soundcloud-cli

soundcloud-cli is a command-line interface for SoundCloud. It allows you to compress and upload audio to SoundCloud, among other things.

Install

Preferred method of install is pip:

$ pip install soundcloud-cli

After installing sc, you should authenticate using sc auth.

Commands

Check usage for detailed arguments:

$ sc --help

auth

Authenticate against SoundCloud and save access_token. Required to upload audio.

$ sc auth
Enter username (zeekay): requite
Enter password:
Saved access_token.

You can run sc auth to change users later.

defaults

Set values to be used as defaults for commands.

$ sc defaults share_with zeekay
set share_with = ['zeekay']

list

List your tracks, or tracks for a given user.

$ sc list sinerise
tracks by sinerise:
  Dane Pedersen - Space Jambience (Sinerise Remix)   http://soundcloud.com/sinerise/space-jambience-remix
  Strewn (51st Vocal Mix) feat. delica               http://soundcloud.com/sinerise/strewn-51st-vocal-mix
  Calling (requite's bass refix)                     http://soundcloud.com/sinerise/calling-refix
  Can't Save Me                                      http://soundcloud.com/sinerise/cant-save-me
  Strewn                                             http://soundcloud.com/sinerise/strewn
  Calling (Original)                                 http://soundcloud.com/sinerise/calling

share

Share a track with a set of users on SoundCloud.

$ sc share https://soundcloud.com/requite/honey/s-nIqsG zeekay
shared with:
  zeekay (http://soundcloud.com/zeekay)

upload

You can use the sc upload command to upload audio to SoundCloud. If you specify a .wav file sc will compress the audio for you (if lame is installed). By default uploaded audio is set to private, and you'll get the secret link for sharing:

$ sc honey.wav
uploading honey.mp3 [==================================================] 100%
http://soundcloud.com/requite/honey/s-nIqsG