# Last-Shout
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A command line tool to toot a user's top artist statistics from Last.fm to Mastodon.
## Installation
Installing the latest version from Github:
```bash
pipx install last-shout
```
## Getting started
In order to use Last-Shout, you need at a minimum to get authentication keys for [Last.fm](https://www.last.fm) and
Mastodon.
## Help
```bash
usage: last-shout [-h] [-u USER] [--last-access-key LAST_ACCESS_KEY] [--set-lastfm] [-n NUMBER] [-p PERIOD] [-t] [--bluesky-handle BLUESKY_HANDLE] [--bluesky-password BLUESKY_PASSWORD] [--set-bluesky] [--create-mastodon-app]
[--create-mastodon-user] [--toot] [--skeet] [--version]
A program to post last.fm statistics to Twitter and/or Mastodon.
options:
-h, --help show this help message and exit
-u, --user USER Last.fm username (default: None)
--last-access-key LAST_ACCESS_KEY
Last.fm access key (default: None)
--set-lastfm Set Last.fm credentials (default: False)
-n, --number NUMBER Number of last.fm top artists (default: 10)
-p, --period PERIOD The time period over which to retrieve top artists. Options are: overall | 7day | 1month | 3month | 6month | 12month (default: 7day)
-t, --tweet Post Last.fm stats to Twitter (default: False)
--bluesky-handle BLUESKY_HANDLE
Bluesky handle (default: None)
--bluesky-password BLUESKY_PASSWORD
Bluesky password (default: None)
--set-bluesky Set Bluesky credentials (default: False)
--create-mastodon-app
Create mastodon application (default: False)
--create-mastodon-user
Create Mastodon user token (default: False)
--toot Post Last.fm stats to Mastodon (default: False)
--skeet Post Last.fm stats to Bluesky (default: False)
--version Show the version number and exit
```
## Set Systemd Timer
Once you've set your credentials in the application, most users will want it to run on regular intervals, and if you're
running a Linux distribution with systemd you can set-up a timer to do that.
Start by a systemd unit file for it in `~/.config/systemd/user/last-shout-weekly.service`
```text
[Unit]
Description=Run weekly Last-Shout
After=network.target
[Service]
Type=oneshot
WorkingDirectory=%h
ExecStart=%h/.local/bin/last-shout --toot --skeet
[Install]
WantedBy=default.target
```
Now let's create a time for it in `~/.config/systemd/user/last-shout-weekly.timer`:
```text
[Unit]
Description=Start the Systemd service last-shout-weekly.service every Friday at 11:30
[Timer]
OnCalendar=Fri 11:30
Persistent=true
[Install]
WantedBy=timers.target
```
Then run the following to enable it:
```bash
systemctl --user enable --now last-shout-weekly.timer
```
Then reload the user daemon:
```bash
systemctl --user daemon-reload
```
Now run the following to verify the timer is enabled by running:
```bash
systemctl --user list-timers
```
If everything is alright you should see output similar to this:
```bash
bpepple@faramir:~$ systemctl --user list-timers
NEXT LEFT LAST PASSED UNIT ACTIVATES
Tue 2025-01-28 16:53:50 EST 23h Mon 2025-01-27 16:53:50 EST 4min 21s ago systemd-tmpfiles-clean.timer systemd-tmpfiles-clean.service
Fri 2025-01-31 11:30:00 EST 3 days Fri 2025-01-24 11:30:06 EST - last-shout-weekly.timer last-shout-weekly.service
- - Mon 2025-01-27 16:50:50 EST 7min ago grub-boot-success.timer grub-boot-success.service
3 timers listed.
```
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