SoundCloud

SoundCloud Artist API

Returns a public SoundCloud artist from its name, link, URN or ID, with exact follower and following counts, bio and the links it lists. It also has the picture and banner, verified badge, city and country, track and playlist counts, likes given, Pro badge and creator plan, and when the profile last changed. Each link names its service, and some accounts list an email among them.

GET /v1/soundcloud/artist

Try it

Example

cURL
curl 'https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist?handle=forss' \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALTAP_API_KEY"
TypeScript SDK
import { SocialTap } from "socialtap";

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

const res = await client.soundcloud.artist.get({ handle: "forss" });
console.log(res.data);
console.log(res.credits.charged, res.meta.request_id);
Node.js (fetch)
const params = new URLSearchParams({
  handle: "forss",
});
const res = await fetch(`https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist?${params}`, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALTAP_API_KEY ?? "" },
});
const body = await res.json();
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`${body.error.code}: ${body.error.message}`);
const { data, meta } = body;
console.log(data, meta.credits_charged);
Python (requests)
import os

import requests

res = requests.get(
    "https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist",
    params={"handle": "forss"},
    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"])
Go (net/http)
package main

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

func main() {
	q := url.Values{}
	q.Set("handle", "forss")
	req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist?"+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"])
}
PHP
<?php

$query = http_build_query([
    'handle' => 'forss',
]);
$ch = curl_init('https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist?' . $query);
curl_setopt_array($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;
Ruby
require "json"
require "net/http"

uri = URI("https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form('handle' => 'forss')
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"]
Java
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 = "handle=" + encode("forss");
        HttpRequest request = HttpRequest.newBuilder()
            .uri(URI.create("https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist?" + 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);
    }
}
.NET
using System.Text.Json;

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

var query = string.Join("&",
    "handle=" + Uri.EscapeDataString("forss"));
var res = await http.GetAsync("https://socialtap.dev/v1/soundcloud/artist?" + 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"));
Rust
// 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/artist")
        .query(&[("handle", "forss")])
        .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
{
  "data": {
    "approximate_fields": [],
    "avatar_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-000012778523-59quu3-t1080x1080.jpg",
    "banner_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/visuals-000000000183-juJMfF-original.jpg",
    "bio": "Artist & Founder SoundCloud",
    "category": null,
    "country_code": null,
    "created_at": null,
    "display_name": "Forss",
    "external_links": [
      {
        "title": "Forss Official Site",
        "url": "http://forssmusic.com/"
      },
      {
        "title": "facebook",
        "url": "http://facebook.com/forssmusic"
      },
      {
        "title": "twitter",
        "url": "http://twitter.com/Forssmusic"
      }
    ],
    "id": "183",
    "is_private": null,
    "is_verified": true,
    "location": null,
    "metrics": {
      "follower_count": 132108,
      "following_count": 1254,
      "post_count": 26,
      "total_like_count": null,
      "total_view_count": null
    },
    "platform": "soundcloud",
    "platform_specific": {
      "soundcloud": {
        "first_name": "Eric",
        "full_name": "Eric Quidenus-Wahlforss",
        "is_creator_mid_tier": false,
        "is_pro": false,
        "is_pro_unlimited": true,
        "last_modified_at": "2023-03-28T16:19:18Z",
        "last_name": "Quidenus-Wahlforss",
        "liked_playlist_count": 10,
        "liked_track_count": 288,
        "plan": "creator-pro-unlimited",
        "playlist_count": 4,
        "repost_count": null,
        "social_links": [
          {
            "network": "personal",
            "title": "Forss Official Site",
            "url": "http://forssmusic.com/",
            "username": null
          },
          {
            "network": "facebook",
            "title": null,
            "url": "http://facebook.com/forssmusic",
            "username": "forssmusic"
          },
          {
            "network": "twitter",
            "title": null,
            "url": "http://twitter.com/Forssmusic",
            "username": "Forssmusic"
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "type": "unknown",
    "unknown_fields": [],
    "url": "https://soundcloud.com/forss",
    "username": "forss"
  },
  "meta": {
    "request_id": "req_3f9c2a7d1e8b4c6a9f0e2d4b6a8c0e1f",
    "platform": "soundcloud",
    "source": "api",
    "is_cached": false,
    "credits_charged": 1,
    "latency_ms": 424,
    "fetched_at": "2026-10-25T12:00:00Z",
    "input": {
      "kind": "profile",
      "id": "183",
      "url": "https://soundcloud.com/forss"
    },
    "credits_remaining": 9999,
    "client_request_id": null,
    "warnings": []
  }
}

Long arrays and strings are shortened for display; real responses are complete.

x-api-keystringheaderrequired

Your API key. Authentication

handlestringrequiredmax 2,048 chars

The account: its name in links (forss, with or without the @; @123 is an account named 123), its link (soundcloud.com/forss, also on m.soundcloud.com, any tab of it such as /tracks or /likes, with any share parameters), its address on the API (api.soundcloud.com/users/183), its URN (soundcloud:users:183) or its numeric ID (183). Names are case-insensitive. A share link (on.soundcloud.com/<code>) is not read here: pass what it leads to.

