Last.fm extractors

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[http://www.last.fm Last.fm] has numerous XML feeds containing the artist and music album information for example. Wandora is capable to convert few Last.fm's XML feeds to topic maps. Supported conversions include:
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[http://www.last.fm Last.fm] offers numerous data feeds. Wandora is capable to convert some of these data feeds to topic maps. Last.fm extractor begins with menu option '''File > Extract > Last.fm extractor...'''. Last.fm extractions doesn't require user authentication. Extractor opens data feed selection dialog. Wandora extracts
  
* '''Audioscrobbler Album: Info extractor''' converts [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/album/Metallica/Metallica/info.xml Album's info] to topic map.
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* Similar artists. Reads related artists for given artist name.
* '''Audioscrobbler Artists: Related Artists extractor''' converts XML feed of [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/artist/Metallica/similar.xml Similar artists] to a topic map.
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* Artist's top albums. User must identify artist before extraction is accomplished. Wandora reads top albums of given artist.
* '''Audioscrobbler Artists: Top Albums extractor''' converts XML feed of [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/artist/Metallica/topalbums.xml Top albums] to a topic map.
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* Artist's top tags. User must identify artist before extraction is accomplished. Wandora reads top tags attached to given artist.
* '''Audioscrobbler Artists: Top Tags extractor''' converts XML feed of [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/artist/Metallica/toptags.xml Artist's top tags] to a topic map.
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* Artist's top tracks. User must identify artist before extraction is accomplished. Wandora reads top tracks of given artist.
* '''Audioscrobbler Artists: Top Tracks extractor''' converts [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/artist/Metallica/toptracks.xml Artist's top tracks] to a topic map.
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* Overall top tags. This extractor doesn't require input. Extractor reads most used tags from Last.fm and builds topic for each tag.
* '''Audioscrobbler Tags: Top Albums extractor''' converts [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/tag/Rock/topalbums.xml Top albums with a specific tag] to a topic map.
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* Top albums with tag. This extractor assumes Wandora user enters tag name. Wandora reads Last.fm data feed of tagged albums and builds topic and associations.
* '''Audioscrobbler Tags: Top Artists extractor''' converts [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/tag/Rock/topartists.xml Top artists with a specific tag] to a topic map.
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* Top artists with tag. This extractor requires Wandora user to enter a tag name. Wandora reads Last.fm data feed of tagged artists and converts it to topics and associations.
* '''Audioscrobbler Tags: Top Tags extractor''' converts [http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/1.0/tag/toptags.xml Top tag list] to a topic map.
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* Album info. This extractor takes artist and album name as the input and gets track information.
  
All extractors require explicit URL for the XML feed. This may change in future versions of Wandora. Complete list of Last.fm's web apis and use policy is found at http://www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices/. The content license of Last.fm is Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-ShareAlike License. If you want to use Last fm's content in a commercial context you must contact Last fm to get a seperate license. Wandora or Wandora authors have no rights to give you any permission to use the content of Last fm.
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Revision as of 17:35, 2 June 2008

Last.fm offers numerous data feeds. Wandora is capable to convert some of these data feeds to topic maps. Last.fm extractor begins with menu option File > Extract > Last.fm extractor.... Last.fm extractions doesn't require user authentication. Extractor opens data feed selection dialog. Wandora extracts

  • Similar artists. Reads related artists for given artist name.
  • Artist's top albums. User must identify artist before extraction is accomplished. Wandora reads top albums of given artist.
  • Artist's top tags. User must identify artist before extraction is accomplished. Wandora reads top tags attached to given artist.
  • Artist's top tracks. User must identify artist before extraction is accomplished. Wandora reads top tracks of given artist.
  • Overall top tags. This extractor doesn't require input. Extractor reads most used tags from Last.fm and builds topic for each tag.
  • Top albums with tag. This extractor assumes Wandora user enters tag name. Wandora reads Last.fm data feed of tagged albums and builds topic and associations.
  • Top artists with tag. This extractor requires Wandora user to enter a tag name. Wandora reads Last.fm data feed of tagged artists and converts it to topics and associations.
  • Album info. This extractor takes artist and album name as the input and gets track information.


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