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How to get proper soundcloud url for embedding from a standard url?

rated 0 times [ 173] [ 2] / answers: 1 / hits: 22716 / 12 Years ago, sun, march 11, 2012, 12:00:00

So right now I can grab the url from already embedded soundcloud files in embed or iframe tags and use those urls on another page and display it in fancybox. Is there a way to get the right url or display in fancybox if a user offers a typical share url such as http://soundcloud.com/song-b/song-please or http://snd.sc/yp6VMo? I tried looking at the api documentation but I couldn't really find what I was looking for.

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answered 12 Years ago longd · Accepted Answer

He is trying to get html to create a Soundcloud widget, not get the API url for a track. The oEmbed method will serve the widget embed code for any SoundCloud URL pointing to a user, group, set or a playlist and is recommended to make sure Soundclouds changes don't break your app (as opposed making your own Flash object or iframe). You can call it with a PHP web request to

http://soundcloud.com/oembed?format=js&url=[escaped_url]&iframe=true

Or with a JSON-P call (using jQuery for convenience)

$.getJSON('http://soundcloud.com/oembed?callback=?',

    {format: 'js', url: 'http://snd.sc/yp6VMo', iframe: true},

    function(data) {

        // Stick the html content returned in the object into the page

        $('#your_player_div').html(data['html'])

    }

)

I'm adding iframe=true so you get the new HTML5 player, omit to get the old Flash object. It also works with the .sc short urls you are using.