Question

I am implementing a pure Holo Soundcloud app and I would like to avoid having to authenticate the users as soon as they open the app the first time.
This kind of connection wall puts off a lot of users that simply close the app and never open it again.

Since I need an authenticated user to interact with the Soundcloud API, can I create a ‘dummy’ account used by all my users until they authenticate ?
This account would be able to consult the list of hot songs and use the player, but unable to share sounds, like a track or do anything else that suppose a real user account (and be presented with the connection screen instead).

Is it something possible with the Soundcloud API or will I encounter a limit (for example on the number of people that can use the account at the same time) ?

Answer 1

You don’t need to be authenticated to access much of the API. Only the actions you’d expect, actually: things like getting the current user, their current tracks, editing, favoriting, uploading etc. Getting hot tracks, playing tracks, finding all the tracks and playlists of a user, etc, don’t need any authentication.