SoundCloud

SoundCloud is a music and audio streaming platform with a developer REST API for tracks, users, playlists, search, comments, likes, and uploads. Authentication is OAuth 2.1 with PKCE; access tokens expire approximately every hour.

SoundCloud publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Playlists API, Search API, Social API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Music, Streaming, Audio, Authentication, and Tracks.

SoundCloud’s developer surface includes authentication, engineering blog, and 11 more developer resources.

🌐 Visit website 📡 Source on GitHub

30.4/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 29/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

AccessFreeSelf serve⚡ Free to try

6 APIs

Music Streaming Audio Authentication Tracks Playlists

Kin Score

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scored 2026-08-21 · rubric v0.12.0

Composite quality — 30.4/100 · thin

Contract Quality 14.2 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 4.8 / 20

Access Clarity 2.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.4 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 29/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 6

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

GraphQL 1

GraphQL schemas published by this provider.

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Soundcloud Rate Limits

4 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Soundcloud Scopes

1 scope · authorizationCode/clientCredentials

1 scopes

SCOPES

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 3

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Blog

Blog

Source (apis.yml)

aid: soundcloud
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/soundcloud/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: SoundCloud
kind: company
description: SoundCloud is a music and audio streaming platform with a developer REST API for tracks, users, playlists, search,
  comments, likes, and uploads. Authentication is OAuth 2.1 with PKCE; access tokens expire approximately every hour.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: false
  label: Free · Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/soundcloud.png
tags:
- Music
- Streaming
- Audio
- Authentication
- Tracks
- Playlists
tags_raw:
- Music
- Streaming
- Audio
- OAuth
- Tracks
- Playlists
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-30'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: soundcloud:platform
  name: SoundCloud API
  description: REST API for SoundCloud covering tracks (upload, metadata, stream), users (/me, profiles), playlists (CRUD),
    search (title/username/description), social (follow, like, comment), and audio playback. OAuth 2.1 with PKCE; supports
    Authorization Code and Client Credentials flows.
  humanURL: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
  baseURL: https://api.soundcloud.com
  tags:
  - Tracks
  - User
  - Playlists
  - Search
  - Social
  tags_raw:
  - Tracks
  - Users
  - Playlists
  - Search
  - Social
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide#authentication
  - type: RateLimits
    url: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/rate-limits
  - url: graphql/soundcloud-graphql.md
    type: GraphQL
- aid: soundcloud:soundcloud-playlists-api
  name: SoundCloud Playlists API
  description: Playlist CRUD
  humanURL: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
  baseURL: https://api.soundcloud.com
  tags:
  - Playlists
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/soundcloud-playlists-api-openapi.yml
- aid: soundcloud:soundcloud-search-api
  name: SoundCloud Search API
  description: Search and resolution
  humanURL: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
  baseURL: https://api.soundcloud.com
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/soundcloud-search-api-openapi.yml
- aid: soundcloud:soundcloud-social-api
  name: SoundCloud Social API
  description: Follow and like actions
  humanURL: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
  baseURL: https://api.soundcloud.com
  tags:
  - Social
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/soundcloud-social-api-openapi.yml
- aid: soundcloud:soundcloud-tracks-api
  name: SoundCloud Tracks API
  description: Track CRUD, streaming, and comments
  humanURL: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
  baseURL: https://api.soundcloud.com
  tags:
  - Tracks
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/soundcloud-tracks-api-openapi.yml
- aid: soundcloud:soundcloud-users-api
  name: SoundCloud Users API
  description: Authenticated user and profile actions
  humanURL: https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/guide
  baseURL: https://api.soundcloud.com
  tags:
  - User
  tags_raw:
  - Users
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/soundcloud-users-api-openapi.yml
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/soundcloud-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/soundcloud-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/soundcloud-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/soundcloud-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/soundcloud-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/soundcloud
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/soundcloud
- type: Website
  url: https://soundcloud.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developers.soundcloud.com/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/soundcloud-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/soundcloud-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/soundcloud-finops.yml
- type: Integrations
  url: https://soundcloud.com/marketplace
- url: https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog/blog.rss
  type: Blog
integrations:
- name: MP Tech outtake - counterpart
- name: Finding your dream career
- name: Marketplace's likes
- name: Marketplace's playlists
- name: Marketplace's tracks
- name: Marketplace's comments
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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