How to get track ID from URL using the SoundCloud 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.