Scrobbler¶ ↑

Scrobbler is a wrapper for the audioscrobbler web services (www.audioscrobbler.net/data/webservices/).

Below is just a sampling of how easy this lib is to use.

Users¶ ↑

user = Scrobbler::User.new('jnunemaker')

puts "#{user.username}'s Recent Tracks"
puts "=" * (user.username.length + 16)
user.recent_tracks.each { |t| puts t.name }

puts
puts

puts "#{user.username}'s Top Tracks"
puts "=" * (user.username.length + 13)
user.top_tracks.each { |t| puts "(#{t.playcount}) #{t.name}" }

Albums¶ ↑

album = Scrobbler::Album.new('Carrie Underwood', 'Some Hearts', :include_info => true)

puts "Album: #{album.name}"
puts "Artist: #{album.artist}"
puts "Reach: #{album.reach}"
puts "URL: #{album.url}"
puts "Release Date: #{album.release_date.strftime('%m/%d/%Y')}"

puts
puts

puts "Tracks"
longest_track_name = album.tracks.collect(&:name).sort { |x, y| y.length <=> x.length }.first.length
puts "=" * longest_track_name
album.tracks.each { |t| puts t.name }

Artists¶ ↑

artist = Scrobbler::Artist.new('Carrie Underwood')

puts 'Top Tracks'
puts "=" * 10
artist.top_tracks.each { |t| puts "(#{t.reach}) #{t.name}" }

puts

puts 'Similar Artists'
puts "=" * 15
artist.similar.each { |a| puts "(#{a.match}%) #{a.name}" }

Tags ¶ ↑

tag = Scrobbler::Tag.new('country')

puts 'Top Albums'
tag.top_albums.each { |a| puts "(#{a.count}) #{a.name} by #{a.artist}" }

puts

puts 'Top Tracks'
tag.top_tracks.each { |t| puts "(#{t.count}) #{t.name} by #{t.artist}" }

Tracks¶ ↑

track = Scrobbler::Track.new('Carrie Underwood', 'Before He Cheats')
puts 'Fans'
puts "=" * 4
track.fans.each { |u| puts "(#{u.weight}) #{u.username}" }

Simple Authentication (for Scrobbling)¶ ↑

auth = Scrobbler::SimpleAuth.new(:user => 'chunky', :password => 'bacon')
auth.handshake!

puts "Auth Status: #{auth.status}"
puts "Session ID: #{auth.session_id}"
puts "Now Playing URL: #{auth.now_playing_url}"
puts "Submission URL: #{auth.submission_url}"

Scrobbling¶ ↑

scrobble = Scrobbler::Scrobble.new(:session_id => auth.session_id,
                                   :submission_url => auth.submission_url,
                                   :artist => 'Coldplay',
                                   :track => 'Viva La Vida',
                                   :album => "Viva La Vida",
                                   :time => Time.new,
                                   :length => 244,
                                   :track_number => 7)
scrobble.submit!
puts "Scrobbler Submission Status: #{scrobble.status}"

Now Playing Submission¶ ↑

playing = Scrobbler::Playing.new(:session_id => auth.session_id,
                                 :now_playing_url => auth.now_playing_url,
                                 :artist => 'Anberlin',
                                 :track => 'Readyfuels',
                                 :album => 'Blueprints For the Black Market',
                                 :length => 218,
                                 :track_number => 1)

playing.submit!         
puts "Playing Submission Status: #{playing.status}"

Docs¶ ↑

rdoc.info/projects/jnunemaker/scrobbler