soundcloud: How can I search my playlists by name?

Question

I have playlists with a lot of tracks so when I query for my playlists using the API (/me/playlists) I get a huge amount of data back. This often results in 502 and 504 errors from the Soundcloud servers. Their documentation for /playlists describe a "q" search filter that I thought would help narrow the results of my query, but it appears to be searching all of Soundcloud! Is this by design? If so, the documentation should say so.

Either way, is there a way I can do this through the API?

Answer 1

Please try

<script src="https://connect.soundcloud.com/sdk/sdk-3.0.0.js"></script>
<script>
SC.initialize({
  client_id: 'YOUR_CLIENT_ID'
});

// find all sounds of buskers licensed under 'creative commons share alike'
SC.get('/playlists', {
  q: 'YOUR_SEARCH_KEYWORD'
}).then(function(tracks) {
  console.log(tracks);
});
</script>

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