download_scrobbles would fail due to differing numbers of
columns. Issues is fixed and code is made more robust overall (by
explicitly selecting needed columns rather than dropping unneeded
ones)scrobbler now has better authentication options through environment variables. You can set the ‘LASTFM_API_USERNAME’ and ‘LASTFM_API_KEY’ variables to avoid having to pass these everytime.
Any functions for setting up and running scrobble downloads by using python scripts have been removed. Going via the Last.fm API is now the only officially supported method.
Removed the old python vignette, and added two new ones describing the updated workflow.
Added a NEWS.md file to track changes to the
package.
Added an update_scrobbles function. Unlike
download_scrobbles, this function takes the dataframe
output of download_scrobbles, and a timestamp column (needs
to be the time_unix) column, and only downloads the
scrobbles that have been logged since you last downloaded your
scrobbles. This presents a large speed increase, as you no longer need
to keep re-downloading all your old scrobbles by repeatedly running
download_scrobbles.
Added deprecation warnings to functions that call and use the python scripts. These will be fully removed in the next version, making the API call the only supported method. Currently, only tests/helpers are removed