# SoundCloud

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/soundcloud/  
**Website:** https://soundcloud.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

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.

## Kin Score — 30.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-21 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 30.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 56.8 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 10.5 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 23.8 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Free · Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: free, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (6)

- **SoundCloud API** — REST API for SoundCloud covering tracks (upload, metadata, stream), users (/me, profiles), playlists (CRUD), search (title/username/description), social (follow, like, comment),...
- **SoundCloud Playlists API** — Playlist CRUD
- **SoundCloud Search API** — Search and resolution
- **SoundCloud Social API** — Follow and like actions
- **SoundCloud Tracks API** — Track CRUD, streaming, and comments
- **SoundCloud Users API** — Authenticated user and profile actions

## Agentic access (1)

- **Soundcloud Agentic Access** — 19 operations · 12 acting

## Security (3)

- **Soundcloud Authentication** — oauth2 · 1 scheme
- **Soundcloud Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Soundcloud Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Soundcloud Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Music, Streaming, Audio, Authentication, Tracks, Playlists

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/soundcloud/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.