# Problems with soundcloud

**URL:** <https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126>\
**Category:** Misc\
**Created:** [February 18, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126 "2019-02-18T17:03:35Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 10\
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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/fmarzocca/32/1095_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 5:03pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/1 "2019-02-18T17:03:35Z")

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I am running Mopidy 2.2.1 and just enabled Soundcloud (installed with apt-get on Raspbian Stretch).

This is the config snippet:

```
[soundcloud]
enabled = true
explore_songs = 25
auth_token = ********

```

These are the errors in the log:

```
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: ERROR SoundCloudBackend backend caused an exception.
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: Traceback (most recent call last):
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy/core/library.py", 
line 19, in _backend_error_handling
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: yield
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy/core/library.py", 
line 112, in _browse
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: result = backend.library.browse(uri).get()
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pykka/threading.py", line
 52, in get
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: compat.reraise(*self._data['exc_info'])
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pykka/compat.py", line 12, in reraise
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: exec('raise tp, value, tb')
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pykka/actor.py", line 201, in _actor_loop
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: response = self._handle_receive(message)
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/pykka/actor.py", line 295, in _handle_receive
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: return callee(*message['args'], **message['kwargs'])
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy_soundcloud/library.py", line 155, in browse
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: return self.list_explore()
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy_soundcloud/library.py", line 97, in list_explore
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: for eid, name in enumerate(self.backend.remote.get_explore()):
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy_soundcloud/soundcloud.py", line 116, in get_explore
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: explore = self.get_explore_categories()
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy_soundcloud/soundcloud.py", line 57, in _memoized
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: value = self.func(*args)
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy_soundcloud/soundcloud.py", line 113, in get_explore_categories
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: return self._get('explore/categories', 'api-v2').get('music')
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/mopidy_soundcloud/soundcloud.py", line 235, in _get
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: res.raise_for_status()
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: File "/usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages/requests/models.py", line 893, in raise_for_status
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: raise HTTPError(http_error_msg, response=self)
Feb 18 17:58:20 pab mopidy[5054]: HTTPError: 404 Client Error: Not Found for url: https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/explore/categories?client_id=93e33e327fd8a9b77becd179652272e2

```

What am I missing? I have restarted mopidy after Soundcloud installation.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 5:33pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/2 "2019-02-18T17:33:37Z")

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[It appears the version of Mopidy-Soundcloud available from APT is outdated](https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy-soundcloud/issues/90#issuecomment-464719617). The latest version of Mopidy-Soundcloud (on Github and available from [PyPI](https://pypi.org/project/Mopidy-SoundCloud/)) is v2.1.0 but you probably have an old version. If you run `mopidy deps` you can check what version you are using. Hopefully we can get the version on APT updated.

The latest version fixes a load of issues including better error handling. The error that isn’t being handled for you is probably our Soundcloud account quota being used up today. Either from someone re-using our API key or someone’s client going nuts and spamming the endpoint. Unfortunately there’s [not much we can do about that](https://github.com/mopidy/mopidy-soundcloud/issues/99#issuecomment-373804462), it’s just how the Soundcloud API works. I guess we could try to enforce request limits in Mopidy-Soundcloud, that might help.

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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/fmarzocca/32/1095_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 5:43pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/3 "2019-02-18T17:43:05Z")

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This is the version  
Mopidy-SoundCloud: 2.0.2 from /usr/lib/python2.7/dist-packages

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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/fmarzocca/32/1095_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 5:52pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/4 "2019-02-18T17:52:13Z")

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I have installed latest version from pip. Now I don’t have those errors anymore but there is nothing playing. Search function does work, but tracks are not playable.

```
Feb 18 18:50:47 pab mopidy[5464]: INFO Searching SoundCloud for: buena vista
Feb 18 18:50:47 pab mopidy[5464]: INFO 'Buena Vista Social Club - El Carretero (At Carnegie Hall)' can't be streamed from SoundCloud
Feb 18 18:50:56 pab mopidy[5464]: WARNING SoundCloud daily rate limit exceeded
Feb 18 18:50:56 pab mopidy[5464]: INFO 'Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan, from Buena Vista Social Club (1997)' can't be streamed from SoundCloud
Feb 18 18:50:56 pab mopidy[5464]: WARNING Track is not playable: soundcloud:song/Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan from Buena Vista Social Club (1997).131717642
Feb 18 18:50:59 pab mopidy[5464]: WARNING Track is not playable: soundcloud:song/Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan from Buena Vista Social Club (1997).131717642
Feb 18 18:50:59 pab mopidy[5464]: WARNING Track is not playable: soundcloud:song/Buena Vista Social Club - Chan Chan from Buena Vista Social Club (1997).131717642

```

I think I will remove it.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 6:19pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/5 "2019-02-18T18:19:16Z")

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Yeh, because:

> SoundCloud daily rate limit exceeded

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [February 18, 2019, 10:34pm UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/6 "2019-02-18T22:34:21Z")

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Latest version is now available from [apt.mopidy.com](http://apt.mopidy.com).

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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/fmarzocca/32/1095_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 8:44am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/7 "2019-02-19T08:44:40Z")

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Yes, but it doesn’t work either.

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**Author:** ![kingosticks](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/858c86/32.png) [@kingosticks](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/kingosticks)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 10:07am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/8 "2019-02-19T10:07:57Z")

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It’s a new day and the quota has been reset. I’m using it literally right now to play ‘Tall Ships - Words Are Pegs Upon Which We Hang Ideas (MTBRD Remix)’. Note that Soundcloud don’t allow streaming of everything. I don’t know what their rules are. But the errors in your log should differentiate between unstreamable tracks and hitting the daily rate-limit. If you want to provide a (full) debug log we can try to understand your issue.

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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/fmarzocca/32/1095_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 10:25am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/9 "2019-02-19T10:25:53Z")

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Ok, I am reinstalling…

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**Author:** ![fmarzocca](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex036/user_avatar/discourse.mopidy.com/fmarzocca/32/1095_2.png) [@fmarzocca](https://discourse.mopidy.com/u/fmarzocca)\
**Post date:** [February 19, 2019, 10:31am UTC](https://discourse.mopidy.com/t/problems-with-soundcloud/3126/10 "2019-02-19T10:31:41Z")

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Yes, I confirm it is working. Not for every track, a little bit weird, but it is working.  
Thanks