soundcloud / soundcloud/api

Shared Albums and Playlists that appear in a users stream have an artwork_url that is empty.

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Description

Title: Shared Albums and Playlists that appear in a users stream have an artwork_url that is empty.

Issue found of: March 24th, 2022

Endpoint(s):
  • `GET /me/activities
Scope(s):
  • None (application is not using authentication i.e., implicit flow)
Steps to reproduce:
curl --request GET \
  --url 'curl -X GET "https://api.soundcloud.com/me/activities?access=playable%2Cpreview&limit=20" -H  "accept: application/json; charset=utf-8"'
Expected behaviour:

artwork_url of shared Albums and Playlists returned by the API should include URL of the same artwork as is seen in soundcloud.com frontend.

Actual behaviour:

artwork_url is empty.

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  3. Fork the repository and make your change on a branch.
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Research direction

Start by reproducing the GET /me/activities request shown in the issue and compare artwork_url for shared Albums and Playlists with the artwork shown in the SoundCloud frontend. Trace the API response for that endpoint; done means those items return the corresponding artwork URL instead of an empty value.

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Assessment

Domain
api
Issue type
Bug
Difficulty
4/5
Estimated time
3-5 days
Activity status
Stale
Clarity
Needs clarification
Newbie friendliness
30/100

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