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Last FM API script in PHP to pull album and artist artwork.
<?php
//get artist photo
function getArtistPhoto($artist, $size) {
$artist = urlencode($artist);
$xml = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getinfo&artist={$artist}&api_key=YOUR_KEY";
$xml = @file_get_contents($xml);
if(!$xml) {
return; // Artist lookup failed.
}
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$xml = $xml->artist;
$xml = $xml->image[$size];
$return = convert($xml);
return $return;
}
function getArtistAlbums($artist, $size) {
$artist = urlencode($artist);
$xml = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.gettopalbums&artist={$artist}&api_key=YOUR_KEY";
$xml = @file_get_contents($xml);
if(!$xml) {
return; // Artist lookup failed.
}
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$xml = $xml->topalbums;
foreach ($xml->album as $album) {
$album_img = $album->image[$size];
$album_image = convert($album_img);
$album_name = $album->name;
//echo instead of returning
echo $album_name."<br>".$album_image."<br><br>";
}
}
function getAlbum($artist, $album, $size) {
$artist = urlencode($artist);
$album = urlencode($album);
$xml = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=album.getinfo&artist={$artist}&album={$album}&api_key=YOUR_KEY";
$xml = @file_get_contents($xml);
if(!$xml) {
return; // Artist lookup failed.
}
$xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
$xml = $xml->album;
$xml = $xml->image[$size];
$return = convert($xml);
return $return;
}
function convert($file){
$parts=pathinfo($file);
//dont convert if its a jpg
if($parts['extension'] == "jpg"){
return '<img src="' . $file . '" />';
} else {
$image = imagecreatefrompng($file);
$bg = imagecreatetruecolor(imagesx($image), imagesy($image));
imagefill($bg, 0, 0, imagecolorallocate($bg, 255, 255, 255));
imagealphablending($bg, TRUE);
imagecopy($bg, $image, 0, 0, 0, 0, imagesx($image), imagesy($image));
ob_start ();
imagejpeg($bg, NULL, 80);
$image_data = ob_get_contents ();
ob_end_clean ();
$imageData = base64_encode ($image_data);
imagedestroy($image);
ImageDestroy($bg);
return '<img src="data:image/jpg;base64,'.$imageData.'" />';
}
}
$artist = $_GET['artist'];
$album = $_GET['album'];
//$size_map = array("small" => 0, "medium" => 1, "large" => 2, "extralarge" => 3, "mega" => 4);
if($album && $artist){
//get album cover
echo "<h2>".$artist."</h2><br><h3>".$album."</h3>";
$album_image = getAlbum($artist,$album,3);
if($album_image) {
echo $album_image."<br>";
}
} else if($artist){
//get artist photo
echo "<h2>".$artist."</h2><br>";
$artist_image = getArtistPhoto($artist,3);
if($artist_image) {
echo $artist_image."<br>";
}
getArtistAlbums($artist,3);
} else {
echo '<h1>Grab Album and Artist Images from Last.FM API | TechSlides</h1><br>Back to <a href="http://techslides.com/lastfm-api-with-php/">article</a><br><br>Please specify artist or artist and album. Here are 2 examples:<br><a href="http://techslides.com/demos/lastfm_artwork.php?artist=Adele">http://techslides.com/demos/lastfm_artwork.php?artist=Adele</a><br><a href="http://techslides.com/demos/lastfm_artwork.php?artist=Adele&album=21">http://techslides.com/demos/lastfm_artwork.php?artist=Adele&album=21</a>';
}
?>
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iwek commented Mar 7, 2013

Here is the article and demo.

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function getArtistPhoto($artist, $size) {
$artist = urlencode($artist);
$xml = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=artist.getinfo&artist={$artist}&api_key=YOUR_KEY";
$xml = @file_get_contents($xml);

            if(!$xml) {
                    return;  // Artist lookup failed.
            }

            $xml = new SimpleXMLElement($xml);
            $xml = $xml->artist;
            $xml = $xml->image[$size];

            if($xml == ""){
                    return;
            } else{
                $return = $xml;             
                return $return;
            }

}

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