Platforms
SoundCloud

SoundCloud Scraper API

Pull SoundCloud artists and tracks as JSON. Failed requests are free.

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Data

What you get from SoundCloud.

Artists

Name, bio, links, location, verified status and follower count.

Tracks

Song title, artists, album, length, plays and explicit flag.

Uses

What you can build with SoundCloud data.

Look up music

Pull artists and tracks into your own app.

Compare tracks

Compare plays across tracks.

Example

Your first request.

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Send a requestPass a handle, URL or keyword with your key.
Use the JSONThe same shape comes back from every platform.

1curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist" \2  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \3  --data-urlencode "handle=flume"

1import os2import requests34params = {5    "handle": "flume",6}7res = requests.get(8    "https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist",9    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},10    params=params,11)12body = res.json()1314if body["ok"]:15    print(body["data"])16else:17    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])

1const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist");2url.search = new URLSearchParams({3  "handle": "flume"4}).toString();5const res = await fetch(url, {6  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },7});8const body = await res.json();910if (body.ok) {11  console.log(body.data);12} else {13  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);14}

200 OKSample response

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_77b0f25648a1ccc1b3ba1371",
  "data": {
    "object": "profile",
    "platform": "soundcloud",
    "id": "2976616",
    "handle": "flume",
    "name": "Flume",
    "headline": null,
    "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume",
    "kind": "artist",
    "bio": "Management: [email protected]",
    "avatar_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-sAZPcKyZpXJ0J0u5-JHfNSg-t500x500.jpg",
    "banner_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/visuals-000002976616-s7OpfC-original.jpg",
    "verified": true,
    "is_private": null,
    "external_url": null
    ...
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}