Local python script to upload tracks to my own account

[sarahaparrish]

Hello,

Have used the soundcloud Python library for years to automate the upload of tracks to my work account. Just learned this has been deprecated, so looking into the updated API. Not understanding what to use for the redirect URI since this is a local Python script that uploads the tracks. I understand the client_credentials grant type will not work for uploading tracks, but don't see any way to acquire an authorization code from code running locally. Can a dummy URI somehow be used to acquire the needed code? Or is there another way to go about this?

Thanks in advance.

[dasha-kobzeva]

Hello @wrigglewheat,
As redirect_URI is part of the authorization process using a dummy one won't be sufficient. If you have a registered application you can send a request to update the redirect to our Help Service: https://github.com/soundcloud/api#how-can-i-update-my-apps-redirect_uri

as you are performing a user-specific action, our API must know what user is uploading tracks, and acquiring the auth_code is mandatory. Unfortunately at this point, we have no other ways of doing it apart from the browser.

[dasha-kobzeva]

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