get_history.py

import datetime
import json
import time
import requests

API_KEY = ''

from_date = datetime.datetime(2014, 4, 4, 0, 0)
end_date = datetime.datetime(2014, 4, 7, 0, 0)

to_unix_time = lambda dt_obj: time.mktime(dt_obj.timetuple())

api_params = {
    'method': 'user.getrecenttracks',
    'user': 'visgean',
    'api_key': API_KEY,
    'format': 'json',
    'from': to_unix_time(from_date),
    'to': to_unix_time(end_date),
    'limit':200,
    'extended': 1
}

api_url = 'http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/'

data = requests.get(api_url, params=api_params).json()

assert data['recenttracks']['@attr']['totalPages'] == '1'  # lets assume that there is only one page

songs = data['recenttracks']['track']

for song in songs:
    date = song.get('date', None) 
    date = date['#text'] if date else None
    print date, '|', song['artist']['name'], '|', song['name']

history.md

Date	Artist	Song
6 Apr 2014, 21:57	Sarah Blasko	Don't Dream It's Over
6 Apr 2014, 21:53	Meg Myers	Desire
6 Apr 2014, 21:50	Tegan and Sara	Red Belt
6 Apr 2014, 21:46	The Grates	Change
6 Apr 2014, 21:41	Rilo Kiley	Portions For Foxes
6 Apr 2014, 21:38	Yeah Yeah Yeahs	Soft Shock (acoustic)
6 Apr 2014, 21:34	Lykke Li	Tonight
6 Apr 2014, 21:29	Warpaint	Love Is to Die
6 Apr 2014, 21:25	Dog Is Dead	Teenage Daughter
6 Apr 2014, 21:21	Elvis Presley	A Little Less Conversation (JXL radio edit remix)
6 Apr 2014, 21:16	Radical Face	Welcome Home
6 Apr 2014, 21:11	The Hives	Won't Be Long
6 Apr 2014, 21:06	Radiohead	Creep
6 Apr 2014, 21:01	Love of Lesbian	Club de fans de John Boy
6 Apr 2014, 20:57	Dorian	Cualquier otra parte
6 Apr 2014, 20:52	Sia	Be Good to Me
6 Apr 2014, 20:49	Sia	You've Changed
6 Apr 2014, 20:46	Sia	Stop Trying
6 Apr 2014, 20:42	Sia	Clap Your Hands
6 Apr 2014, 20:39	Sia	The Fight
6 Apr 2014, 20:36	Sia	The Girl You Lost to Cocaine
6 Apr 2014, 20:33	Sia	You've Changed
6 Apr 2014, 20:28	Sia	Breathe Me
6 Apr 2014, 20:25	Sia	Kill And Run
6 Apr 2014, 20:21	Sia	I'm in Here
6 Apr 2014, 20:17	Sia	Clap Your Hands
6 Apr 2014, 20:12	Angel Haze	Battle Cry
6 Apr 2014, 20:08	Sia	Elastic Heart - From "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire"/Soundtrack
6 Apr 2014, 20:02	Sia	Breathe Me
6 Apr 2014, 19:57	Sia	Chandelier
6 Apr 2014, 19:51	Rise Against	Savior
6 Apr 2014, 19:47	Queens of the Stone Age	No One Knows
6 Apr 2014, 19:43	Steppenwolf	Born to Be Wild
6 Apr 2014, 19:39	Aerosmith	Dude (Looks Like a Lady)
6 Apr 2014, 19:35	Red Hot Chili Peppers	By the Way
6 Apr 2014, 19:32	Linkin Park	Burn It Down
6 Apr 2014, 19:27	Grouplove	Tongue Tied
