soundcloud API - detect if a track does not exist / SC.Widget.Events.ERROR

Question

Is it possible to detect if a track does not exist using the soundcloud widget?

I tried using the

SC.Widget.Events.ERROR 

event to no avail.

Here is a JSFiddle

Answer 1

I stumbled upon exact the same problem,

SC.Widget.Events.ERROR 

doesn't fire if a track on soundcloud is deleted.

My workaround looks like this:

  var link = "https://soundcloud.com/jaytantrumdesire/tantrum-desire-get-with-it";
  var isDef = SC.get('/resolve', { url: link }, function(track) {
   return track.id;
  });
  if (isDef != undefined) {
    // function to run when track exists
  } else if (isDef == undefined) {
    // function to run when track deleted/not available
  }

Since i work with direct links I check if the direct link has an ID, if it has, the track is available, if doesnt't, the track is not available.

If you are working with the track IDs I guess you could check if the ID has a track title:

  var trackid = "32260824";
  var isDef = SC.get('/tracks/' + trackid, function(track) {
    return track.title; 
  });

To call these functions you must create an app on soundcloud to get a ClientID to use the soundcloud JavaScript SDK. An introduction on how to use it can be found on Soundcloud Developers

First post here, hope this can help someone!