Exampleforss

handle takes SoundCloud profile links; another kind of link, or another platform's, fails free with invalid_input. Unknown parameters are rejected with a suggestion, never ignored (Requests).

Parameters every endpoint accepts
max_ageintegermin 0

Accept a cached response up to this many seconds old. Cache hits cost 0 credits. Omit to always fetch fresh. The Cache-Control: max-age=N request header is equivalent; max_age wins when both are sent.

fieldsstring

Return only these fields of each item: comma-separated paths in the schema's notation (id,text,metrics.view_count,segments[].text; a parent path keeps the whole object). Unknown paths are rejected. Applied after the cache, so it changes neither the price nor cache hits; page and meta are always returned whole.

Response

application/json

200

{data, meta}. data is a profile object; meta describes the request (meta). Fields only SoundCloud has are under platform_specific.soundcloud.

platformstring

Platform ID (tiktok, youtube, …).

idstring

Platform-native account ID (string; YouTube UC…, Reddit t2_…).

usernamestringnullable

Handle without the @; null when the account has none.

display_namestringnullable

Display name, channel title or page name; null when empty or not exposed.

urlstring uri

Canonical profile URL.

typestring

Coarse account kind, as the platform labels it; unknown when it does not (TikTok labels organizations only). New values may be added; treat unknown values as unknown.

One ofpersonorganizationcommunityunknown

biostringnullable

Profile bio, channel description or page about text; null when empty or not exposed.

avatar_urlstring urinullable

Profile picture URL (largest available). Platform CDN URLs can expire within hours.

banner_urlstring urinullable

Header or cover image URL.

is_verifiedbooleannullable

Platform verification badge; null where the platform has no badge.

is_privatebooleannullable

True when the account's posts are not public.

categorystringnullable

Platform category label (e.g. Musician, Media & Entertainment), as shown; not normalized. Often set only for business or creator accounts.

external_linksobject[]

Links in the bio or channel links; [] if none or not exposed.

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urlstring uri

Link target, absolute (https:// is added where the platform stores the link without a scheme).

titlestringnullable

Link label shown by the platform.

locationstringnullable

Self-declared location text.

country_codestringnullable

ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country the platform states for the account.

created_atstring date-timenullable

Account creation or join date, RFC 3339 UTC (some platforms give only the day: see approximate_fields).

metricsobject

Counts at fetch time; null = hidden or not exposed, 0 = zero.

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follower_countintegernullable

Followers or subscribers.

following_countintegernullable

Accounts this profile follows.

post_countintegernullableSoundCloud: tracks SoundCloud states (not its list)

Posts or videos as the platform counts them on the profile (for a private account, posts the caller cannot see).

total_like_countintegernullable

Likes received across all of the profile's posts (not likes given).

total_view_countintegernullable

Lifetime views across all of the profile's posts.

platform_specificobject

Fields only this platform has, under its ID (platform_specific.<platform>); each null when unknown.

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soundcloudobjectnullable

A SoundCloud account's own fields.

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full_namestringnullable

The name the account gives besides its display name; null when empty.

first_namestringnullable

The first name the account gives; null when empty.

last_namestringnullable

The last name the account gives; null when empty.

playlist_countintegernullable

Playlists and albums, as SoundCloud counts them on the account's page. The public list can hold fewer.

liked_track_countintegernullable

Tracks the account has liked (given, not received), as SoundCloud counts them. The public list can hold fewer.

liked_playlist_countintegernullable

Playlists the account has liked (given, not received).

repost_countintegernullable

Tracks and playlists the account has reposted, when SoundCloud says; it usually leaves this empty for a logged-out reader: null.

is_probooleannullable

SoundCloud's Pro badge.

is_pro_unlimitedbooleannullable

SoundCloud's Pro Unlimited badge.

is_creator_mid_tierbooleannullable

SoundCloud's mid-tier creator badge.

planstringnullable

The account's creator plan, as SoundCloud names it (free, creator-pro-unlimited, …). New values may be added.

last_modified_atstring date-timenullable

When the account last changed its profile, RFC 3339 UTC.

social_linksobject[]

The links the account lists on its profile, in its order, with SoundCloud's name for each and the email addresses among them; [] when none (listed in unknown_fields when the source cannot see them).