6 Apr 2014, 19:21	Calvin Harris	I Need Your Love
6 Apr 2014, 19:19	Icona Pop	I Love It (feat. Charli XCX)
6 Apr 2014, 19:14	will.i.am	Scream & Shout - Dirty / Main
6 Apr 2014, 19:11	M.I.A.	Paper Planes
6 Apr 2014, 19:07	Asaf Avidan & The Mojos	One Day / Reckoning Song (Wankelmut Remix) - Radio Edit
6 Apr 2014, 19:03	The Naked and Famous	Hearts Like Ours
6 Apr 2014, 18:59	The Naked and Famous	Spies! Spies! Spies!
6 Apr 2014, 18:53	The Naked and Famous	Post
6 Apr 2014, 18:51	The Naked and Famous	Part One
6 Apr 2014, 18:49	The Naked and Famous	Meeting People Sucks
6 Apr 2014, 18:46	The Naked and Famous	Serenade
6 Apr 2014, 18:43	The Naked and Famous	Kill The Littleblackdots
6 Apr 2014, 18:39	The Naked and Famous	Bells
6 Apr 2014, 18:37	The Naked and Famous	Part 2
6 Apr 2014, 18:34	The Naked and Famous	Who Are You Talking To?
6 Apr 2014, 18:31	The Naked and Famous	Cheek
6 Apr 2014, 18:27	The Naked and Famous	Birds
6 Apr 2014, 18:24	The Naked and Famous	Dadada
6 Apr 2014, 18:18	The Naked and Famous	Girls Like You
6 Apr 2014, 18:16	The Naked and Famous	The Ends
6 Apr 2014, 18:13	The Naked and Famous	A Wolf in Geek's Clothing
6 Apr 2014, 18:10	The Naked and Famous	Jilted Lovers
6 Apr 2014, 18:06	The Naked and Famous	Spank
6 Apr 2014, 18:00	The Naked and Famous	No Way
6 Apr 2014, 17:56	The Naked and Famous	Young Blood
6 Apr 2014, 17:51	The Naked and Famous	Eyes
6 Apr 2014, 17:47	The Naked and Famous	The Sun
6 Apr 2014, 17:46	The Naked and Famous	The Source
6 Apr 2014, 17:43	The Naked and Famous	Frayed
6 Apr 2014, 17:39	The Naked and Famous	Punching in a Dream
6 Apr 2014, 17:35	The Naked and Famous	All of This
6 Apr 2014, 17:30	The Naked and Famous	To Move With Purpose
6 Apr 2014, 17:25	The Naked and Famous	We Are Leaving
6 Apr 2014, 17:21	The Naked and Famous	What We Want
6 Apr 2014, 17:17	The Naked and Famous	I Kill Giants
6 Apr 2014, 17:14	The Naked and Famous	Golden Girl
6 Apr 2014, 17:08	The Naked and Famous	Grow Old
6 Apr 2014, 17:04	The Naked and Famous	The Mess
6 Apr 2014, 17:00	The Naked and Famous	Rolling Waves
6 Apr 2014, 16:55	The Naked and Famous	Waltz
6 Apr 2014, 16:50	The Naked and Famous	Hearts Like Ours
6 Apr 2014, 16:45	The Naked and Famous	A Stillness
6 Apr 2014, 16:41	Great Northern	Shakey
6 Apr 2014, 16:38	Great Northern	Radio
6 Apr 2014, 16:33	Great Northern	Summertime
6 Apr 2014, 16:28	Great Northern	This Is a Problem
6 Apr 2014, 16:24	Great Northern	Loose Ends
6 Apr 2014, 16:19	Great Northern	Babies
6 Apr 2014, 16:16	Great Northern	The Middle
6 Apr 2014, 16:11	Great Northern	Into The Sun
6 Apr 2014, 16:07	Great Northern	A Sun a Sound
