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getInfo

Returns profile information about a last.fm user.

No authentication required.

Parameters

Method Type Default Required Description
user string none ✅ The Last.fm username to fetch the info of.
api_key key none ✅ A Last.fm API key.

Responses

Errors:

  • 6 : Invalid parameters - Your request is missing a required parameter
  • 8 : Operation failed - Something else went wrong
  • 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
  • 17 : Login required - Requested profile might not have privacy set to public.
  • 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

Examples

Example response
Parameter Value
user TyphoonsNotABot
api_key YOUR_API_KEY
format json

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getInfo&user=TyphoonsNotABot&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

  {
    "user": {
      "playlists": "0",
      "playcount": "138223",
      "gender": "n",
      "name": "TyphoonsNotABot",
      "subscriber": "0",
      "url": "https://www.last.fm/user/TyphoonsNotABot",
      "country": "United Kingdom",
      "image": [
        {
          "size": "small",
          "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/34s/9e9565eee02f3e08d803b7726f65f406.png"
        },
        {
          "size": "medium",
          "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/64s/9e9565eee02f3e08d803b7726f65f406.png"
        },
        {
          "size": "large",
          "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/174s/9e9565eee02f3e08d803b7726f65f406.png"
        },
        {
          "size": "extralarge",
          "#text": "https://lastfm.freetls.fastly.net/i/u/300x300/9e9565eee02f3e08d803b7726f65f406.png"
        }
      ],
      "registered": {
        "unixtime": "1561177193",
        "#text": 1561177193
      },
      "type": "user",
      "age": "0",
      "bootstrap": "0",
      "realname": "Liam"
    }
  }
Example response of non existing user

HTTP status: 404 NOT FOUND

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getinfo&user=userthatdoesnotexist&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "error": 6,
    "message": "User not found"
}