For creating custom SoundCloud players, I highly recommend react-soundplayer or for a more general solution, see plyr.
Plangular
Angular directive for custom SoundCloud players jxnblk.com/plangular
Getting Started
npm install plangular-3Or install with Bower:
bower install plangularOr use the CDN:
<script src="http://d2v52k3cl9vedd.cloudfront.net/plangular/3.1.0/plangular.min.js"></script>Angular app
Include a link to plangular after including Angular.
<script src="//ajax.googleapis.com/ajax/libs/angularjs/1.3.15/angular.min.js"></script>
<script src="bower_components/plangular/dist/plangular.min.js"></script>Initialize the app
Configure Plangular with your own client_id.
For new SoundCloud apps, you can register at https://developers.soundcloud.com/
<body ng-app="app">
<script>
var app = angular.module('app', ['plangular'])
.config(function(plangularConfigProvider){
plangularConfigProvider.clientId = '[YOUR-CLIENT-ID]';
});
</script>
</body>Create a plangular directive instance
<div plangular="http://soundcloud.com/jxnblk/plangular">
</div>Include track info
<div plangular="http://soundcloud.com/jxnblk/plangular">
<h3>{{track.user.username}} - {{track.title}}</h3>
<a ng-href="{{track.permalink_url}}">View on SoundCloud</a>
</div>Add player controls
<button ng-click="playPause()">Play/Pause</button>Or with separate play/pause controls:
<button ng-click="play()">Play</button>
<button ng-click="pause()">Pause</button>Show current time and duration
Use the hhmmss filter to format seconds as hh:mm:ss strings.
<small>{{ currentTime | hhmmss }} | {{ duration | hhmmss }}</small>Progress bar
<progress ng-value="currentTime / duration || 0">
{{ currentTime / duration || 0 }}
</progress>Add scrubber functionality
<progress
ng-click="seek($event)"
ng-value="currentTime / duration">
{{ currentTime / duration }}
</progress>Add images
<img ng-src="{{ track.artwork_url }}" alt="{{ track.title }}" />
<img ng-src="{{ track.waveform_url }}" alt="waveform" />Note: The waveform image that the SoundCloud API provides is a 1200 x 280px PNG with a light gray frame and transparent middle. To show progress use absolute positioning with the waveform in front. The light gray color is #efefef.
Loading states
Use the ng-if directive to show and hide content based on whether the track has loaded.
<div ng-if="!track"><!-- Loading state --></div>
<div ng-if="track"><!-- Player --></div>Playlists
Use the tracks array and ng-repeat when using a SoundCloud playlist. Pass the $index to the playPause() method to trigger playback on a per-track basis. Determine which track is currently playing with player.playing === track.src.
<ul>
<li ng-repeat="track in tracks">
<button
ng-click="playPause($index)"
ng-class="{'active': player.playing === track.src}">
{{track.user.username}} - {{track.title}}
</button>
</li>
</ul>User tracks
To load the most recent tracks from a given user, use the tracks endpoint. Use ng-repeat to iterate over the tracks array.
<div plangular="http://soundcloud.com/jxnblk/tracks">
</div>User likes
To load the most recent likes from a given user, use the likes endpoint.
<div plangular="http://soundcloud.com/jxnblk/likes">
</div>Previous/next controls
To skip to the next and previous track in a playlist or array of tracks, use the previous() and next() methods.
<button ng-click="previous()">Previous</button>
<button ng-click="next()">Next</button>Example templates
See more examples and starter templates in docs/examples
API
track
Object returned from the SoundCloud API
tracks
An array of track objects if the instance is a playlist or list of tracks
player
Audio player object
audio
The HTML5 <audio> element used by the player, exposed for access to media events.
currentTime
Angular-friendly currentTime from the audio element
duration
Angular-friendly duration from the audio element. Note: you can also access duration in milliseconds from the SoundCloud track object.
index
Currently playing track index in a playlist or other array of tracks.
playlist
Cloned object of track if track.tracks exists. This is useful for displaying the title of the playlist.
play(i)
Plays the track. Optionally pass an index when handling playlists.
pause()
Pauses the player.
playPause(i)
Toggles playback. Optionally pass an index when handling playlists.
previous()
Skip to previous track when handling playlists
next()
Skip to next track when handling playlists
seek($event)
Sets the audio element’s currentTime property based on a pointer event.
Using the SoundCloud API
Track object
For more details on the SoundCloud track object, see https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/reference#tracks
Terms
According to the SoundCloud API terms you must:
- Credit the user as the creator of the content
- Credit SoundCloud as the source
- Include a link to the sound on SoundCloud (i.e. a link using
track.permalink_url)
Read more here: http://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/terms-of-use
Troubleshooting
SoundCloud provides an option for users to prevent streaming to third-party apps.
If your sound isn't playing check the track.streamable variable.
If it's set to false, there is no way to play that sound with the API.