API Doc

API Methods

geo.getTopArtists

Get the most popular artists on Last.fm by country

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=geo.gettopartists&country=spain&api_key=b25b959554ed76...

Params

country (Required) : A country name, as defined by the ISO 3166-1 country names standard
api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.

Auth

This service does not require authentication.

Sample Response

<topartists country="Spain">
  <artist rank="1">
    <name>Coldplay</name>
    <playcount>3199</playcount>
    <mbid>cc197bad-dc9c-440d-a5b5-d52ba2e14234</mbid>
    <url>http://www.last.fm/music/Coldplay</url>
    <streamable>1</streamable>
    <image size="small">...</image>
    <image size="medium">...</image>
    <image size="large">...</image>
  </artist>
  ...
</topartists>

Other Formats

Also available as a feed in rss,csv formats

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/geo/spain/topartists.rss
e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/geo/spain/topartists.csv

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
  • 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.
  • 12 : Subscription Error - The user needs to be subscribed in order to do that
  • 13 : Invalid method signature supplied
  • 18 : This user has no free radio plays left. Subscription required.