lastfm.pl

A lastfm (and librefm!) bot written in perl for Irssi.

Installing

1. Install irssi with Perl support.
2. Install Text::Template, JSON::XS, List::MoreUtils, and LWP::UserAgent.
3. Move lastfm.pl to your .irssi/scripts directory.
4. Start irssi
5. /run ~/.irssi/scripts/lastfm.pl
6. Set your settings as needed.

Settings

all settings are stored under lfmb

• prefix
  • the bot prefix.
  • default: "-"
• get_player
  • do we fetch the player.
  • only works with last.fm,
  • default: OFF
• default_site
  • what site do we get information from.
  • choices: last.fm or libre.fm
  • default: last.fm
• np_output
  • how do we display now playing output
  • see Text::Template for template details
• owner
  • the owners nick
  • default: 01

Commands

Commands that access last.fm use the IRC nickname unless associated through .setuser. Unlike IRC, all names are CASE SENSITIVE.

all commands have a prefix, this is set in irssi using /set lfmb_prefix

Everyone

• np [username]
• shows your currently playing song, or of another user if specified
• compare u1 [u2]
• compares yourself with u1 (another user) if u2 isn't specified compares u1 with u2 if both are given.
• setuser user
• associates the "user" last.fm username with your nickname.
• whois username
• given a last.fm username, return all nicknames that are associated to it.
• deluser
• removes your last.fm association.
• source
• shows the source repo for the bot
• version
• shows the current version of the bot

Owner-only

• wp - shows everyone's currently playing song
• setuser nick user - associates the nick with the specified last.fm user
• deluser nick - removes the nick's association with his last.fm account

Inline

Some commands can be used with an inline form, so you don't have to spam a channel with two lines to for example, show whats playing. To use these commands you use <botnick>:<command>, arguments can be added after with another colon.

Authors

• code: Original code by Kovensky, additional code by foxiepaws
• texts: Kovensky, foxiepaws, michaelharker, mkaysi