diff --git a/Cargo.lock b/Cargo.lock
index 92c0db4..bbb2a51 100644
--- a/Cargo.lock
+++ b/Cargo.lock
@@ -17,6 +17,15 @@ version = "2.0.0"
 source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
 checksum = "512761e0bb2578dd7380c6baaa0f4ce03e84f95e960231d1dec8bf4d7d6e2627"
 
+[[package]]
+name = "aho-corasick"
+version = "1.1.3"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "8e60d3430d3a69478ad0993f19238d2df97c507009a52b3c10addcd7f6bcb916"
+dependencies = [
+ "memchr",
+]
+
 [[package]]
 name = "atomic-waker"
 version = "1.1.2"
@@ -751,6 +760,35 @@ dependencies = [
  "bitflags",
 ]
 
+[[package]]
+name = "regex"
+version = "1.11.1"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "b544ef1b4eac5dc2db33ea63606ae9ffcfac26c1416a2806ae0bf5f56b201191"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-automata",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-automata"
+version = "0.4.9"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "809e8dc61f6de73b46c85f4c96486310fe304c434cfa43669d7b40f711150908"
+dependencies = [
+ "aho-corasick",
+ "memchr",
+ "regex-syntax",
+]
+
+[[package]]
+name = "regex-syntax"
+version = "0.8.5"
+source = "registry+https://github.com/rust-lang/crates.io-index"
+checksum = "2b15c43186be67a4fd63bee50d0303afffcef381492ebe2c5d87f324e1b8815c"
+
 [[package]]
 name = "reqwest"
 version = "0.12.9"
@@ -999,7 +1037,10 @@ dependencies = [
 name = "soundcloud"
 version = "0.1.0"
 dependencies = [
+ "regex",
  "reqwest",
+ "serde",
+ "serde_json",
  "tokio",
 ]
 
diff --git a/Cargo.toml b/Cargo.toml
index 4e7cf30..e6fe140 100644
--- a/Cargo.toml
+++ b/Cargo.toml
@@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ authors = ["alterwain"]
 keywords = ["api", "network", "audio", "music"]
 categories = ["network-programming", "asynchronous", "api", "music", "audio"]
 
-[lib]
-crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "lib"]
-
 [dependencies]
 reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["json"] }
-tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
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+tokio = { version = "1", features = ["full"] }
+regex = "1.11.1"
+serde = { version = "1.0.104", features = ["derive"] }
+serde_json = "1.0.48"
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diff --git a/src/main.rs b/src/main.rs
index d4d8d8f..36e72ba 100644
--- a/src/main.rs
+++ b/src/main.rs
@@ -1,15 +1,84 @@
-use std::collections::HashMap;
+use std::{collections::HashMap, error::Error};
+
+use regex::Regex;
+
+/*
+
+[lib]
+crate-type = ["staticlib", "cdylib", "lib"]
+*/
+
+// https://soundcloud.com/soundcloud regex: "<script crossorigin src=\"" search for client_id inside of script
 
 // https://soundcloud.com/versions.json
 
 // likes: https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/users/774639751/likes?client_id=zFEmsF1cEZZQ92nRRXKOg7e6ibFR1L7c&limit=10&offset=0&linked_partitioning=1&app_version=1734537250&app_locale=en
 
+// playlists: https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/users/774639751/playlists_without_albums?client_id=zFEmsF1cEZZQ92nRRXKOg7e6ibFR1L7c&limit=10&offset=0&linked_partitioning=1&app_version=1734537250&app_locale=en
+
 #[tokio::main]
 async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
-    let resp = reqwest::get("https://api-v2.soundcloud.com/users/774639751/playlists_without_albums?client_id=zFEmsF1cEZZQ92nRRXKOg7e6ibFR1L7c&limit=10&offset=0&linked_partitioning=1&app_version=1734537250&app_locale=en")
-        .await?
-        .json::<HashMap<String, String>>()
-        .await?;
-    println!("{resp:#?}");
+    println!("{}", get_app().await.unwrap().unwrap());
+    
     Ok(())
+}
+
+async fn get_likes() -> Result<Option<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+
+}
+
+async fn get_playlists() -> Result<Option<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    
+}
+
+async fn get_app() -> Result<Option<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let resp = reqwest::get("https://soundcloud.com/versions.json")
+        .await?
+        .text()
+        .await?;
+
+    let json: serde_json::Value = serde_json::from_str(&resp).expect("JSON was not well-formatted");
+    
+    Ok(
+        Some(
+            json.get("app")
+                .unwrap()
+                .as_str()
+                .unwrap()
+                .to_string()
+            )
+        )
+}
+
+async fn get_client_id() -> Result<Option<String>, Box<dyn Error>> {
+    let resp = reqwest::get("https://soundcloud.com/soundcloud")
+        .await?
+        .text()
+        .await?;
+
+    let rg = Regex::new(r#"src=".+""#).unwrap();
+
+    let mut urls = Vec::new();
+
+    for cap in Regex::new(r#"<script .+src="https://.+""#).unwrap().find_iter(&resp) {
+        let script_block = cap.as_str();
+        if let Some(m) = rg.find(script_block) {
+            urls.push(&m.as_str()[5..m.as_str().len()-1]);
+        }
+    }
+
+    let rg = Regex::new(r#""client_id=[a-zA-Z0-9]+""#).unwrap();
+
+    for i in 0..urls.len() {
+        let url = urls.get(i).unwrap().to_string();
+        let resp = reqwest::get(&url)
+            .await?
+            .text()
+            .await?;
+
+        if let Some(m) = rg.find(&resp) {
+            return Ok(Some(m.as_str()[11..m.as_str().len()-1].to_string()));
+        }
+    }
+    Ok(None)
 }
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