A user, lowkey_324, is looking to hire someone to complete two tasks: install the Discourse Scheduled Reply plugin and customize the SoundCloud music player to add pause, play, and shuffle buttons. The user has a budget of $120 and needs the task completed by October 18th.
Heliosurge pointed out that the plugin in question hasn’t been active in three years and suggested an alternative theme component that might meet the requirements. simon also suggested using the SoundCloud API to create a custom theme component.
lowkey_324 clarified that the SoundCloud theme component already exists, and they just need someone to add modifications. Heliosurge suggested reaching out to the theme component author as a feature request.
If that theme component, or the existing Discourse Soundcloud onebox doesn’t meet the requirements, Soundcloud has an API and a Javascript API wrapper that looks interesting: API - Guide - SoundCloud Developers. I don’t think requests to get or play public tracks require authentication, so it should be possible to use the API in a theme component. The Discourse site owner would need to register an app on Soundcloud to generate a client id.
I’m interested in this, but probably won’t have time to create a Soundcloud theme component in the near future, so I’m just leaving this information for others.
Thanks for your input Simon. Regarding the SoundCloud player, I should clarify the SoundCloud Theme Component has already been created. I need someone to just add some modifications (e.g music player icon including play and pause buttons and shuffle). I don’t mind how it’s done a long as it works.