LastImport Plugin

The lastimport plugin downloads play-count data from your Last.fm library into beets’ database. You can later create smart playlists by querying play_count and do other fun stuff with this field.

Installation

The plugin requires pylast, which you can install using pip by typing:

pip install pylast

After you have pylast installed, enable the lastimport plugin in your configuration (see Using Plugins).

Next, add your Last.fm username to your beets configuration file:

lastfm:
    user: beetsfanatic

Importing Play Counts

Simply run beet lastimport and wait for the plugin to request tracks from Last.fm and match them to your beets library. (You will be notified of tracks in your Last.fm profile that do not match any songs in your library.)

Then, your matched tracks will be populated with the play_count field, which you can use in any query or template. For example:

$ beet ls -f '$title: $play_count' play_count:5..
Eple (Melody A.M.): 60

To see more information (namely, the specific play counts for matched tracks), use the -v option.

Configuration

Aside from the required lastfm.user field, this plugin has some specific options under the lastimport: section:

• per_page: The number of tracks to request from the API at once. Default: 500.

• retry_limit: How many times should we re-send requests to Last.fm on failure? Default: 3.

By default, the plugin will use beets’s own Last.fm API key. You can also override it with your own API key:

lastfm:
    api_key: your_api_key