scrobble shelf

Create interactive album collages from last.fm scrobble stats.

https://davidcako.com/scrobble-shelf/

I wanted a way to integrate my last.fm listening stats with my website that wasn't just a static collage, and wasn't just a direct link to last.fm.

This python script and accompanying static files allows you to scrape your last.fm listening stats on a regular basis, and insert an interactive array of albums into your website that links back to the albums on last.fm.

Usage

Installation:

pip3 install ./scrobble-shelf

• Get a last.fm API key. scrobble shelf expects API_KEY and API_SECRET environment variables. You can either pass them in when run (API_KEY={...} API_SECRET={...} scrobble-shelf ...) or add them to your ~/.bashrc.

• Add an element on your desired page with the id scrobble-shelf, and include the corresponding .css and .js files from the static folder in this repository.

• Edit the pathRoot variable in scrobble-shelf.js if you will not be using /var/www/scrobble-shelf/ as your output directory.

Usage (default period is 3 months):

scrobble-shelf {LAST FM USERNAME} {output dir (i.e., /var/www/scrobble-shelf)} [--period 6months]

Note that you will need to add the above as a cron job if you wish to have scrobble shelf automatically update.

Local artwork files:

scrobble shelf also allows you to substitute local files for albums missing cover art on last.fm, or those which are incorrectly scrobbled. Simply add keys with partial string matches to COVER_ART_SUBS in the cover_art_subs.py file, and values of the local paths. Note that these are only sourced in absence of artwork on last.fm.

COVER_ART_SUBS = {
    "my beautiful dark twisted fantasy": "/home/david/scrobble-shelf/cover-art-subs/mbdtf.jpg",
    "se dice": "/home/david/scrobble-shelf/cover-art-subs/sdbnb.jpg"
}