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networkstring

SoundCloud's name for the service, lowercase: personal, instagram, facebook, twitter, youtube, soundcloud, spotify, email, support:patreon, other, … New values may be added.

usernamestringnullable

The account on that service, as SoundCloud reads it from the link; null when it has none.

titlestringnullable

The label the account gave the link; null when it gave none.

urlstring uri

The link as the account wrote it (https:// added when it had no scheme); an email address as a mailto: link.

approximate_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of values rounded by the platform or parsed from display text (e.g. metrics.follower_count). A list path (external_links) means the list may be incomplete. [] when all exact.

unknown_fieldsstring[]

JSON paths of lists whose [] means unknown rather than none (a source that cannot see them); null already means unknown for every other field. [] when every list is known.

not_found and private_or_unavailable are item-level: the request was fine, the item can't be returned.

400

400 Bad Request: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

A parameter is missing or malformed, or the link is not one this endpoint takes.

Fix the parameter named in param as the message says. For a link of the wrong kind, call an endpoint listed in details.endpoints, when there is one.

401

401 Unauthorized: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

unauthorizedNo retry

The x-api-key header is missing, or its key is unknown or revoked. On the dashboard's routes: the session cookie is missing or expired.

Send a valid API key in the x-api-key header. No key yet? A person gets one at details.signup_url; an AI agent follows details.agent_auth_url.

402

402 Payment Required: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

The account does not have enough credits for this request.

Have a person buy credits at details.purchase_url (or make them a checkout link with details.checkout), then repeat the request. Do not retry automatically.

The API key reached its spend limit for this period. The account may still have credits.

Wait until details.resets_at, or raise the key's spend limit (PATCH /v1/api_keys/{id}). Do not retry automatically.

403

403 Forbidden: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

forbiddenNo retry

The API key is valid but may not make this request, and details.reason says why: the account is suspended, the key lacks the route's scope, waits for its owner to confirm it by email, has expired, or was used from an IP outside its allowlist, or a rotated key's previous secret was used for a call that needs the admin scope. A running job stops with it too when its account is suspended or the key that created it is revoked or expires. It is about the key, never the item: a private item is private_or_unavailable, also 403, so branch on the code.

Act on details.reason. suspended: contact support. scope: use a key with details.required_scope. previous_secret: use the new secret. key_pending: have the owner open the emailed link. key_expired or key_revoked: create a new key. ip_not_allowed: call from an allowed IP.

The item exists but is not public: it is private, age- or region-restricted, or needs a login to view. It shares 403 with forbidden (which is about the key), so branch on the code.

Only public items can be fetched. Do not retry.

404

404 Not Found: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

not_foundNo retry

The item does not exist or was deleted. On GET /v1/requests/{id}/response: the response was not kept (details.reason says why).

Check the link or ID. Do not retry.

429

429 Too Many Requests: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

rate_limitedYes, later

The account passed its runaway-protection ceiling: a high per-account limit that stops a broken client loop (plans have no rate limit). Requests without an API key (signup, the MCP server's tool listing and find_endpoint) are limited per IP address instead. It also stops an account whose failed requests in the last hour cost far more than its successful ones paid for: failures are free within a limit (the message says so), and successes raise it.

Wait the seconds in the retry-after header, then retry. If your steady traffic needs more, ask support to raise the ceiling; without an API key, send one.

500

500 Internal Error: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

internalYes, later

An unexpected error on SocialTap's side.

Retry with backoff. If it keeps happening, contact support with the request_id.

502

502 Bad Gateway: 1 error code. Free: errors cost nothing.

upstream_errorYes, later

The platform failed, or answered with something we could not read.

Retry with backoff. Failed requests are free.

503

503 Unavailable: 2 error codes. Free: errors cost nothing.

The platform refused every attempt, our own retries included.

Retry later with backoff. Failed requests are free.

overloadedYes, later

SocialTap was at capacity, or paused by its operators, and did not start the request. Nothing was fetched or charged.

Retry after the seconds in the retry-after header. Failed requests are free.

From 1 credit per request. Charged only for successful requests. Errors are free. The price depends on the source that produced the result, reported as meta.source; sources are tried cheapest first: Platform API → Public page.

SourcePrice per successful requestPer 1,000 requests
Platform API api1 credit$0.75–$1.97
Public page page1 credit$0.75–$1.97
Balance, sources and what you were charged

Your balance must be at least 1 credit to start a request; with less, it is refused with insufficient_credits (HTTP 402) and costs nothing. Only that minimum is set aside when the request starts.

meta.sourceSourceWhat it means
apiPlatform APIThe platform's public, logged-out API.
pagePublic pageData embedded in the platform's public web page.

meta.credits_charged and the x-credits-charged header show what you paid. How credits work · Packs

Endpoint ID soundcloud.artist · operationId soundcloud.artist.get · Product overview

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