How to get track ID from URL using the SoundCloud API - api

Question

How can I get a track ID from a track URL using the SoundCloud API?

Answer 1

You didn't specify a language in your question, so I'm just going to provide a high-level answer.
Use the resolve endpoint. I'm using this URL as an example:
https://soundcloud.com/msmrsounds/ms-mr-hurricane-chvrches-remix
HTTP GET: https://api.soundcloud.com/resolve.json?url=https%3A%2F%2Fsoundcloud.com%2Fmsmrsounds%2Fms-mr-hurricane-chvrches-remix&client_id=[your_client_id]
The resulting JSON:
{
"status": "302 - Found",
"location": "https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/147986343.json?client_id=[YOUR client_id]"
}
That numerical value is the track_id. You can just stop here or hit that endpoint you just got back for more information:
{
"kind": "track",
"id": 90787841,
"created_at": "2013/05/05 00:15:40 +0000",
"user_id": 7853935,
"duration": 188333,
"commentable": true,
"state": "finished",
"original_content_size": 35031144,
"last_modified": "2014/09/30 05:53:10 +0000",
"sharing": "public",
"tag_list": "MSMR CHVRCHES \"Secondhand Rapture\" Remix Hurricane",
"permalink": "ms-mr-hurricane-chvrches-remix",
"streamable": true,
"embeddable_by": "all",
"downloadable": true,
"purchase_url": null,
"label_id": null,
"purchase_title": null,
"genre": "",
"title": "MS MR - Hurricane (CHVRCHES remix)",
"description": "MS MR - Hurricane (CHVRCHES remix)\r\n\r\n\r\n",
"label_name": "",
"release": "",
"track_type": "",
"key_signature": "",
"isrc": "",
"video_url": null,
"bpm": null,
"release_year": null,
"release_month": null,
"release_day": null,
"original_format": "wav",
"license": "all-rights-reserved",
"uri": "https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/90787841",
"user": {
"id": 7853935,
"kind": "user",
"permalink": "msmrsounds",
"username": "MSMR",
"last_modified": "2014/08/04 09:03:56 +0000",
"uri": "https://api.soundcloud.com/users/7853935",
"permalink_url": "http://soundcloud.com/msmrsounds",
"avatar_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000037198343-2lptmy-large.jpg?86347b7"
},
"permalink_url": "http://soundcloud.com/msmrsounds/ms-mr-hurricane-chvrches-remix",
"artwork_url": null,
"waveform_url": "https://w1.sndcdn.com/56LCadzDEBZn_m.png",
"stream_url": "https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/90787841/stream",
"download_url": "https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/90787841/download",
"playback_count": 1672227,
"download_count": 18494,
"favoritings_count": 20426,
"comment_count": 464,
"attachments_uri": "https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/90787841/attachments",
"policy": "ALLOW"
}

Answer 2

Since the SoundCloud API is indefinitely not accepting new registrations, here's one alternative solution. This URL will provide you with a wide/short embedded player:
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url= + URL of track
Example: https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https://soundcloud.com/chrisbjerken/picking-up-the-pieces
This works for both a single track or a playlist.

Answer 3

So my final code looks like this. Thank you guys for the help to get this working.
include_once('../Services/Soundcloud.php');
$client = new Services_Soundcloud('CLIENT_ID', 'CLIENT_SECRET');
$track_url=$_POST['trackurl'];
$track_url=str_replace("https://soundcloud.com/USERNAME/","",$track_url);
$track = json_decode($client->get("tracks/".$track_url));
$track_id=$track->id;
echo $track_id;

Answer 4

In The Meantime Writing This Answer The CLIENT_ID Is Close
Due to the high amount of requests recently received, we will no longer be processing API application requests at this time. We are working to re-evaluate our process to make it more efficient.
See Here
I Solved This Issue With My Laravel Project Like This
first I Made This Function To Get The Real Content
public function getLessonUrl($lessonId = null)
{
//Get the SoundCloud URL
$validUrl = 'https://soundcloud.com/al-hazme';
$result = stripos($lessonId, $validUrl);
if (strpos($lessonId, $validUrl) !== false) {
//Get the JSON data details with embed code from SoundCloud oEmbed
$getValues = #file_get_contents('http://soundcloud.com/oembed?format=js&url=' . $lessonId . '&color=%234274e3&auto_play=false&hide_related=true&show_comments=false&show_user=false&show_reposts=false&show_teaser=true&show_artwork');
if ($getValues === false) {
return 'حدث خطأ اثناء تحميل الدرس نرجو منك التأكد من اتصال الانترنيت لديك او حدث الصفحة';
}
//Clean the Json to decode
$decodeiFrame = substr($getValues, 1, -2);
//json decode to convert it as an array
$jsonObj = json_decode($decodeiFrame);
//echo $jsonObj->html;
$lessons = str_replace('height="400"', 'height="90"', $jsonObj->html);
return $lessons;
} else {
return 'لايوجد استماع لهذا الدرس';
}
}
Then I Made Another Function To Crap The Id Using Str Facade Methods
use Illuminate\Support\Str;
public function soundCloudId($url) {
$do = $lesson->getLessonUrl($lesson->url_link);
$getTrickId = Str::after($do,'tracks%2F');
$substr = Str::substr($getTrickId,0,9);
echo $substr = // 367893857
}
It May Help Or Give You Clue

Answer 5

I know this is kinda late but i faced the same issue yesterday and found a new (undocumented) endpoint that you can use.
https://api-widget.soundcloud.com/resolve?url=SOUNDLCOUD_URL&format=json&client_id=CLIENT_ID
You can find your CLIENT_ID by looking at the Network Inspector in the DevTools and select the XHR filter while browsing the SoundCloud website.
I think this is sufficient until the official APIs are usable again.