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artist.getPodcast

Get a podcast of free mp3s based on an artist

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getpodcast&artist=cher&api_key=b25b959554ed7605...

Params

artist (Required) : The artist name in question
api_key (Required) : A Last.fm API key.

Auth

This service does not require authentication.

Sample Response

<rss xmlns:itunes="http://www.itunes.com/dtds/podcast-1.0.dtd" version="2.0">
<channel>
  <title>Free pornophonique MP3s</title>
  <link>http://www.last.fm/music/pornophonique</link>
  <description>Free pornophonique MP3s from Last.fm</description>
  <item>
    <title>pornophonique - Rock'n'roll Hall Of Fame</title>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.last.fm/music/pornophonique/_/Rock%27n%27roll+Hall+Of+Fame</guid>
    <itunes:author>pornophonique</itunes:author>
    <enclosure url="http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/120677617/Rock%2527n%2527roll%2BHall%2BOf%2BFame.mp3" length="3872000" type="audio/mpeg" />
    <description>pornophonique - Rock'n'roll Hall Of Fame (4:02) 3.7 MB</description>
    <link>http://www.last.fm/music/pornophonique/_/Rock%27n%27roll+Hall+Of+Fame</link>
  </item>
  <item>
    <title>pornophonique - 1/2 player game</title>
    <guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.last.fm/music/pornophonique/_/1%252F2%2Bplayer%2Bgame</guid>
    <itunes:author>pornophonique</itunes:author>
    <enclosure url="http://freedownloads.last.fm/download/113567641/1%252F2%2Bplayer%2Bgame.mp3" length="3664000" type="audio/mpeg" />
    <description>pornophonique - 1/2 player game (3:49) 3.5 MB</description>
    <link>http://www.last.fm/music/pornophonique/_/1%252F2%2Bplayer%2Bgame</link>
  </item>
</channel>

Other Formats

Also available as a feed in rss format

e.g. http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/artist/cher/podcast.rss

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
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.
12 : Subscription Error - The user needs to be subscribed in order to do that
13 : Invalid method signature supplied
18 : This user has no free radio plays left. Subscription required.