getTopTags

Get the top tags used by this user.

No authentication required.

Parameters¶

Method	Type	Default	Description
`user`	string	`none`	The Last.fm username to fetch top tags for.
`limit`	number	50	The number of results to fetch per page.
`api_key`	key	`none`	A Last.fm API key.

Responses¶

Errors:

6 : Invalid parameters - Your request was either missing a required parameter, the parameter was not found, or had 0 results
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

Warning

This API call returns 200 OK HTTP status codes even when the response contains an error.

Examples¶

Example response

Parameter	Value
user	rj
limit	5
api_key	YOUR_API_KEY
format	json

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getTopTags&user=rj&limit=5&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "toptags": {
        "tag": [
            {
                "name": "rock",
                "count": "20",
                "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/rock"
            },
            {
                "name": "jazz",
                "count": "17",
                "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/jazz"
            },
            {
                "name": "metal",
                "count": "10",
                "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/metal"
            },
            {
                "name": "soul",
                "count": "8",
                "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/soul"
            },
            {
                "name": "female vocalists",
                "count": "8",
                "url": "https://www.last.fm/tag/female+vocalists"
            }
        ],
        "@attr": {
            "user": "RJ"
        }
    }
}

Example response of a user with no tags

HTTP status: 200 OK

https://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.gettoptags&user=aidan-&api_key=YOUR_API_KEY&format=json

{
    "toptags": {
        "tag": [],
        "@attr": {
            "user": "aidan-"
        }
    }
}

Example response of a user that does not exist

HTTP status: 200 OK

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

{
    "error": 6,
    "message": "User not found",
    "links": []
}