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¶
To use the lastimport
plugin, first enable it in your configuration (see
Using Plugins). Then install the requests library by typing:
pip install requests
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.