To use the library in your maven managed project, simply add the following to your pom.xml
<repositories>
...
<repository>
<id>public</id> <!-- or whatever id you want -->
<url>http:https://maven.dontdrinkandroot.net/content/groups/public</url>
</repository>
...
</repositories>
<dependencies>
...
<dependency>
<groupId>net.dontdrinkandroot</groupId>
<artifactId>lastfmapi</artifactId>
<version>${lastfmapi.version}</version> <!-- Replace with desired version -->
</dependency>
...
</dependencies>To create a new Instance of the LastfmWebServices simply do the following:
String apiKey = "yourapikey";
String apiSecret = "yourapisecret";
LastfmWebServices ws = new DefaultLastfmWebServices(apiKey, apiSecret);To perform requests you can then use this instance:
List<User> getAllFriends(String userName, LastfmWebServices ws) throws LastfmWebServicesException {
List<User> friends = new ArrayList<User>();
PaginatedResult<List<User>> result = ws.fetch(User.getFriends(userName, null, null, 1));
friends.addAll(result.getEntries());
while (result.hasMorePages()) {
result = ws.fetch(User.getFriends(userName, null, null, result.getNextPage()));
friends.addAll(result.getEntries());
}
return friends;
}