lastfm-listener

What is it? Why do I want it?

You can lastfm-listener to trigger events when a new song is played on a lastfm account.

Example Uses

Ok... so I know what it is... but why would I use it exactly?

Up to you!

Things that this oculd be usefull for:

• "Currently playing" twitch banner on custom overlay
• Desktop widget with currently playing
• Web widget for what someones currently playing

API

lastfm-listener extends EventEmitter and has all of it's methods.

Constructor

const LastFM = require('lastfm-listener');
const options = {
    api_key: 'http://www.last.fm/api/',
    username: 'my lastfm username',
    rate: 5,
    alert_intial: true,
    only_if_playing: true
};

let lastFM = new LastFM(options);

Constructor Options

• api_key - Your API key. You can get one here http://www.last.fm/api/. Required
• username - The username you want to listen for songs at. Required
• rate - How often in seconds you want to check the API. Optional, defaults to 5 seconds.
• alert_intial - When the first song is loaded, do you want it to fire the event? Optional, defaults to true.
• only_if_playing - Require song to have "currently playing" tag. Optional, defaults to false.

Methods

• getLatestSong - Pretty self explantory. Will get the latest currently playing song.
• checkSong - Force check to see if the song is new.
• start - Start checking the API.
• stop - Stop checking the API.
• All EventEmitter methods .on, .emit, etc.

Example

lastFM.getLatestSong(function(song) {
    console.log(song.name); // "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    console.log(song.artist); // "Rick Astley"
    console.log(song.nowplaying); // True
});

lastFM.checksong(); // Force to check if there's a new song. Works even if not running.

lastFM.start(); // Start running the checker
lastFM.stop(); // Guess what this does...

Events

The only available event is 'song'. Bind it like this:

lastFM.on('song', function(song) {
    console.log(song.name); // "Never Gonna Give You Up"
    console.log(song.artist); // "Rick Astley"
});

Example Code

const LastFM = require('lastfm-listener');
const options = {
    api_key: 'http://www.last.fm/api/',
    username: 'my lastfm username',
    rate: 5,
    alert_intial: true,
    only_if_playing: true
};

let lastFM = new LastFM(options);

lastFM.on('song', (song) => {
    console.log("Details about new song! ", song);
});

lastFM.start();

License

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 Lachlan Davidson @tehkhop [e-mail]

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