[vlc-devel] [PATCH] Add module to submit listens to ListenBrainz.

[Rémi Denis-Courmont]

Le keskiviikkona 8. huhtikuuta 2020, 16.16.20 EEST Kartik Ohri a écrit :
> From: "Kartik Ohri kartikohri13 at gmail.com" <kartikohri13 at gmail.com>
> 
> VLC already has the audioscrobbler module to submit scrobbles to
> last.fm and other services with a similar API. This module extends
> that functionality to allow submission of listens to ListenBrainz.
> The existing audioscrobbler module is incompatible with ListenBrainz
> due to difference in authentication procedures and REST API for
> submissions.
> 
> The term scrobble is a trademarked term by Last.fm, therefore the
> term listen used instead. More information about ListenBrainz is
> available at listenbrainz [dot] org.

How long are user tokens valid? IMU, they are typically rather short-lived, so 
putting them in the configuration does not sound like a practical approach.

And is there even an easy way to get the token?

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