Last.fm

Backend class

For Django, add this class path to AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS. For other integrations, use the same class path in the framework-specific backend setting.

Backend name	Class path
lastfm	social_core.backends.lastfm.LastFmAuth

Last.fm uses a similar authentication process than OAuth2 but it’s not. In order to enable the support for it just:

• Register an application at Get an API Account, set the Last.fm callback to something sensible like http://your.site/complete/lastfm

• Fill in the API Key and API Secret values in your settings:

  SOCIAL_AUTH_LASTFM_KEY = ''
  SOCIAL_AUTH_LASTFM_SECRET = ''
  

• Enable the backend in AUTHENTICATION_BACKENDS setting.

Last.fm does not expose a stable account identifier in its authentication session response. The backend is therefore association-only: an authenticated local user must initiate and complete the connection. Last.fm cannot create a local user or authenticate a logged-out user.