Mopidy extension for playing music from SoundCloud.

Maintainer wanted

Mopidy-SoundCloud is currently kept on life support by the Mopidy core developers. It is in need of a more dedicated maintainer.

If you want to be the maintainer of Mopidy-SoundCloud, please:

1. Make 2-3 good pull requests improving any part of the project.

2. Read and get familiar with all of the project's open issues.

3. Send a pull request removing this section and adding yourself as the "Current maintainer" in the "Credits" section below. In the pull request description, please refer to the previous pull requests and state that you've familiarized yourself with the open issues.

   As a maintainer, you'll be given push access to the repo and the authority to make releases to PyPI when you see fit.

Installation

Install by running:

python3 -m pip install mopidy-soundcloud

See https://mopidy.com/ext/soundcloud/ for alternative installation methods.

Configuration

First, you must register for a user acconut at https://soundcloud.com/.

Second, you need a SoundCloud authentication token for Mopidy from https://mopidy.com/authenticate.

Lastly, add the authentication token to the mopidy.conf config file:

[soundcloud]
auth_token = 1-1111-1111111
explore_songs = 25

Use explore_songs to restrict the number of items returned.

Troubleshooting

If you're having trouble with audio playback from SoundCloud, make sure you have the "ugly" plugin set from GStreamer installed for MP3 support. The package is typically named gstreamer1.0-plugins-ugly or similar, depending on OS and distribution. The package isn't a strict requirement for Mopidy's core, so you may be missing it.

Project resources

• Source code
• Issues
• Releases

Development

Set up development environment

Clone the repo using, e.g. using gh:

gh repo clone mopidy/mopidy-soundcloud

Enter the directory, and install dependencies using uv:

cd mopidy-soundcloud/
uv sync

Running tests

To run all tests and linters in isolated environments, use tox:

tox

To only run tests, use pytest:

pytest

To format the code, use ruff:

ruff format .

To check for lints with ruff, run:

ruff check .

To check for type errors, use pyright:

pyright .

Making a release

To make a release to PyPI, go to the project's GitHub releases page and click the "Draft a new release" button.

In the "choose a tag" dropdown, select the tag you want to release or create a new tag, e.g. v0.1.0. Add a title, e.g. v0.1.0, and a description of the changes.

Decide if the release is a pre-release (alpha, beta, or release candidate) or should be marked as the latest release, and click "Publish release".

Once the release is created, the release.yml GitHub Action will automatically build and publish the release to PyPI.

Credits

• Original author: Janez Troha
• Current maintainer: None. Maintainer wanted, see section above.
• Contributors