Easiest way for non-coder to upload tracks to own account using API?

[cloudgreen]

Hi all!

I'm interested in automating track uploading to my own SoundCloud account, as I frequently upload the same or updated tracks (demos and versions) to record labels and collaborators.

My aim is to use Curl on Windows and I have regged an "app" via helpdesk so I have the Client ID and Client Secret.

I realized I have to use the Authorization Code Flow to access my user data. But I think I got in over my head with this... :( I don't understand how to accomplish the required PKCE, Redirect URI and Code Challenge parts in the Authorization Code Flow.

It all seems very geared towards public app building, user authentication and integration, and not for local automation tasks for a single user.

Do you experienced coders think it's feasible for a non-coder to pull this off? Or does anyone know of any pre-fabricated script that might help with this (others have asked before me)? (There was apparently an old Python script that's now deprecated.)

[fabianbernhart]

Did you register a app here?

• https://soundcloud.com/you/apps

I checked creating a new App is not available currently.

If you have an ACCESS TOKEN

1. Go to:

• https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/explorer/open-api

2. Add your API Token there.
   

3. Go to

• https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/explorer/open-api#/me/get_me

4. Execute
   Excute the API Endpoint

5. Next Upload Tracks:

• https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/explorer/open-api#/tracks/post_tracks
  Or with Curl:

   $ curl -X POST "https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks" \
       -H  "accept: application/json; charset=utf-8" \
       -H "Authorization: OAuth ACCESS_TOKEN" \
       -H  "Content-Type: multipart/form-data" \
       -F "track[title]=YOUR_TITLE" \
       -F "track[asset_data]=@PATH_TO_A_FILE"
  

• https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide#uploading

[cloudgreen]

Thanks for helping, @fabianbernhart!

Yes, I recently got API access via SoundCloud support. SoundCloud wrote recently in the API Access thread, that one can file a support ticket to get API access.

I think I run into problems right at the start, getting the correct type of access token:

Using Curl, I have only managed to get a token with "grant_type=client_credentials". But if I understand correctly, I need to get a token of type "grant_type=authorization_code" to manage my private tracks?