OEmbed endpoint ignores parameters (like color, auto_play...)

[ekor15]

OEmbed endpoint ignores additional parameters causing default player behaviour in Iframe

Issue found of: August 26th, 2021

Endpoint(s):

• GET /oembed

Scope(s):

• Not sure, it affects js SDK integration

Steps to reproduce:

Sending additional parameters as described in the docs

curl --request GET \
  --url 'https://soundcloud.com/oembed?format=json&color=%23E8CFD3&auto_play=true&url=https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood'

Expected behaviour:

The Iframe src tag in the html field of the response should contain additional params: "color=#E8CFD3&auto_play=true"
https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F293&show_artwork=true&color=#E8CFD3&auto_play=true

Actual behaviour:

The response ignores any of the parameters described in the documentation
"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F293&show_artwork=true"

[dasha-kobzeva]

Hello @ekor15,

I think our documentation confused you a bit. If you check the cURL example, you can see that all parameters are sent as data and not a part of the query.

If you adjust your request, it should work as expected:

curl 'https://soundcloud.com/oembed' \
     -d 'format=json' \
     -d 'color=%23E8CFD3' \
     -d 'auto_play=true' \
     -d 'url=https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood'

[ekor15]

When I use the curl that you provided I still don't see the effects of the parameters,

I am using the JS SDK, but did test the endpoint to see if the problem is with the service that the SDK calls or the SDK itself.

If my expected behavior is correct, I don't see it when sending the curl you wrote.

Response:

{
    "version": 1.0,
    "type": "rich",
    "provider_name": "SoundCloud",
    "provider_url": "https://soundcloud.com",
    "height": 400,
    "width": "100%",
    "title": "Flickermood by Forss",
    "description": "From the Soulhack album,&nbsp;recently featured in this ad <a href=\"https://www.dswshoes.com/tv_commercial.jsp?m=october2007\">https://www.dswshoes.com/tv_commercial.jsp?m=october2007</a> ",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000067273316-smsiqx-t500x500.jpg",
    "html": "<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"400\" scrolling=\"no\" frameborder=\"no\" src=\"https://w.soundcloud.com/player/?visual=true&url=https%3A%2F%2Fapi.soundcloud.com%2Ftracks%2F293&show_artwork=true\"></iframe>",
    "author_name": "Forss",
    "author_url": "https://soundcloud.com/forss"
}

[rahul-sc]

@ekor15 JS SDK is deprecated.
https://github.com/soundcloud/soundcloud-javascript

[albertboada]

How is this an SDK problem if the above discussed cURL is not working as expected?