Soundcloud

Hi,

Has anyone been approved for a souncloud api key? It seems to be a difficult task to get approved.
updated by @makande: 08/25/17 09:24:29AM

I don't remember waiting at all - is that something new?


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Brian Johnson
Founder and Lead Developer - Jamroom
https://www.jamroom.net

Yes, there new policy is to approve API requests. I got denied. I'll wait until my new site goes live and try again.

not needed approval before. let us know how it goes.

To create a soundcloud APP we have to register with soundcloud. The Soundcloud page says this can take up to a month (see below). Am I looking at the wrong source of information? I also have to provide a SoundCloud Profile URL and "this profile must already exist." So what kind of thing has to be created on a JR site to generate a URL so that I can apply to register an App and get the keys needed to set this up in JR?

I will keep looking for JR documentation on this. Perhaps there is a step by step guide already available...

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SoundCloud Application Registration
Apply here to request access to the SoundCloud API and register your application. All applications must comply with our API Terms of Use ( https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/terms-of-use).

***Please allow up to a month to receive an update on the outcome of your application***


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)

The documentation (here: https://www.jamroom.net/the-jamroom-network/documentation/modules/290/soundcloud) gives a basic introduction to setting up Soundcloud, but to get the APP we have to go to the Soundcloud site and follow a long registration process, which presents some difficulty.

Below is a list of questions or option choices, near the start of the process for "SoundCloud Application Registration".

I cannot get past the first question: App Category. How should JR site owners answer this? Do we need only basic playback, or playback aggregation? I suppose different JR sites will want one or more different Apps according to how Soundcloud is to be used. In my case, either curation or basic playback may be relevant, if these functions are what I think they are.

App Category *
Select one
Curation
Basic Playback
Creator Marketing
Playback Aggregation (unified playback for Spotify, SoundCloud, YouTube, etc)
DJ Tools
Game
Background, In-app SoundCloud Listening
Will your app playback content from the SoundCloud API? *
No playback
Yes: playback of signed in creator's content only
Track-by-track playback of other creators' content
Continuous playback of other creators' content
Other:
Is your use of the SoundCloud API for a business? *
Yes
No
Monetization *
How (if at all) will your application make money?
No monetization
App Store sales
Advertising
In-app purchases
Subscription
Other:


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PJ Matthews, Kyoto
Migrated from Ning 2.0. Now at Jamroom 6 beta and using Jamroom Hosting for The Research Cooperative (researchcooperative.org)
updated by @researchcooperative: 03/07/17 05:57:42AM

Hello,

Finally got approved for the SoundCloud API. I'm not sure what I did differently in the application process but they approved my app. Now, I'm trying to enter the Sound Cloud information in Jamroom and get the following;

- You have entered an invalid value for "Client ID" - value must be a hexadecimal value

Do you submit for a new api?

Thanks
Michael

Does your Client-ID have a - in it?

Mine looks like this:
85c34a45h12y78p23n23o343w12r5220

if yours has a - in it it would fail. all the keys I've seen so far do not have a - or any characters other than letters and numbers.

No "-"

Just alphanumeric numbers. I even made sure I copied from a text file so as to not copy anything other than the code.

Even typed it in one letter/number at a time

check there are no spaces in the beginning or end of your copying. If that fails, send me login details to your site as admin and I'll see if I can see any reason.