwork (can be multiple images for an album)
  • Like/dislike votes on images (including album artwork)
  • Forums
  • Event Calendars
  • Your user submitted profile image
  • Your user journal entries
  • Your friends list
  • Events user went to
  • Some artists have uploaded tracks, which are free to download
  • per user "badges" showing top tracks, # tracks listened to, popular this week tracks etc.
  • users' About Me profiles, and where they're from
  • Groups, group forums, group connections, and group articles (group journals)
  • Shoutboxes (comment areas) on users, groups, musicians, albums, tracks, labels, tags, and pictures (including album artwork)
  • Help pages http://www.last.fm/help
  • Last.fm Originals http://originals.last.fm/
  • "Tools, Plugins & more" http://build.last.fm/

Getting it Out

Listening History

Tools to export scrobbles

LastScrape GUI

https://github.com/encukou/lastscrape-gui

The useful script here is lastexport.py. The user's history must be public, though.

LastToLibre

https://gitorious.org/fmthings/lasttolibre

Playlistify

(limited export)

http://playlistify.org (dead?)

Official exporter

http://www.last.fm/settings/dataexporter (dead)

Misc

There were some tools available via http://build.last.fm as well.

User Profile Image

Access your profile, right click image, Save Image

Can get it bigger by changing the image size parameter (default 126) to 500 (or maybe more?)

Wiki

?

Archives

Forum in all languages: https://archive.org/details/archiveteam_lastfm

Alternative services

  • Libre.fm - Open source clone, no apparent user costs