SoundCloud set playlist plugin for VLC

aaasoundcloud.lua

--[[--
  SonundCloud set (playlist) parser
  Made by MarcusD
  
  This is a VLC playlist plugin to be able to play SoundCloud sets
  
  Note: if it's not working, download http://regex.info/code/JSON.lua as VLC/lua/modules/JSON.lua
  
  An example set link: https://soundcloud.com/pe-mahhieux/sets/savant
  
  My GitHub page:     https://github.com/MarcuzD
  My Youtube channel: https://youtube.com/user/mCucc
  
  The MIT License (MIT)

  Copyright (c) 2016 Horváth Márk "MarcusD" Dániel

  Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

  The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

  THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.
  
--]]--

-- SoundCloud ClientID
--local cid = "b45b1aa10f1ac2941910a7f0d10f8e28"
local cid = "02gUJC0hH2ct1EGOcYXQIzRFU91c72Ea"
--local appversion = "f3cc0b3"

local json = require("JSON"):new()
function json.assert(wat, msg)
	if wat then
		print(msg)
	else
		vlc.msg.err(msg)
	end
end

-- Probe function.
function probe()
    return ( vlc.access == "https" or vlc.access == "http" )
        and string.match( vlc.path, "(soundcloud%.com/[^/]+/sets/[^?/]+)" )
end

local function tf(s)
  local t = {}
  local ejj
  t.main, _, ejj = json:decode(s, 1, nil)
  if not t.main then local _, charnum =  ejj:match("column (%d)+") charnum = tonumber(charnum) vlc.msg.err("================[NO PARSER]================") vlc.msg.err(ejj) vlc.msg.err("================[JSON DUMP]================") vlc.msg.err(s:sub(charnum - 10, charnum + 10)) vlc.msg.err("================[JSON DUMP]================") error(ejj) end
  return t
end

-- Parse function.
function parse()
    local s, ejj = vlc.stream("https://soundcloud.com/oembed?format=json&url=https://" .. vlc.path)
    if s == nil then error(ejj) end
    local line = s:readline()
    if line == nil then error("No oembed line") end
    line = string.match(line, "api.soundcloud.com%%2Fplaylists%%2F(%d+)")
    if line == nil then error("No track regex'd") end
    s, ejj = vlc.stream("https://api.soundcloud.com/playlists/" .. line .. "?client_id=" .. cid)
    if s == nil then error(ejj) end
    local buf = {}
    local cnt = 0
    line = s:read(1)
    repeat
      --print(line)
      if line then buf[#buf + 1] = line cnt = 0 end
      line = s:read(1)
      if not line then cnt = cnt + 1 end
    until cnt == 4
    if not buf[1] then error("================[NO DATA]==============") end
    line = table.concat(buf)
    strr = tf(line)
    buf = {}
    for k,v in pairs(strr.main.tracks) do
      buf[#buf + 1 ] =
          {
            path = (v.stream_url .. "?client_id=" .. cid),
            name = v.title,
            arturl = (v.artwork_url and v.artwork_url or v.user.artwork_url),
            title = v.title,
            artist = (v.user.username .. " (" .. v.user.permalink.. ")"),
            genre = v.genre,
            copyright = v.license,
            description = v.description,
            date = v.created_at,
            url = vlc.access .. "://" .. v.permalink_url,
            meta = 
            {
              ["tag list"] = v.tag_list,
              ["creation time"] = v.created_at
            }
          }
    end
    return buf
end

Thanks for keeping this up somewhere, does it still work? Tried my own client id