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SoundCloud — free tier with API key

🎬 MediaUNMONITORED
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

SoundCloud exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks

{
  "code": 401,
  "message": "",
  "link": "https://developers.soundcloud.com/docs/api/explorer/open-api",
  "status": "401 - Unauthorized",
  "errors": [],
  "error": null
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks"
const res = await fetch("https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.soundcloud.com/tracks")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /tracks awaits first probe
GET/tracksPROBED

SoundCloud — free tier with API key

GET/tracks?limit=5

Paginated variant with limit parameter.

GET/me

Me — documented GET route.

GET/tracks/TRACK_ID

Track listing.

GET/playlists

Playlists — documented GET route.

GET/playlists/PLAYLIST_ID

PLAYLIST ID — documented GET route.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

SoundCloud: common questions

Is SoundCloud free to use?

Yes — SoundCloud is a free media API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does SoundCloud need an API key?

Yes — SoundCloud needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call SoundCloud from the browser?

Yes — SoundCloud returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is SoundCloud up right now?

SoundCloud is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.