README

soundcloud-dl can can be used as a standalone CLI or it can be used a dependency module in your NodeJS project to download songs from https://soundcloud.com. For demo visit https://instautils.com

CLI Usage

# Install soundcloud-dl globally
npm install -g @hack0x90/soundcloud-dl
# Create SC_CLIENT_ID env variable
export SC_CLIENT_ID='your-sound-cloud-id'
# Save song .mp3 in current directory
npx soundcloud-dl https://soundcloud.com/rashidaliofficial/bhangra-loco ./

Module USAGE

You must have a env variable SC_CLIENT_ID. How to get SoundCloud Client Id. Also see the examples folder in repo.

const getSoundCloudTrackLink = require('@hack0x90/soundcloud-dl');

async function getLink () {
  const link = await getSoundCloudTrackLink({
    scTrackUrl: 'https://soundcloud.com/rashidaliofficial/bhangra-loco',
    scClientId: process.env.SC_CLIENT_ID
  });
  console.log('------------ Link ------------');
  console.log(link);
}

getLink();

Above code will return an object as below.

{
  "url": "https://cf-hls-media.sndcdn.com/playlist/vyPUILS7Qm3Q.128.mp3/playlist.m3u8?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiKjovL2NmLWhscy1tZWRpYS5zbmRjZG4uY29tL3BsYXlsaXN0L3Z5UFVJTFM3UW0zUS4xMjgubXAzL3BsYXlsaXN0Lm0zdTgqIiwiQ29uZGl0aW9uIjp7IkRhdGVMZXNzVGhhbiI6eyJBV1M6RXBvY2hUaW1lIjoxNjUyNjAyNDgxfX19XX0_&Signature=LiP3OlfhuX9oeH0CxEROcEli34MaciklzSy2Gk4cvmSAeFLlPMMevh-dmOyaR1LiYODohIko4IovckBx1uf8sXz-n3xeIYxH7xSKBAathG8NnaKVlASM-jX5hfGAmBqfM1P5uu9IcXreN9L~jANdU~4yIkprfqSrnh9TSmUHZO7nyW7D~uFVWubt9T-RR4hB0nSyxYMcic0KLojEjvfTqbsm353nVSB75zEPACOeWnLaF7HgFLe6BxsITNILOUDKNfpq4SVTOPQue1JQ85DMHmTbU-sa5mvJCFgU7LWTupm8noq0FyR1M7ktAyyRw8nc~xzUo5XBCKnxuS8AdD3ssA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAI6TU7MMXM5DG6EPQ&track_authorization=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJnZW8iOiJQSyIsInN1YiI6IiIsInJpZCI6IjU4ZTRiMDAyLTM2ZDAtNGU3Ny05NGNmLWVjOTBlMWFkOTNiYiIsImlhdCI6MTY1MjYwMjIwMn0.8JY_W5fK_ZDbUsNXvGOh_e0T40KfSYnJPvLqMM1MnXs"
}

Saving Song .mp3 File

You can use the url from the result above to download song mp3 file from SoundCloud.

# Command to save mp3 file, using above url
ffmpeg -i <soundcloud_url> <filename.mp3>

# Example
ffmpeg -i https://cf-hls-media.sndcdn.com/playlist/vyPUILS7Qm3Q.128.mp3/playlist.m3u8?Policy=eyJTdGF0ZW1lbnQiOlt7IlJlc291cmNlIjoiKjovL2NmLWhscy1tZWRpYS5zbmRjZG4uY29tL3BsYXlsaXN0L3Z5UFVJTFM3UW0zUS4xMjgubXAzL3BsYXlsaXN0Lm0zdTgqIiwiQ29uZGl0aW9uIjp7IkRhdGVMZXNzVGhhbiI6eyJBV1M6RXBvY2hUaW1lIjoxNjUyNjAyNDgxfX19XX0_&Signature=LiP3OlfhuX9oeH0CxEROcEli34MaciklzSy2Gk4cvmSAeFLlPMMevh-dmOyaR1LiYODohIko4IovckBx1uf8sXz-n3xeIYxH7xSKBAathG8NnaKVlASM-jX5hfGAmBqfM1P5uu9IcXreN9L~jANdU~4yIkprfqSrnh9TSmUHZO7nyW7D~uFVWubt9T-RR4hB0nSyxYMcic0KLojEjvfTqbsm353nVSB75zEPACOeWnLaF7HgFLe6BxsITNILOUDKNfpq4SVTOPQue1JQ85DMHmTbU-sa5mvJCFgU7LWTupm8noq0FyR1M7ktAyyRw8nc~xzUo5XBCKnxuS8AdD3ssA__&Key-Pair-Id=APKAI6TU7MMXM5DG6EPQ&track_authorization=eyJ0eXAiOiJKV1QiLCJhbGciOiJIUzI1NiJ9.eyJnZW8iOiJQSyIsInN1YiI6IiIsInJpZCI6IjU4ZTRiMDAyLTM2ZDAtNGU3Ny05NGNmLWVjOTBlMWFkOTNiYiIsImlhdCI6MTY1MjYwMjIwMn0.8JY_W5fK_ZDbUsNXvGOh_e0T40KfSYnJPvLqMM1MnXs track.mp3

SoundCloud Client Id

To get SoundCloud client id, simply play any song on SoundCloud website. Open DevTools Network tab. Filter by Fetch/XHR and look for requests in the lower panel with client_id param.

TODO Items

• Check for external dependencies before running the module
• Proxy input
• Playlist download
• Download by artist
• Download by hashtag
• Create Mashup/Mix with download option
• Read playlist links from file
• Work with pool of SoundCloud client ids