TopArtists Summary

Retrieves the 50 most played artists from a Last.fm music profile.

Details

Arguments	Summary
Username	(required) Last.fm username to retrieve the profile data for.
Type	(optional) accepts "3month", "6month", or "12month" for different chart results. Default is "overall"
Functions	Summary
load	Fetches data from web service
Events	Summary
complete	Dispatched when the data has been loaded (Event.COMPLETE)
ioError	Dispatched when there is a problem connecting to the web service (IOErrorEvent.IO_ERROR)
Properties (read-only)	Summary
username (String)	Username for the profile being queried
artists (Array)	Array of top artists
type (String)	Chart type returned (overall, 3month, 6month, 12month)

Artist object structure

Properties	Summary
name (String)	Name of the artist
mbid (String)	Musicbrainz.org ID
rank (Number)	Artist rank on the users chart
playcount (Number)	Number of times user has played this artist
url (String)	URL to the artists Last.fm profile page
thumbnail (String)	URL to the artists image as a thumbnail
image (String)	URL to the artists larger image

Example Usage

import com.lfm.services.UserData.TopArtists;
import flash.events.Event;

var artistdata:TopArtists = new TopArtists("RJ");
artistdata.addEventListener("complete",serviceLoaded);
artistdata.load();

function serviceLoaded(event:Event):void {
    for(var i:Number = 0; i < artistdata.artists.length; i++) {
        trace(i+". Artist Name:" + artistdata.artists[i]['name']);
        trace(" Musicbrainz ID:" + artistdata.artists[i]['mbid']);
        trace(" Rank:" + artistdata.artists[i]['rank']);
        trace(" Playcount:" + artistdata.artists[i]['playcount']);
        trace(" URL:" + artistdata.artists[i]['url']);
        trace(" Thumbnail:" + artistdata.artists[i]['thumbnail']);
        trace(" Image:" + artistdata.artists[i]['image']);
    }
}

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