First Listen API

Query data from NPR First Listen

$ npm install --save first-listen-api

usage

With CommonJS

var firstListenApi = require('first-listen-api')

You can access the full NPR First Listen archive, much like viewing http://www.npr.org/series/98679384/first-listen

firstListenApi.getArchive(function (err, archive) { })

archive will be an array of objects. Some represent a "review" and others represent a "first-listen" album. Here are some examples:

{
  type: 'first-listen',
  artist: '',
  album: '',
  streaming: true, // if the album is _currently_ available for streaming
  url: 'http...'
}
{
  type: 'review',
  artist: '',
  album: '',
  url: 'http...'
}

If you'd like to see past the first page of results, you can specify a start. It defaults to 0

firstListenApi.getArchive({ start: 15 }, function (err, res) { })

To get further than this, you'll need an API key. We'll assume you have one and call it apiKey.

If you have an NPR First Listen URL and you want the album artwork, I've got just what you're looking for.

firstListenApi.getAlbumArtUrl({
  url: firstListenUrl,
  apiKey: apiKey
}, function (err, albumArtUrl) { })

If you have an NPR First Listen URL that is currently streaming and you want the individual songs in that album, you can find them here:

firstListenApi.getFirstListen({
  url: firstListenUrl,
  apiKey: apiKey
}, function (err, songs) { })

songs will be an array of objects. Those objects will look something like this:

{
  track: 1,
  title: '',
  artist: '',
  album: '',
  url: 'http...'
}

That's all for now.