Clean out comedians from lastfm

lastfm_cleaner.py

import pylast
import secretstorage
import requests
from pycookiecheat import chrome_cookies

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# CONFIG #
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# You have to have your own unique two values for API_KEY and API_SECRET
# Obtain yours from https://www.last.fm/api/account/create for Last.fm
API_KEY = "arst"  # this is a sample key
API_SECRET = "arst"

# In order to perform a write operation you need to authenticate yourself
username = "user"
password_hash = "pass"

# your lastfm user
lastfm_user = "alairock"

# get the csrf tokenn from any random lastfm request in chrome dev tools, required
CSRF_TOKEN = "INSERT_CSRF_TOKEN_HERE"



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#  CODE  #
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password_hash = pylast.md5(password_hash)
network = pylast.LastFMNetwork(api_key=API_KEY, api_secret=API_SECRET,
                               username=username, password_hash=password_hash)

library = network.get_user(lastfm_user).get_library()
def nuke_artist_from_lib(artist_name):
    headers = {
        'X-Requested-With': 'XMLHttpRequest',
        'Accept-Language': 'en-GB,en;q=0.7,en-US;q=0.3',
        'Accept-Encoding': 'gzip, deflate, br',
        'Accept': '*/*',
        'Referer': f'https://www.last.fm/user/{lastfm_user}/library/music/{artist_name.replace(" ", "+")}',
    }
    data = {
        'csrfmiddlewaretoken': CSRF_TOKEN,
        'confirm': 'on',
        'ajax': 1
    }


    # Comment out this password stuff if you are not on ubuntu
    # Modify it if you are using something else that has a different password than chrome_cookies defaults
    bus = secretstorage.dbus_init()
    collection = secretstorage.get_default_collection(bus)
    ubuntu_system_pass = None
    for item in collection.get_all_items():
        if item.get_label() == 'Chrome Safe Storage':
            ubuntu_system_pass = item.get_secret()
            break
    cookies = chrome_cookies('https://www.last.fm', password=ubuntu_system_pass)
    return requests.post(url=f'https://www.last.fm/user/{lastfm_user}/library/music/{artist_name.replace(" ", "+")}/+delete?is_modal=1', data=data, headers=headers, cookies=cookies)




for artist in library.get_artists(limit=None):
    if artist.playcount < 30:
        break
    if any(tag in ['comedy', 'stand-up', 'stand-up comedy']
           for tag in [x.item.name for x in artist.item.get_top_tags(10)]):

        r = nuke_artist_from_lib(artist.item.name)
        if r.status_code != 200:
            print(f'Something went wrong when trying to delete {artist.item.name}')

This removes "artists" tagged comedy, stand-up or stand-up comedy.

I love comedians, but a lot of the times, they have tracks that are super short, and often I listen to whole albums. I feel this messes with the purpose of tracking music, and I don't honestly care to have them in my scrobbles.

There might be other reasons as to why you want to nuke entire artists' scrobbles from your lastfm and so I am making this gist public, for those who want it. Modify at your own risk, use at your own risk.