Created ver 1.00 of LastFM-NowPlaying.

-Stable

LastFM-NowPlaying.py

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+from xml.dom import minidom
+from urllib.request import urlopen
+import sys
+import time
+import threading
+
+userName = input("Enter your LastFM username: ")
+
+#Public API Key for Accessing Last FM
+apiKey = ("460cda35be2fbf4f28e8ea7a38580730")
+
+#Global Variables
+currentTrackURL = ('http://ws.audioscrobbler.com/2.0/?method=user.getrecenttracks&nowplaying="true"&user=' + str(userName) + '&api_key=' + str(apiKey))
+runCheck = True
+waitTime = 0
+noSongPlaying = ("Nothing Currently Playing")
+
+#Defines the funcions for use in different threads.
+def checkForNewSong():
+    global runCheck
+    global waitTime
+    while runCheck == True:
+        #Loads Current Song info from Last FM
+        currentTrackXML = urlopen(currentTrackURL).read()
+        currentTrack = minidom.parseString(currentTrackXML)
+        songName = currentTrack.getElementsByTagName('name')
+        songArtist = currentTrack.getElementsByTagName('artist')
+        songInfo = songName[0].firstChild.nodeValue + " by " + songArtist[0].firstChild.nodeValue + "     "
+
+        currentSongFile = open("currentSong.txt", "r")
+        #Checks if currentSong is already in currentSong.txt If it isn't, clears the file.
+        if currentSongFile.readline() != songInfo:
+            currentSongFile.close()
+            #Runs twice; Once for clearing and once for adding the curren song.
+            currentSongFile = open("currentSong.txt", "w")
+            currentSongFile.write(songInfo)
+            currentSongFile.close()
+
+        print(songInfo)
+        #Adds wait before next check.
+        time.sleep(waitTime)
+        #End of While Loop
+
+    #Sets the current song to "Nothing Currently Playing"
+    currentSongFile = open("currentSong.txt", "w")
+    currentSongFile.write(noSongPlaying)
+    currentSongFile.close()
+    #Closes the Application
+    sys.exit()
+
+def exitCheck():
+    global runCheck
+    while runCheck == True:
+        exitInput = input("Type Exit to close: \n")
+        if exitInput == "exit" or exitInput == "Exit" or exitInput == "EXIT":
+            print("Closing Application...")
+            runCheck = False
+
+
+#Checks for currentSong.txt. If doesn't exist, creates file.
+currentSongFile = open("currentSong.txt", "w")
+#Used to keep currentSong.txt on "Nothing Currently Playing" until first song is pulled from LastFM
+currentSongFile.write(noSongPlaying)
+currentSongFile.close()
+#Creates Threads for the two functions
+newSongThread = threading.Thread(target=checkForNewSong)
+exitThread = threading.Thread(target=exitCheck)
+newSongThread.start()
+exitThread.start()

README.md

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 # LastFM-NowPlaying
-A Python Script that pull's a user's current song from Last FM then writes it to a text file for use with OBS or Xsplit.
+A Python Script that pull's a user's current song from LastFM then writes it to a text file for use with an external program.  
+
+### Use
+Input your LastFM username. Then let it run. The songs will automatically write to currentSong.txt  
+To close, type in "exit" then press Enter.