This might be a very simple answer, but I am unfamiiar with the Soundcloud API, so any help would be appreciated.
I am trying to access the Soundcloud API with PHP to access user details. I have obtained a soundcloud CLIENT_ID by activating my app through my personal soundcloud account, but it doesn't seem to work when accessing other public users information.
Does the CLIENT_ID change per user?
Does the app need to be validated/accepted by every user in order to access information such as song list, etc... (or can it be validated once) ?
The CLIENT_ID identifies your application. Requests that include a CLIENT_ID can read any public information. A subset of user information is available with just a CLIENT_ID. For example, the URI:
http://api.soundcloud.com/users/12840173.json?client_id=A_CLIENT_ID
Will return the following JSON:
{
id: 12840173
kind: user
permalink: paultest
username: paultest
uri: http://api.soundcloud.com/users/12840173
permalink_url: http://soundcloud.com/paultest
avatar_url: http://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000015469869-jcyh92-large.jpg?330b92d
country: Canada
full_name: Paul Osman
description: null
city: Toronto
discogs_name: null
myspace_name: null
website: null
website_title: null
online: true
track_count: 17
playlist_count: 4
public_favorites_count: 1
followers_count: 1
followings_count: 1
}
In order to access non-public information (e.g. private tracks, account plan, etc) you must have the user authorize your application. For more information on our OAuth implementation, see the documentation for authorizing server-side web applications.
Hope that helps!