Clementine: soundcloud login error

[ghost]

https://soundcloud.com/connect?response_type=code&client_id=2add0f709fcfae1fd7a198ec7573d2d4&state=33384&redirect_uri=https://clementine-data.appspot.com/skydrive&scope=non-expiring

clementine invalid_client: The client identifier provided is invalid.

[bastimeyer]

I'm having the same issue. This looks like the Soundcloud client-id of Clementine has either expired or has been revoked by Soundcloud. Can someone confirm this please?

Does Clementine even respect the ToS of Soundcloud?
https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/terms-of-use
https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/terms-of-use#general

You must not remove or attempt to remove or interfere with any advertising delivered via the SoundCloud® API.
You must not alter or remove any trademark, copyright or other proprietary or legal notices contained in, or appearing on, the SoundCloud® platform, any User Content and/or any documentation relating to the SoundCloud® API.

Also, API calls are limited by 15000 per day per registered app. This doesn't seem much for an application like Clementine. Does/did the current client-id have a special limit?

You could try to request a new custom client-id in the mean time and change it here
https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/blob/7bd0639455de082f83dcf2344c824e66a4daec32/src/internet/soundcloud/soundcloudservice.cpp#L49-L52
and then recompile. All app registrations are validated by Soundcloud first though and using multiple registrations for the same application is against the ToS, so I'm not sure if this will be successful.

[0xMH]

I'm having this same issue right now too

[zecho]

I'm having the same issue.

[sonic2kk]

Having this issue too.

[ArnaudBienner]

I requested the SoundCloud API key for Clementine a while ago.
I have to confess I don't use SoundCloud much nowadays.
Seems like the key was indeed revoked.
Not sure why. I will try to request a new one.

[ArnaudBienner]

"SoundCloud Application Registration
Due to the high amount of requests recently received, we will no longer be processing API application requests at this time. We are working to re-evaluate our process to make it more efficient."
:(

[djbobyd]

This might explain some things ....
https://www.musicbusinessworldwide.com/ouch-soundcloud-losses-show-a-broken-business-model-in-desperate-need-of-a-fix/

[gabsoftware]

Will this be fixed one day?

[ghost]

This is a duplicate of this.

[rolfen]

This is an issue with Soundcloud, apparently. I think it would be good to be able to change the API key without recompiling. Maybe in a config file, or a GUI input in settings (although many would not care for it).

[sonicwim]

It's still broken... :-(

[jorgeas80]

Still not working :-(

[gabsoftware]

Well they removed SoundCloud support instead of fixing it, without commenting on this. That was not nice.

[rolfen]

Well they removed SoundCloud support instead of fixing it, without commenting on this. That was not nice.

Soundcloud is making it hard to fix this issue.

Yes an update would be nice, however it does not change much for me.

[tomachinz]

Perhaps they never did sort ad playback via API, and as such it would have been ad-free if it ever did work. They might be going bust soon sadly:

https://www.digitalmusicnews.com/2018/04/13/soundcloud-2016-financials/

[lkorczowski]

Why does this issue has been closed? I don't think it has been fixed.

[sonicwim]

I don't think they'll bother fixing it...

[jonaski]

Soundcloud is not open to API registration

[JulianVolodia]

Dear @sonicwim @lkorczowski @tomachinz @rolfen @gabsoftware @jorgeas80 @bastimeyer @MoHD20 @zecho and @sonic2kk

As @jonaski and @ArnaudBienner explaied here and was mentioned here https://github.com/clementine-player/Clementine/issues/6294#issuecomment-466768585 the support is dropped.

What could be done to you users to improve your experience?

[jorgeas80]

@JulianVolodia thanks for the update. I understand your reasons. So, no problem for me.