Fetch all LastFM user tracks


        
            
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            How to fetch any LastFM user track history without API key
Requirements:

Linux (tested on Manjaro, might work as well on others)
git (ubuntu/debian: sudo apt install git arch/manjaro: sudo pacman -S git fedora/centos: sudo dnf install git alpine: apk add git)
Any recent browser (Tested on Google Chrome Version 85.0.4183.121 (Official Build) (64-bit))

Process

Clone the benfoxall/lastfm-to-csv github repo:

git clone https://github.com/benfoxall/lastfm-to-csv
Enter the folder:

cd lastfm-to-csv
Open your browser with index.html:

google-chrome-stable index.html
On the page, type-in the lastfm user name and press "Fetch tracks"
Wait for the fetch to complete and click on "Save"
Done!

Notes

In the HTML file (index.html) it says that ideally you'll have to use your own API key. However, I've tried with the default one and it worked flawlessly.
Warning: users with a lot of tracks will take a lot of time to fetch (can be several hours) and resulting file will be pretty large (might be 100 mb or more)
On average, 500 pages of data = ~ 5 mb file

What to do with this data?

Find the most frequently played tracks!
Build some statistics on user, it's favourite tracks or genres