SoundCloud Track API. Send a track link or ID.

Exact plays, likes, reposts and ISRC. We handle the proxies, blocks and platform changes.

Returns a public SoundCloud track from its link, share link, URN or ID, with exact play, like, repost, comment and download counts. It also has the title, description, hashtags, artwork, length, release and upload dates, uploader, genre, tags, license, and the album, ISRC, UPC, label, publisher and copyright that labels fill in. It says whether the track plays in full or as a preview in the United States.

GET /v1/soundcloud/track

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22 typed fields null when unknown
url is all it needs, e.g. https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood
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$ npm install socialtap

url = https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood

Open in playground

GET /v1/soundcloud/trackTry in

const params = new URLSearchParams({
  url: "https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);

import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track",
    params={"url": "https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood"},
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"]},
)
body = res.json()
if not res.ok:
    raise RuntimeError(f"{body['error']['code']}: {body['error']['message']}")
data, meta = body["data"], body["meta"]
print(data, meta["credits_charged"])

require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('url' => 'https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood')
req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)
req["x-api-key"] = ENV.fetch("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")
res = Net::HTTP.start(uri.host, uri.port, use_ssl: uri.scheme == "https") { |http| http.request(req) }
body = JSON.parse(res.body)
raise "#{body["error"]["code"]}: #{body["error"]["message"]}" unless res.is_a?(Net::HTTPSuccess)
pp body["data"]
puts body["meta"]["credits_charged"]

<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'url' => 'https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($ch, [
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => ['x-api-key: ' . getenv('SOCIALTAP_API_KEY')],
]);
$body = json_decode(curl_exec($ch), true);
if (curl_getinfo($ch, CURLINFO_RESPONSE_CODE) >= 400) {
    throw new RuntimeException($body['error']['code'] . ': ' . $body['error']['message']);
}
print_r($body['data']);
echo $body['meta']['credits_charged'], PHP_EOL;

package main

import (
	"encoding/json"
	"fmt"
	"log"
	"net/http"
	"net/url"
	"os"
)

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("url", "https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track?"+q.Encode(), nil)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	req.Header.Set("x-api-key", os.Getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
	res, err := http.DefaultClient.Do(req)
	if err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	defer res.Body.Close()
	var body struct {
		Data  json.RawMessage `json:"data"`
		Meta  map[string]any  `json:"meta"`
		Error *struct {
			Code    string `json:"code"`
			Message string `json:"message"`
		} `json:"error"`
	}
	if err := json.NewDecoder(res.Body).Decode(&body); err != nil {
		log.Fatal(err)
	}
	if body.Error != nil {
		log.Fatalf("%s: %s", body.Error.Code, body.Error.Message)
	}
	fmt.Println(string(body.Data), body.Meta["credits_charged"])
}

curl -G 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track' \
  --data-urlencode 'url=https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"

{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "author": {
      "avatar_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000012778523-59quu3-t500x500.jpg",
      "display_name": "Forss",
      "id": "183",
      "is_verified": true,
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/forss",
      "username": "forss"
    },
    "coauthors": [],
    "duration_ms": 213890,
    "hashtags": [],
    "id": "293",
    "is_nsfw": null,
    "is_pinned": null,
    "is_sponsored": null,
    "language": null,
    "media": [
      {
        "alt_text": null,
        "duration_ms": 213886,
        "expires_at": null,
        "height": null,
        "thumbnail_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000067273316-smsiqx-t500x500.jpg",
        "type": "audio",
        "url": null,
        "width": null
      }
    ],
    "mentions": [],
    "metrics": {
      "comment_count": 400,
      "like_count": 2621,
      "quote_count": null,
      "repost_count": 413,
      "save_count": null,
      "share_count": null,
      "view_count": 972697
    },
    "platform": "soundcloud",
    "platform_specific": {
      "soundcloud": {
        "album_title": null,
        "artist_name": "Forss",
        "author_follower_count": 132108,
        "c_line": null,
        "caption": null,
        "download_count": 21595,
        "embeddable_by": "all",
        "genre": "Electronic",
        "is_commentable": true,
        "is_downloadable": true,
        "is_explicit": null,
        "is_music": true,
        "is_streamable": true,
        "isrc": "DEP960300042",
        "label_name": "sonarkollektiv",
        "last_modified_at": "2022-07-11T10:55:58Z",
        "license": "all-rights-reserved",
        "monetization_model": "AD_SUPPORTED",
        "p_line": null,
        "permalink": "flickermood",
        "policy": "MONETIZE",
        "publisher": "Universal Music Publishing",
        "purchase_title": null,
        "purchase_url": "http://sonarkollektiv.com/tracks/DE-P96-03-00042",
        "release_title": null,
        "released_at": "2003-06-02T00:00:00Z",
        "tags": [
          "downtempo"
        ],
        "transcodings": [
          {
            "duration_ms": 213886,
            "is_snipped": false,
            "mime_type": "audio/mp4; codecs=\"mp4a.40.2\"",
            "preset": "aac_160k",
            "protocol": "hls",
            "quality": "sq"
          },
          {
            "duration_ms": 213886,
            "is_snipped": false,
            "mime_type": "audio/mp4; codecs=\"mp4a.40.2\"",
            "preset": "aac_96k",
            "protocol": "hls",
            "quality": "lq"
          },
          {
            "duration_ms": 213886,
            "is_snipped": false,
            "mime_type": "audio/mpegurl",
            "preset": "abr_sq",
            "protocol": "hls",
            "quality": "sq"
          }
        ],
        "upc": null,
        "uploaded_at": "2007-09-22T14:45:46Z",
        "visual_url": null,
        "waveform_url": "https://wave.sndcdn.com/cWHNerOLlkUq_m.json",
        "writer_composer": "Eric Wahlforss"
      }
    },
    "platform_type": "track",
    "published_at": "2007-09-22T14:45:46Z",
    "text": "From the Soulhack album, recently featured in this ad https://www.dswshoes.com/tv_commercial.jsp?m=october2007",
    "thumbnail_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/artworks-000067273316-smsiqx-t500x500.jpg",
    "title": "Flickermood",
    "type": "audio",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "soundcloud",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 287,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "post",
      "id": "293",
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

