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I've inherited a database of Soundcloud IDs and would like to build a page linking to each track on Soundcloud. Is it possible to link to a track on the Soundcloud website using only its ID e.g.

http://www.soundcloud.com/tracks/{trackId}

The website seems to use the format:

http://www.soundcloud.com/{user}/{trackname}

but I don't have either of those.

Paul Carvill
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You can scrape it from the "widget" URL

https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?url=https%3A//api.soundcloud.com/tracks/{trackId}

contains a link element 

<link rel="canonical" href="{canonicalURI}">
Mohammad
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Alan Trewartha
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It seems that the way to do this is to use the API. With a track number, you can call

http://api.soundcloud.com/tracks/12345678.json?client_id=YOUR_CLIENT_ID

This returns a JSON object with a permalink_url property which gives you the full url including the user and track name.

See the API tracks documentation for more details.

harriyott
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First you will need to register an app at https://soundcloud.com/you/apps.

Then use the API to return a JSON object of the track using the track ID and your client ID.

e.g. (using jQuery) …

$.ajax({ url: "http://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/405726.json?client_id=XXXX", type: 'GET', success: function (data) { console.log(data); } });

Where XXX is your Client ID.

cdcdcd
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    Unfortunately, SoundCloud closed registration to their API around July 2017. This method is only valid for those who registered before then. – Illya Moskvin Jun 13 '18 at 23:51