Tag Archives: OAuth

New Tutorial and Updates for the SoundCloud AS3 API

I just wrote a new tutorial for the SoundCloud AS3 API, “How to Go Through OAuth Authentication in a Single Browser Window”. This tutorial explains how to set up a web-based Flash application in a way that the user stays in the same browser window during the OAuth authentication and does not need to copy /paste the verification code manually. Continue reading New Tutorial and Updates for the SoundCloud AS3 API →

During the last week I made some improvements to the SoundCloud AS3 API library:

Full ASDoc documentation is now available online
Uploaded an example file for Flash CS4
API is now prepared for scenarios where you want to automatically get an access token after authentication (I’ll do an extra post on this in the next days)
Added support for requests to public resources without having to authenticate first

The first release version of the SoundCloud AS3 API wrapper is now available on github. This library enables your Flash or Flex projects to communicate with SoundCloud’s API to upload tracks, create playlists, edit user info and so on. It handles all the complicated OAuth authentication in the background so you only have to deal with a few simple methods. Continue reading Quick Start Tutorial for the SoundCloud AS3 API →