How to Create a Soundcloud playlist ( set ) using javascript?

Question

I am trying to use Soundcloud api for my application where user can create his/her own playlist of track . As a test case the example I am testing is almost exactly taken from the Soundcloud dev docs. below is my code

<script src="http://connect.soundcloud.com/sdk.js"></script>
<script>
// initialize client with app credentials
SC.initialize({
  client_id: 'MY_CLIENT_ID',
  redirect_uri: 'http://localhost.local/~****/sc/callback.html'
});

// initiate auth popup and create new playlist
SC.connect(function() {
    SC.get('/me', function(me) {
        console.log(me.username);
    });

    var tracks = [12573606].map(function(id) { return { id: id }; });
    SC.post('/playlists', {
        playlist: { title: 'My Playlist', tracks: tracks }
    });
});

I already searched so many thing's in google but nothing helped me, actually i need temporary playlist so when user logout or close the browser playlist also delete . Any help would be appreciable.. thanx

Answer 1

Can you try sending the client_secret => 'YOUR_CLIENT_SECRET' as part of the initialize call

Answer 2

It doesn't look like there is such a thing in soundcloud to have a temporary playlist, you will need to delete the playlist on exit....

The best guess would be to see how to format your url to match when someone clicks on the delete button which you can find here: http://help.soundcloud.com/customer/portal/articles/282512-how-do-i-delete-tracks-from-my-account- I don't have an account so I can't test this part.

The key to creating the playlist is having the right track ids. It is possible if your having an issue that the track id doesn't exist and so it doesn't get added to the playlist.

<script src="http://connect.soundcloud.com/sdk.js"></script>
<script>
// initialize client with app credentials
SC.initialize({
  client_id: 'MY_CLIENT_ID',
  redirect_uri: 'http://localhost.local/~****/sc/callback.html'
});

// initiate auth popup and create new playlist
SC.connect(function() {
    SC.get('/me', function(me) {
        console.log(me.username);
    });

    var tracks = [12573606].map(function(id) { return { id: id }; });
    SC.post('/playlists', {
        playlist: { title: 'My Playlist', tracks: tracks }
    });
    //As you can see it is a simple array of ids of track
    tracks = [21778201, 22448500, 21928809];
    //To get all playlists remove limit and search each playlist name and grab id
    SC.get('/me/playlists', { limit: 1 }, function(playlist) {
      SC.put(playlist.uri, { playlist: { tracks: tracks } });
    });

    //Then to get all the tracks, please substitute the playlist id for 1234323:
    SC.get('/playlists/1234323', function(playlist) {
      for (var i = 0; i < playlist.tracks.length; i++) {
         console.log(playlist.tracks[i].length);
      }
    });
});