soundcloud-archiver

it is rumored that soundcloud may be shuttering soon. it is a useful opertunity to tell people about why data ownership is important, and provide a tool for backing up and sharing their tracks.

this is a super sloppy build b/c it was done in around 10 hours.

todo

• [ ] validate the url is a souncloud url on submit
• [x] add messaging to interface
• [x] keep db of added dats with timestamps
• [ ] setup a cron job to delete them after 15 minutes reading from db
• [ ] notify completion of the archive

scripts

make sure you have youtube-dl installed!

• dev: npm run dev to spin up a local sever and watch for changes
• build: npm run build to bundle the js and generate an index file
• start: for production after having built

flow

• a paragraph about what is happening, and why
• enter a soundcloud url
• download the tracks and metadata into a dat:// archive
• write meta-data json to the archive
• use choo to generate an index.html page with audio plays for the tracks
• show a link to dat project, downloading beaker, how to rehost on hashbase, and a link to the motherboard

internet archive

• https://twitter.com/bcrypt

design

typography

• serif: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Spectral
• sans: https://fonts.google.com/specimen/Rubik