Integrating SoundCloud in WordPress Plugin

The process of integrating SoundCloud in a WordPress plugin is actually quite simple. All you need to do is add a few lines of code to your plugin and you’re good to go.

First, you need to include the SoundCloud JavaScript SDK

In order to use the SoundCloud API, you need to include the SoundCloud JavaScript SDK in your plugin. You can do this by adding the following code to your plugin:

<script src="//connect.soundcloud.com/sdk.js"></script>

Make sure to replace the <script> and </script> tags with the correct ones for your plugin.

Next, you need to initialize the SDK

After you’ve included the SoundCloud JavaScript SDK in your plugin, you need to initialize it. You can do this by adding the following code to your plugin:

SC.initialize({

client_id: "YOUR_CLIENT_ID"

});

Make sure to replace the YOUR_CLIENT_ID placeholder with your actual SoundCloud client ID. You can find your SoundCloud client ID in the SoundCloud developer settings.

Finally, you can use the SoundCloud API

Once you’ve initialized the SoundCloud JavaScript SDK, you can start using the SoundCloud API. For example, you can use the following code to get the current user’s SoundCloud profile:

SC.get("/me", function(me) {

console.log(me);

});

Make sure to replace the <script> and </script> tags with the correct ones for your plugin.

As you can see, the process of integrating SoundCloud in a WordPress plugin is actually quite simple. All you need to do is add a few lines of code to your plugin and you’re good to go.

Assuming you have a basic understanding of PHP and WordPress plugin development, the following guide will show you how to integrate SoundCloud into a WordPress plugin.

1. Register as a SoundCloud Developer

First, you need to register as a SoundCloud developer in order to get a Client ID. This is required in order to make requests to the SoundCloud API.

Go to the SoundCloud Developers page and click on “Register now”.

Enter your email address, password and agree to the Terms of Use.

Once you have registered, you will be taken to your applications page. Click on “Create a new application”.

Enter a name and description for your application. The website URL can be your plugin’s homepage. For the Redirect URI, enter the URL of your WordPress site followed by /wp-admin/admin.php?page=soundcloud-callback (this is where SoundCloud will redirect users after they have authorized your application).

Click on “Create”.

You will be taken to your application’s page. Copy the “Client ID” and “Client Secret” as we will need these later.

2. Create the SoundCloud Settings Page

Next, we need to create the SoundCloud settings page where users will enter their Client ID and Client Secret.

Create a new file in your plugin’s directory and name it soundcloud-settings.php.

Add the following code to the file:

In the code above, we first created the SoundCloud settings page using the add_menu_page() function. This function takes the following parameters:

Page title – the title of the page that will be shown in the browser’s title bar.

Menu title – the text that will be used for the menu item.

Capability – the user role required to access the page (e.g. ‘manage_options’).

Menu slug – the unique identifier for the page.

Callback – the function that will output the page content.

Icon URL – the URL of the icon to be used for the menu item.

Position – the position of the menu item in the menu (e.g. 100).

We then registered the settings page using the add_action() function.

Next, we created the soundcloud_settings_page() function which outputs the HTML for the page.

In the HTML, we first created a form that will submit the settings to the WordPress options table. We then used the settings_fields() and do_settings_sections() functions to output the nonce fields and the sections for our settings.

Finally, we added two text fields for the Client ID and Client Secret. We then used the submit_button() function to output the submit button.

3. Register the Settings

Next, we need to register our settings so that they are saved in the WordPress options table.

Add the following code to your plugin’s main file:

// Register Settings

function soundcloud_register_settings() {

// Settings

register_setting(

‘soundcloud_settings’,

‘soundcloud_settings’,

‘soundcloud_sanitize_settings’

);

}

add_action( ‘admin_init’, ‘soundcloud_register_settings’ );

function soundcloud_sanitize_settings( $settings ) {

return $settings;

}

In the code above, we first registered our settings using the register_setting() function. This function takes the following parameters:

Option group – the group name for the settings.

Option name – the name of the option to be saved in the database.

Sanitize callback – the function that sanitizes the settings.

We then registered our settings using the add_action() function.

Next, we created the soundcloud_sanitize_settings() function which simply returns the settings. This function can be used to sanitize the settings before they are saved in the database.

4. Authorize the Application

Next, we need to create the page where users will authorize our application.

Create a new file in your plugin’s directory and name it soundcloud-authorize.php.

Add the following code to the file:

In the code above, we first got the Client ID from the database. We then encoded the Redirect URI as it needs to be passed in the URL.

Next, we created the URL for the SoundCloud authorization page. This URL needs to contain the Client ID, Redirect URI and response_type parameters.

Finally, we used the wp_redirect() function to redirect the user to the SoundCloud authorization page.

5. Handle the Authorization Callback

Next, we need to create the page that will handle the authorization callback from SoundCloud.

Create a new file in your plugin’s directory and name it soundcloud-callback.php.

Add the following code to the file:

$client_id,

‘client_secret’ => $client_secret,

‘grant_type’ => ‘authorization_code’,

‘redirect_uri’ => $redirect_uri,

‘code’ => $code,

);

$response = wp_remote_post( $url, array( ‘body’ => $args ) );

$body = json_decode( $response[‘body’] );

if ( isset( $body->error ) ) {

wp_die( ‘Error: ‘ . $body->error_description );

}

$access_token = $body->access_token;

update_option( ‘soundcloud_access_token’, $access_token );

wp_redirect( admin_url( ‘admin.php?page=soundcloud-settings’ ) );

exit;

}

?>

In the code above, we first checked if the code parameter was set in the URL. If not, we displayed an