I'm a dev with a strong *NIX sysadmin background. I've been programming for 20+ years, started with IRC scripts, C, Python, PHP, Ruby/Rails, Node/JS, Go and Elxir. Full time on Ruby,Elixir and Rust.
Ok, just one technical question: given you have N playlists with tracks, are you just using a custom player to stream songs from SC? Did you need to register an app on SC platform or did you have to use their API keys to do that?
I'm reading the docs, I understand what the app-registration or the API keys are used/needed for, what I'm unable to find/understand is what's needed to play a bunch of tracks through a custom player on a web page. I don't need search features, adding/removing tracks, etc... I just want to play a set of tracks (the list of track IDs/URLs stored somewhere).
All you need to work with their API is your client_id. You have to go to SoundCloud, sign in, open a track/playlist, hit F12, and go to the Networking tab, then start the song and use the search box to look out for requests containing a client_id. There you can also find other parameters like track_id, playlist_id, etc.
Then go to developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api... to see all the available API routes and use that client_id for authorization at the end of each query you want to fetch.
For example, to return a track, you would use https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/tracks/{track_id}?client_id={client_id}.
Or, to return a playlist: https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/playlists/{playlist_id}?client_id={client_id}.
I'm a dev with a strong *NIX sysadmin background. I've been programming for 20+ years, started with IRC scripts, C, Python, PHP, Ruby/Rails, Node/JS, Go and Elxir. Full time on Ruby,Elixir and Rust.
Ok, just one technical question: given you have N playlists with tracks, are you just using a custom player to stream songs from SC? Did you need to register an app on SC platform or did you have to use their API keys to do that?
I'm reading the docs, I understand what the app-registration or the API keys are used/needed for, what I'm unable to find/understand is what's needed to play a bunch of tracks through a custom player on a web page. I don't need search features, adding/removing tracks, etc... I just want to play a set of tracks (the list of track IDs/URLs stored somewhere).
Thanks in advance for your help.
All you need to work with their API is your client_id. You have to go to SoundCloud, sign in, open a track/playlist, hit F12, and go to the Networking tab, then start the song and use the search box to look out for requests containing a client_id. There you can also find other parameters like track_id, playlist_id, etc.
Then go to developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api... to see all the available API routes and use that client_id for authorization at the end of each query you want to fetch.
For example, to return a track, you would use
https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/tracks/{track_id}?client_id={client_id}.Or, to return a playlist:
https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/playlists/{playlist_id}?client_id={client_id}.Thank you! I’ve been stuck on the API for some day, until I’ve re-read your comment mentioning the API v2.
Still working progress, and I took a slightly different path, but it’s online and I’m enjoying it ;-)
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thank you again for your help and hints!
My pleasure to help 👍😉