6 Apr 2014, 16:03	Great Northern	City of Sleep
6 Apr 2014, 15:57	Great Northern	Low Is a Height
6 Apr 2014, 15:54	Great Northern	Telling Lies
6 Apr 2014, 15:50	Great Northern	Home
6 Apr 2014, 15:44	Great Northern	Just a Dream
6 Apr 2014, 15:41	Great Northern	Our Bleeding Hearts
6 Apr 2014, 15:38	Great Northern	33
6 Apr 2014, 15:33	Great Northern	Driveway
6 Apr 2014, 15:28	Great Northern	Warning
6 Apr 2014, 15:24	Great Northern	Mountain
6 Apr 2014, 15:21	Great Northern	New Tricks
6 Apr 2014, 15:16	Great Northern	Numbers
6 Apr 2014, 15:13	Great Northern	Stop
4 Apr 2014, 01:03	The Lumineers	Stubborn Love
4 Apr 2014, 00:57	30 Seconds to Mars	Kings and Queens
4 Apr 2014, 00:54	Kings of Leon	Radioactive
4 Apr 2014, 00:50	Snow Patrol	Chasing Cars
4 Apr 2014, 00:46	The Kooks	Naïve
4 Apr 2014, 00:42	Lana Del Rey	Summertime Sadness
4 Apr 2014, 00:37	The Smashing Pumpkins	1979
4 Apr 2014, 00:33	Passion Pit	Take a Walk
4 Apr 2014, 00:28	MGMT	Kids
4 Apr 2014, 00:23	Pearl Jam	Even Flow
4 Apr 2014, 00:19	Weezer	Say It Ain't So
4 Apr 2014, 00:15	3 Doors Down	Kryptonite
4 Apr 2014, 00:11	Lana Del Rey	National Anthem
4 Apr 2014, 00:08	Sublime	Santeria
4 Apr 2014, 00:03	AWOLNATION	Sail
4 Apr 2014, 00:01	Electric Guest	This Head I Hold
3 Apr 2014, 23:56	Goo Goo Dolls	Iris
3 Apr 2014, 23:52	Bastille	Flaws
3 Apr 2014, 23:49	The Lumineers	Ho Hey
3 Apr 2014, 23:45	Gotye	Somebody That I Used to Know
3 Apr 2014, 23:41	Grizzly Bear	Two Weeks
3 Apr 2014, 23:37	Foster the People	Helena Beat
3 Apr 2014, 23:33	Capital Cities	Safe and Sound
3 Apr 2014, 23:30	Imagine Dragons	Radioactive
3 Apr 2014, 23:26	Radiohead	Creep
3 Apr 2014, 23:22	Muse	Madness
3 Apr 2014, 23:18	Grouplove	Tongue Tied
3 Apr 2014, 23:14	Funeral Suits	All Those Friendly People
3 Apr 2014, 23:11	Weezer	Buddy Holly
3 Apr 2014, 23:07	Phoenix	Lisztomania
3 Apr 2014, 23:04	The Killers	Somebody Told Me
3 Apr 2014, 23:00	Foo Fighters	Best of You
3 Apr 2014, 22:56	Gorillaz	Feel Good Inc.
3 Apr 2014, 22:51	Green Day	Wake Me Up When September Ends
3 Apr 2014, 22:47	Alt-J	Something Good
3 Apr 2014, 22:43	Young the Giant	Cough Syrup
3 Apr 2014, 22:38	Edward Sharpe & The Magnetic Zeros	Home
3 Apr 2014, 22:35	Alt-J	Tessellate
3 Apr 2014, 22:31	Coldplay	Paradise
3 Apr 2014, 22:25	Band of Horses	The Funeral
3 Apr 2014, 22:22	Lana Del Rey	Blue Jeans
3 Apr 2014, 22:18	Mumford & Sons	Little Lion Man
3 Apr 2014, 22:13	fun.	Why Am I the One
3 Apr 2014, 22:08	Audioslave	Be Yourself
3 Apr 2014, 22:05	Fall Out Boy	My Songs Know What You Did in the Dark (Light Em Up)
3 Apr 2014, 22:00	Lana Del Rey	Off to the Races