SoundCloud Playlists API

Playlist CRUD

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: SoundCloud Playlists API
  version: 1.0.0
  summary: SoundCloud REST API for tracks, users, playlists, search, social actions, and streaming.
  description: 'The SoundCloud HTTP API exposes endpoints for tracks (upload, metadata,

    streaming, comments), users (/me, profile actions), playlists (CRUD),

    search/discovery, and social actions (follow, like). Authentication uses

    OAuth 2.1 with PKCE. Access tokens expire approximately every hour.


    The token endpoint is on secure.soundcloud.com; all resource endpoints are

    on api.soundcloud.com.

    '
  contact:
    name: SoundCloud Developers
    url: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
servers:
- url: https://api.soundcloud.com
  description: SoundCloud REST API
security:
- oauth2:
  - non-expiring
tags:
- name: Playlists
  description: Playlist CRUD
paths:
  /playlists:
    post:
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Create a playlist
      operationId: createPlaylist
      responses:
        '201':
          description: Playlist created
  /playlists/{id}:
    parameters:
    - $ref: '#/components/parameters/Id'
    get:
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Get playlist (with optional tracks)
      operationId: getPlaylist
      parameters:
      - name: show_tracks
        in: query
        schema:
          type: boolean
        description: Set to false to exclude tracks from the response
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Playlist details
    put:
      tags:
      - Playlists
      summary: Update playlist metadata or tracks
      operationId: updatePlaylist
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Playlist updated
components:
  parameters:
    Id:
      name: id
      in: path
      required: true
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    oauth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: 'OAuth 2.1 with PKCE. Access tokens are short-lived (~1 hour). Use

        Authorization: OAuth {ACCESS_TOKEN} on each request.

        '
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://secure.soundcloud.com/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://secure.soundcloud.com/oauth/token
          scopes:
            non-expiring: Non-expiring refresh-token grant
        clientCredentials:
          tokenUrl: https://secure.soundcloud.com/oauth/token
          scopes: {}