soundcloud-lib 0.4.3

Python Soundcloud API

Soundcloud-lib

This is a Soundcloud API library that doesn't require a client ID to function. It's basic, it can really only fetch tracks and playlists, but doesn't require the user to go through the soundcloud app approval process.

Why

I once applied for API access and was approved. I used this access for months until it was revoked for some reason and all my emails and new applications were ignored. I decided to create a library that allows me to do Soundcloud API stuff without an approved application.

Features

• Supports asyncio
• Does not require a client ID
• Fetches and writes mp3 metadata (Album artist, title, artwork)
• Can fetch entire playlists of tracks

Installation

This library is installable as a pip package.

pip install soundcloud-lib

How

This library uses programming and algorithms to find a client ID that can be used to access the Soundcloud API.

Saving an mp3 to a file.

This will write the ID3 tags for album artist, track title AND will embed the album artwork into the mp3.

from sclib import SoundcloudAPI, Track, Playlist

api = SoundcloudAPI()  # never pass a Soundcloud client ID that did not come from this library

track = api.resolve('https://soundcloud.com/itsmeneedle/sunday-morning')

assert type(track) is Track

filename = f'./{track.artist} - {track.title}.mp3'

with open(filename, 'wb+') as fp:
    track.write_mp3_to(fp)

Fetch a playlist

from sclib import SoundcloudAPI, Track, Playlist

api = SoundcloudAPI()
playlist = api.resolve('https://soundcloud.com/playlist_url')

assert type(playlist) is Playlist

for track in playlist.tracks:
    filename = f'./{track.artist} - {track.title}.mp3'
    with open(filename, 'wb+') as fp:
        track.write_mp3_to(fp)

Asyncio Support

from sclib.asyncio import SoundcloudAPI, Track

api = SoundcloudAPI()
track = await api.resolve('https://soundcloud.com/user/track')

assert type(track) is Track

filename = f'{track.artist} - {track.title}.mp3'

with open(filename, 'wb+') as fp:
    await track.write_mp3_to(fp)

Fetch a playlist

from sclib.asyncio import SoundcloudAPI, Track, Playlist

api = SoundcloudAPI()
playlist = await api.resolve('https://soundcloud.com/playlist_url')

assert type(playlist) is Playlist

for track in playlist.tracks:
    filename = f'./{track.artist} - {track.title}.mp3'
    with open(filename, 'wb+') as fp:
        await track.write_mp3_to(fp)

Write Album Name or Track Number

from sclib import SoundcloudAPI, Track, Playlist

playlist = SoundcloudAPI().resolve("https://soundcloud.com/user/sets/playlist_name")

for track_number, track in enumerate(playlist):
    track.track_no = track_number
    track.album = playlist.title
    with open(f"{track.artist} - {track.title}.mp3", "wb+") as file:
        track.write_mp3_to(file)

Bugs or Features

Please report any and all bugs using the issues tab.

Feel free to request new features too.

Contributing

Sure, submit a pull request.