const client = new SocialTap(); // apiKey defaults to process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY

const res = await client.soundcloud.track.get({ url: "https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);

import java.net.URI;
import java.net.URLEncoder;
import java.net.http.HttpClient;
import java.net.http.HttpRequest;
import java.net.http.HttpResponse;
import java.nio.charset.StandardCharsets;

public class Main {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Exception {
        String query = "url=" + encode("https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track?" + query))
            .header("x-api-key", System.getenv("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"))
            .GET()
            .build();
        HttpResponse<String> response = HttpClient.newHttpClient()
            .send(request, HttpResponse.BodyHandlers.ofString());
        // An error is {"error": {"code", "message", ...}}; success is {data, meta}, meta.credits_charged its price.
        if (response.statusCode() >= 400) throw new RuntimeException(response.body());
        System.out.println(response.body());
    }

    static String encode(String value) {
        return URLEncoder.encode(value, StandardCharsets.UTF_8);
    }
}

using System.Text.Json;

using var http = new HttpClient();
http.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", Environment.GetEnvironmentVariable("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"));

var query = string.Join("&",
    "url=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track?" + query);
using var body = JsonDocument.Parse(await res.Content.ReadAsStringAsync());
if (!res.IsSuccessStatusCode)
{
    var error = body.RootElement.GetProperty("error");
    throw new Exception($"{error.GetProperty("code")}: {error.GetProperty("message")}");
}
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("data"));
Console.WriteLine(body.RootElement.GetProperty("meta").GetProperty("credits_charged"));

// Cargo.toml: reqwest = { version = "0.12", features = ["blocking", "json"] }, serde_json = "1"
use std::env;

fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let res = reqwest::blocking::Client::new()
        .get("https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/track")
        .query(&[("url", "https://soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood")])
        .header("x-api-key", env::var("SOCIALTAP_API_KEY")?)
        .send()?;
    let ok = res.status().is_success();
    let body: serde_json::Value = res.json()?;
    if !ok {
        return Err(format!("{}: {}", body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"]).into());
    }
    println!("{} {}", body["data"], body["meta"]["credits_charged"]);
    Ok(())
}

200 OK · GET https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/trackDocs

One schema on 21 platforms.

The response reference lists every field, its type and when it is null. See the full schema.

Null means unknown
A field SoundCloud doesn't show is null, never zero or an empty string, so a real zero always means zero.
What it accepts
The track: its link (soundcloud.com/forss/flickermood, also on m.soundcloud.com, with any share parameters), a share link (on.soundcloud.com/<code>), its address on the API (api.soundcloud.com/tracks/293), the embedded player's link to it, its URN (soundcloud:tracks:293) or its ID (293).
Write one parser
SoundCloud, TikTok, Instagram and 18 more platforms answer in these fields, so the code that reads one reads them all.

platformstring: Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).
idstring: Platform-native post ID (string; Instagram shortcode, Reddit with its t3_ prefix).
urlstring: Canonical post URL.
typestring: Normalized content shape. New values may be added; treat unknown values as other.
platform_typestring: The platform's own product label, lowercase (reel, short, story, live, tweet, …).
titlestring: Headline (YouTube title, Reddit title); null on caption-only platforms.
textstring: Caption, description or body as plain text.
languagestring: BCP-47 language of text, when the platform states it.

What teams build with the SoundCloud Track API.

Track a song's plays and reposts over time
Get a track's ISRC and label by link
Enrich a catalog with genre, tags and license
Check whether a track plays in full

Good to know before you build.

type is audio, SoundCloud's plays are metrics.view_count and its reposts metrics.repost_count.
media[].url is null, because SoundCloud's playback links need a request of their own per track and expire within minutes. platform_specific.soundcloud.transcodings lists the encodings it serves.
A secret link's token is never used: the link returns the track only when it is public anyway, and private_or_unavailable otherwise.
Many major-label tracks play only as a preview to logged-out listeners: platform_specific.soundcloud.policy is SNIP, duration_ms is the whole track's length and media[].duration_ms the preview's. Under policy BLOCK nothing plays and media[].duration_ms is null.
platform_specific.soundcloud.policy, monetization_model and transcodings and media[].duration_ms are what SoundCloud serves a logged-out listener in the United States, wherever you call from, and can differ in other countries. duration_ms and every other field are the same everywhere.

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SoundCloud Track API. Send a track link or ID.

SoundCloud Track API at a glance

Send one request. Get 22 fields back.

One schema on 21 platforms.

Null means unknown

What it accepts

Write one parser

What teams build with the SoundCloud Track API.

Track a song's plays and reposts over time

Get a track's ISRC and label by link

Enrich a catalog with genre, tags and license

Check whether a track plays in full

Good to know before you build.

1 credit per request. Failed requests are free.

Questions about the SoundCloud Track API.

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