API Doc

API Methods

track.getFingerprintMetadata

Retrieve track metadata associated with a fingerprint id generated by the Last.fm Fingerprinter. Returns track elements, along with a 'rank' value between 0 and 1 reflecting the confidence for each match. See this blog post for more info.

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=track.getfingerprintmetadata&fingerprintid=1234&api_ke...

Params

fingerprintid (Required) : The fingerprint id to look up
api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.

Auth

This service does not require authentication.

Sample Response

<tracks>
  <track rank="1">
  <name>Merlin's Will</name>
  <mbid/>
  <url>http://www.last.fm/music/Ayreon/_/Merlin%27s+Will</url>
  <streamable fulltrack="0">1</streamable>
  <artist>
    <name>Ayreon</name>
    <mbid>7bbfd77c-1102-4831-9ba8-246fb67460b3</mbid>
    <url>http://www.last.fm/music/Ayreon</url>
  </artist>
  <image size="small">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/34s/38924161.png</image>
  <image size="medium">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/64s/38924161.png</image>
  <image size="large">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/126/38924161.png</image>
  <image size="extralarge">http://userserve-ak.last.fm/serve/300x300/38924161.png</image>
  </track>
  ...
</tracks>

Errors

2 : Invalid service - This service does not exist
3 : Invalid Method - No method with that name in this package
4 : Authentication Failed - You do not have permissions to access the service
5 : Invalid format - This service doesn't exist in that format
6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
7 : Invalid resource specified
8 : Operation failed - Something else went wrong
9 : Invalid session key - Please re-authenticate
10 : Invalid API key - You must be granted a valid key by last.fm
11 : Service Offline - This service is temporarily offline. Try again later.
13 : Invalid method signature supplied
16 : There was a temporary error processing your request. Please try again
26 : Suspended API key - Access for your account has been suspended, please contact Last.fm
29 : Rate limit exceeded - Your IP has made too many requests in a short period