In order to retrieve information for a specific user, the
setUser() method is first used to select the user for which
data are to be retrieved. Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler provides
several methods for retrieving data specific to a single user:
userGetProfileInformation(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the current user's profile information.userGetTopArtists(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current user's most listened to artists.userGetTopAlbums(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current user's most listened to albums.userGetTopTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current user's most listened to tracks.userGetTopTags(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of tags most applied by the current user.userGetTopTagsForArtist(): Requires that an artist be set viasetArtist(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the tags most applied to the current artist by the current user.userGetTopTagsForAlbum(): Requires that an album be set viasetAlbum(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the tags most applied to the current album by the current user.userGetTopTagsForTrack(): Requires that a track be set viasetTrack(). Returns a SimpleXML object containing the tags most applied to the current track by the current user.userGetFriends(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the user names of the current user's friends.userGetNeighbours(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the user names of people with similar listening habits to the current user.userGetRecentTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the 10 tracks most recently played by the current user.userGetRecentBannedTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the 10 tracks most recently banned by the current user.userGetRecentLovedTracks(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the 10 tracks most recently loved by the current user.userGetRecentJournals(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of the current user's most recent journal entries.userGetWeeklyChartList(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing a list of weeks for which there exist Weekly Charts for the current user.userGetRecentWeeklyArtistChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Artist Chart for the current user.userGetRecentWeeklyAlbumChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Album Chart for the current user.userGetRecentWeeklyTrackChart(): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the most recent Weekly Track Chart for the current user.userGetPreviousWeeklyArtistChart($fromDate, $toDate): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Artist Chart from$fromDateto$toDatefor the current user.userGetPreviousWeeklyAlbumChart($fromDate, $toDate): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Album Chart from$fromDateto$toDatefor the current user.userGetPreviousWeeklyTrackChart($fromDate, $toDate): Returns a SimpleXML object containing the Weekly Track Chart from$fromDateto$toDatefor the current user.
Example 765. Retrieving User Profile Information
In this example, we use the setUser() and
userGetProfileInformation() methods to retrieve a specific
user's profile information:
<?php
$as = new Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler();
// Set the user whose profile information we want to retrieve
$as->setUser('BigDaddy71');
// Retrieve BigDaddy71's profile information
$profileInfo = $as->userGetProfileInformation();
// Display some of it
print "Information for $profileInfo->realname "
. "can be found at $profileInfo->url";
Example 766. Retrieving a User's Weekly Artist Chart
<?php
$as = new Zend_Service_Audioscrobbler();
// Set the user whose profile weekly artist chart we want to retrieve
$as->setUser('lo_fye');
// Retrieves a list of previous weeks for which there are chart data
$weeks = $as->userGetWeeklyChartList();
if (count($weeks) < 1) {
echo 'No data available';
}
sort($weeks); // Order the list of weeks
$as->setFromDate($weeks[0]); // Set the starting date
$as->setToDate($weeks[0]); // Set the ending date
$previousWeeklyArtists = $as->userGetPreviousWeeklyArtistChart();
echo 'Artist Chart For Week Of '
. date('Y-m-d h:i:s', $as->from_date)
. '<br />';
foreach ($previousWeeklyArtists as $artist) {
// Display the artists' names with links to their profiles
print '<a href="' . $artist->url . '">' . $artist->name . '</a><br />';
}