# Last.fm Scraper - Music Stats, Artists & Albums (`lulzasaur/lastfm-scraper`) Actor

Scrape music data from Last.fm. Search artists or browse by genre tag. Get play counts, listeners, bios, similar artists, top tracks, album tracklists, and release dates from 100M+ tracks.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/lulzasaur/lastfm-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [lulz bot](https://apify.com/lulzasaur) (community)
- **Categories:** E-commerce
- **Stats:** 1 total users, 0 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $10.00 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

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and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.
Actors are written with capital "A".

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For usage examples, see the [API](#api) section below.

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# README

## Last.fm Scraper

Scrape music stats from [Last.fm](https://www.last.fm/) including artist data, top tracks, albums, similar artists, tags, bios, and chart data.

### Features

- **Artist Mode**: Provide specific artist page URLs to scrape detailed stats
- **Top Artists Mode**: Scrape the Last.fm top artists chart
- **Search Mode**: Search by artist name and scrape their profiles
- **Rich Data**: Listeners, scrobbles, top tracks, top albums, similar artists, tags, and bios
- **Pagination**: Automatically follows pagination for charts and search results
- **Pay Per Event**: Only pay for results you actually get

### Input

| Field | Type | Description |
|-------|------|-------------|
| `mode` | string | `artist`, `top-artists`, or `search` |
| `artistUrls` | string\[] | Artist page URLs (artist mode) |
| `searchQueries` | string\[] | Artist names to search (search mode) |
| `maxResults` | integer | Max artists to scrape (default: 50) |
| `proxyConfiguration` | object | Optional proxy settings |

### Output

Each artist result includes:

| Field | Description |
|-------|-------------|
| `artistName` | Artist/band name |
| `listeners` | Number of listeners |
| `scrobbles` | Total scrobble count |
| `topTracks` | Array of top tracks with play counts |
| `topAlbums` | Array of top albums with listener counts |
| `similarArtists` | Array of similar artist names and URLs |
| `tags` | Genre/style tags |
| `bio` | Artist biography (first 1000 chars) |
| `imageUrl` | Artist image URL |

### Example Input

#### Search for artists

```json
{
    "mode": "search",
    "searchQueries": ["Radiohead", "The Beatles"],
    "maxResults": 5
}
```

#### Scrape specific artist pages

```json
{
    "mode": "artist",
    "artistUrls": [
        "https://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead",
        "https://www.last.fm/music/The+Beatles"
    ]
}
```

#### Get top artists from chart

```json
{
    "mode": "top-artists",
    "maxResults": 100
}
```

### Use Cases

- **Music Analytics**: Compare artist popularity, scrobble counts, and listener bases
- **Recommendation Engine**: Build music recommendation systems using similar artists and tags
- **Market Research**: Analyze music trends and genre popularity
- **Playlist Curation**: Discover related artists and their top tracks
- **Academic Research**: Study listening patterns and music metadata

### Pricing

This actor uses Pay Per Event pricing. You are charged $0.005 per result scraped.

# Actor input Schema

## `mode` (type: `string`):

artist: scrape specific artist pages. top-artists: scrape the top artists chart. search: search for artists by name.

## `artistUrls` (type: `array`):

Last.fm artist page URLs (artist mode). e.g. https://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Artist names to search for (search mode).

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Maximum number of artists to scrape (for search and top-artists modes).

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Optional proxy configuration.

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "mode": "search",
  "artistUrls": [
    "https://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "Radiohead"
  ],
  "maxResults": 50
}
```

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "artistUrls": [
        "https://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead"
    ],
    "searchQueries": [
        "Radiohead"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("lulzasaur/lastfm-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = {
    "artistUrls": ["https://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead"],
    "searchQueries": ["Radiohead"],
}

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("lulzasaur/lastfm-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "artistUrls": [
    "https://www.last.fm/music/Radiohead"
  ],
  "searchQueries": [
    "Radiohead"
  ]
}' |
apify call lulzasaur/lastfm-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,lulzasaur/lastfm-scraper"
        }
    }
}

```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/UALs0GNJnf7aUiehR/builds/b0ajqdZG0oXXe787j/openapi.json