I'd like to display the artwork image of a soundcloud track I have the Track-URL from.
I know that when I extract the track key/id from the URL, I can request the artwork URL via their API and then inject the retrieved URL into a image tag.
What I'd like to know is if its possible to use some kind of URL schema to make soundcloud forward browsers to the correct artwork URL like its possible with facebook profile images.
For example:
Mark Zuckerbergs current profile picture has the URL http://profile.ak.fbcdn.net/hprofile-ak-prn2/t5/202896_4_1782288297_q.jpg
Thats some cryptic stuff because its hosted on a CDN. Soundcloud artwork URLs look pretty much cryptic as well.
Now, when I know marks facebook id/key ("zuck"), I can simply access his profile image like so:
http://graph.facebook.com/zuck/picture
That URL is automatically forwarded to the profile picture URL by the facebook API.
Using this URL schema you abstract away not only the reason for a additional API request, but they also safe processing time on their side.
Is there some functionality like this for soundcloud track artworks?
No. The only documented way is: API Reference for "/tracks"
