Add ability to post track as track[sharing]=schedule

[noodsradio]

Endpoint(s):

• POST /tracks

Scope(s):

• OAuth

Steps to reproduce:

curl --request POST \
  --url 'https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks?track[title]=trackname&track[asset_data]=@ PATH_TO_A_FILE&track[sharing]=private

Expected behaviour:

I'd like the ability to post a track with the status of schedule so that it can be autopublished on a desired date. Can this be done via the tracks POST endpoint?

Actual behaviour:

Only private or public are valid values for track[sharing]

[dpreussler]

@noodsradio can you tell us more why would you want that instead of scheduling the upload on your side?
For now you can upload the track as private and set it public manually for publishing date

[noodsradio]

Sure @dpreussler. we would like the ability to auto publish the shows via the API primarily because of the amount of uploads we make per day. We upload 15+ shows a day 7 days a week. Not having to input the release date via the SoundCloud UI would speed up our workflow significantly.

For some background, we are currently in the process of building an uploader for our radio shows that publishes to all our connected platforms (CMS, radio streaming service, SoundCloud etc) The ability to schedule posts for auto publishing on SoundCloud would speed up the admin process for us significantly at Noods Radio.

Check out our website here for more info on what we do.
https://noodsradio.com/

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Also, as far as I'm aware there is no way to auto schedule the posting of tracks on our side... as the SoundCloud API for /tracks requires the admin to manually authenticate... please let me know if you know a way round this?

[MariaVWSoundCloud]

Hi @noodsradio ,

Thank you for your feedback - really appreciated and while I understand what you are intending, we don't think that this will be a priority for our public API in the foreseeable future. We are currently focussing on stabilising and maturing and as for new features, we are rather thinking about more fundamental features such as exposure of system playlists.
A workaround that you might want to try is uploading the track as private and then do the release management (like scheduling) via the standard SC clients.

Best regards,
Maria