From 07bb16dfe757d25b068cbb593714e7a6196f44fd Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001
From: patrick <patrickgobox@gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 9 Jan 2026 10:38:29 +0100
Subject: [PATCH] api/soundcloud: fix extraction of client_id (#1497)

fixes #1495
---
 api/src/processing/services/soundcloud.js | 27 +++++++++++++----------
 1 file changed, 15 insertions(+), 12 deletions(-)

diff --git a/api/src/processing/services/soundcloud.js b/api/src/processing/services/soundcloud.js
index a73e6474..9692a519 100644
--- a/api/src/processing/services/soundcloud.js
+++ b/api/src/processing/services/soundcloud.js
@@ -15,24 +15,27 @@ async function findClientID() {
             return cachedID.id;
         }
 
-        const scripts = sc.matchAll(/<script.+src="(.+)">/g);
+        let clientid = sc.match(/"hydratable"\s*:\s*"apiClient"\s*,\s*"data"\s*:\s*\{\s*"id"\s*:\s*"([^"]+)"/)?.[1];
+        if (!clientid) {
+            const scripts = sc.matchAll(/<script.+src="(.+)">/g);
 
-        let clientid;
-        for (let script of scripts) {
-            const url = script[1];
+            for (let script of scripts) {
+                const url = script[1];
 
-            if (!url?.startsWith('https://a-v2.sndcdn.com/')) {
-                return;
-            }
+                if (!url?.startsWith('https://a-v2.sndcdn.com/')) {
+                    return;
+                }
 
-            const scrf = await fetch(url).then(r => r.text()).catch(() => {});
-            const id = scrf.match(/\("client_id=[A-Za-z0-9]{32}"\)/);
+                const scrf = await fetch(url).then(r => r.text()).catch(() => {});
+                const id = scrf.match(/,client_id:"([A-Za-z0-9]{32})",/);
 
-            if (id && typeof id[0] === 'string') {
-                clientid = id[0].match(/[A-Za-z0-9]{32}/)[0];
-                break;
+                if (id && id.length >= 2) {
+                    clientid = id[1];
+                    break;
+                }
             }
         }
+
         cachedID.version = scVersion;
         cachedID.id = clientid;