API Doc

API Methods

album.getInfo

Get the metadata for an album on Last.fm using the album name or a musicbrainz id. See playlist.fetch on how to get the album playlist.

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=album.getinfo&api_key=b25b959554ed76058ac220b7b2e0a026...

Params

album (Required (unless mbid)] : The album name
artist (Required (unless mbid)] : The artist name
mbid (Optional) : The musicbrainz id for the album
lang (Optional) : The language to return the biography in, expressed as an ISO 639 alpha-2 code.
autocorrect[0|1] (Optional) : Transform misspelled artist names into correct artist names, returning the correct version instead. The corrected artist name will be returned in the response.
username (Optional) : The username for the context of the request. If supplied, the user's playcount for this album is included in the response.
api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.

Auth

This service does not require authentication.

Sample Response

<album>
  <name>Believe</name>
  <artist>Cher</artist>
  <id>2026126</id>
  <mbid>61bf0388-b8a9-48f4-81d1-7eb02706dfb0</mbid>
  <url>http://www.last.fm/music/Cher/Believe</url>
  <releasedate>    6 Apr 1999, 00:00</releasedate>
  <image size="small">...</image>
  <image size="medium">...</image>
  <image size="large">...</image>
  <listeners>47602</listeners>
  <playcount>212991</playcount>
  <toptags>
    <tag>
      <name>pop</name>
      <url>http://www.last.fm/tag/pop</url>
    </tag>
    ...
  </toptags>
</album>

Errors

2 : Invalid service - This service does not exist
3 : Invalid Method - No method with that name in this package
4 : Authentication Failed - You do not have permissions to access the service
5 : Invalid format - This service doesn't exist in that format
6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
7 : Invalid resource specified
8 : Operation failed - Something else went wrong
9 : Invalid session key - Please re-authenticate
10 : Invalid API key - You must be granted a valid key by last.fm
11 : Service Offline - This service is temporarily offline. Try again later.
13 : Invalid method signature supplied
16 : There was a temporary error processing your request. Please try again
26 : Suspended API key - Access for your account has been suspended, please contact Last.fm
29 : Rate limit exceeded - Your IP has made too many requests in a short period