Does the Rdio Desktop API give tracks unique IDs?

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I've built a small desktop app for myself that logs listens from iTunes and Rdio so I can create powerful playlists based on how I listen to music over time, but it requires each track to have a unique ID that will never change, regardless of which app I used to listen. I currently retrieve unique IDs from iTunes using appscript in Python:

from appscript import *
it = app('iTunes')
it.current_track.persistent_ID()

However, when poking through the Rdio Suite AppleScript Dictionary I don't see any kind of unique ID attached to tracks. Suggestions?

If Rdio does not provide a unique ID, even if it did it might be different that the one itunes provides, you can match song titles and that way get the id. — Kassym Dorsel, Dec 07 '11 at 16:15

monsur · Answer 1 · 2012-03-15T21:44:54.413

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Rdio has an API. Here's some info on how to get the currently playing track: http://groups.google.com/group/rdio-api/browse_thread/thread/23d52c77b4e56a55/3b8a897f0835fd90

You can also get the url of the currently playing track via Applescript. This should serve as a sort of unique ID for the track:

osascript -e 'tell app "Rdio" to get the rdio url of the current track'

edited Mar 15 '12 at 21:44

answered Mar 15 '12 at 21:39

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Jun 19 '14 at 12:08

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All Rdio objects, including Tracks have a key attribute that is the unique ID that can be used to look it up in Rdio using get.

answered Jun 19 '14 at 12:08

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Does the Rdio Desktop API give tracks unique IDs?

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