lambda that simplifies the last.fm API payload for easy import into home assistant

scrobblelist.py

import requests, json
from datetime import datetime, timedelta
from flask import Flask, request, jsonify

# pip install requests, flask, zappa 
# modify 'USER' and 'API_KEY' to fit

USER = 'YOUR_USER_NAME'
API_KEY = 'YOUR_API_KEY'

app = Flask(__name__)

@app.route('/')
def return_songs():
    limit = request.args.get('limit', default=5, type=int)
    limit = limit - 1 
    api_call = "http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getrecenttracks&user=" + USER + "&api_key=" + API_KEY + "&format=json"
    r = requests.get(api_call)
    data = r.json()
    print(json.dumps(data, indent=4))
    response = {'result': 'ok'}
    for track_num, track_data in enumerate(data['recenttracks']['track']):
        track_name = str(track_data['name'])
        track_artist = str(track_data['artist']['#text'])
        track_date = str(track_data['date']['#text']).split(', ')
        d = datetime.strptime(track_date[1], "%H:%M") - timedelta(hours=5)
        track_time = d.strftime("%-I:%M%p").lower()
        response['track' + str(track_num)] = track_name + ' - ' + track_artist + ' - ' + track_time
        if (track_num == limit): 
            break
    return jsonify(response)

# main function
if __name__ == '__main__':
    app.run(host='0.0.0.0', port=5000, debug=True)