Re: [Librefm-discuss] Questions about Love

[Darryl G. Wright]

One other question - the use of this API requires api_key, and
api_sig. Since authentication is done using the old audioscrobbler
method all I have is a session key that comes back from the handshake.
Are these 'required' fields simply ignored with GNU.fm?

api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.
api_sig (Required) : A Last.fm method signature. See authentication
for more information.

Thanks,
Darryl


On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 12:34 PM, Mike Sheldon <address@hidden> wrote:
> Yep, you need to be using the web-service methods to actually mark
> tracks as loved or banned.
>
> Cheers,
>  Mike.
>
> On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 12:23 -0700, Darryl G. Wright wrote:
>> Thanks, Mike.
>>
>> I noticed the existence of this API now too:
>>
>> http://www.last.fm/api/show/track.love
>>
>> Do I take that to mean that the 'ratings' argument I am using to pass
>> back 'the love' is now deprecated? That would explain why I am not
>> seeing any results.
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Darryl
>>
>> On Tue, Mar 20, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Mike Sheldon <address@hidden> wrote:
>> > Hi Darryl,
>> >
>> >  You can use the user.getLovedTracks method to find out all the tracks a
>> > user has loved. The documentation for this method can be seen here:
>> > http://www.last.fm/api/show/user.getLovedTracks
>> >
>> >  Example usage for Libre.fm would be:
>> > http://alpha.libre.fm/2.0/?method=user.getLovedTracks&user=elleo
>> >
>> >  There isn't a mechanism for querying individual tracks in the last.fm
>> > api, so presumably you'll want to just grab the whole set of loved
>> > tracks at start up and then check against it for each song.
>> >
>> > Cheers,
>> >  Mike.
>> >
>> > On Tue, 2012-03-20 at 11:05 -0700, Darryl G. Wright wrote:
>> >> Hey All,
>> >>
>> >> I am curious about how the 'love' option works in the client API. I
>> >> just added the 'ratings' field to my scrobbler client which now
>> >> carries "L" for live if the user clicks on the option on the client.
>> >> Given that there's no real feedback on the song itself from the server
>> >> though, I am wondering if it's typical for the client to store this
>> >> information locally? Or is there some method I should be querying to
>> >> find out as a track starts playing whether or not the user rated it?
>> >>
>> >> The reason I ask is because when I've seen this implemented on most
>> >> other clients the 'Love' icon usually shows up when a track that you
>> >> previously loved comes on.
>> >>
>> >> My other question is - on Libre.fm specifically, is there a way you
>> >> can see which tracks were loved or is that aspect of the API
>> >> unsupported? Right now my client is either not working properly or
>> >> nothing is showing up in my listening history.
>> >>
>> >> Thanks,
>> >> Darryl
>> >>
>> >
>> >
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