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SoundCloud artist

Beta GET /v1/soundcloud/artist

GET /v1/soundcloud/artist

Followers, track count, bio, location, avatar, banner and the social links the artist lists.

  • Cost: 1 credit
  • Status: Beta. Built and tested against recorded responses; the shape may still gain fields.
  • Cache: Results are kept up to 30 days; send max_age_days to reuse them for free.
  • Timeout: A request still running after about 25 seconds answers 202 with a job to poll (Batch and jobs).

Parameters#

NameTypeRequiredDescription
urlURLone ofArtist URL (soundcloud.com/<user>). Accepted hosts: soundcloud.com, on.soundcloud.com.
handlestringone ofUsername, with or without the leading @. Also accepted as username.

Send at least one of url, handle. If you send several, the first listed is used and the rest are ignored.

Every request also accepts:

  • trim: true for a smaller response without null fields and extra.
  • raw: true to also get the platform's original object as raw.
  • max_age_days: accept a cached result up to this many days old, for 0 credits (Caching).

Example request#

Set your key in the environment first (see Authentication).

curl
curl -G "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/soundcloud/artist" \
  -H "x-api-key: $SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY" \
  --data-urlencode "handle=flume"
Python
import os
import requests

params = {
    "handle": "flume",
}
res = requests.get(
    "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/soundcloud/artist",
    headers={"x-api-key": os.environ["SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY"]},
    params=params,
)
body = res.json()

if body["ok"]:
    print(body["data"])
else:
    print(body["error"]["code"], body["error"]["message"])
TypeScript
const url = new URL("https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/soundcloud/artist");
url.search = new URLSearchParams({
  "handle": "flume"
}).toString();
const res = await fetch(url, {
  headers: { "x-api-key": process.env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY! },
});
const body = await res.json();

if (body.ok) {
  console.log(body.data);
} else {
  console.error(body.error.code, body.error.message);
}
n8n
{
  "nodes": [
    {
      "name": "SocialScrape SoundCloud artist",
      "type": "n8n-nodes-base.httpRequest",
      "typeVersion": 4.2,
      "position": [
        0,
        0
      ],
      "parameters": {
        "method": "GET",
        "url": "https://api.socialscrape.io/v1/soundcloud/artist",
        "sendQuery": true,
        "queryParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "handle",
              "value": "flume"
            }
          ]
        },
        "sendHeaders": true,
        "headerParameters": {
          "parameters": [
            {
              "name": "x-api-key",
              "value": "={{ $env.SOCIALSCRAPE_API_KEY }}"
            }
          ]
        }
      }
    }
  ],
  "connections": {}
}

Example response#

This is a sample from a recorded response, lists and long text are shortened, email addresses are replaced with [email protected]. Status 200.

{
  "ok": true,
  "credits_charged": 1,
  "credits_remaining": 4999,
  "cached": false,
  "cached_at": null,
  "request_id": "req_77b0f25648a1ccc1b3ba1371",
  "data": {
    "object": "profile",
    "platform": "soundcloud",
    "id": "2976616",
    "handle": "flume",
    "name": "Flume",
    "headline": null,
    "url": "https://soundcloud.com/flume",
    "kind": "artist",
    "bio": "Management: [email protected]",
    "avatar_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/avatars-sAZPcKyZpXJ0J0u5-JHfNSg-t500x500.jpg",
    "banner_url": "https://i1.sndcdn.com/visuals-000002976616-s7OpfC-original.jpg",
    "verified": true,
    "is_private": null,
    "external_url": null,
    "links": [
      {
        "title": "DUMB Store",
        "url": "https://dumb.store/"
      },
      {
        "title": "Facebook",
        "url": "http://www.facebook.com/flumemusic"
      },
      {
        "title": "Twitter",
        "url": "http://twitter.com/flumemusic"
      }
    ],
    "location": "Sydney, AU",
    "category": null,
    "created_at": null,
    "stats": {
      "followers": 2228670,
      "following": 202,
      "posts": 412,
      "likes": 153,
      "views": null
    },
    "extra": {
      "badges": {
        "creator_mid_tier": false,
        "pro": false,
        "pro_unlimited": true,
        "verified": true
      },
      "city": "Sydney",
      "comments_count": 0,
      "country_code": "AU",
      "groups_count": 0,
      "last_modified": "2026-02-13T20:55:02Z",
      "networks": [
        "personal",
        "facebook",
        "twitter"
      ],
      "playlist_count": 46,
      "playlist_likes_count": 8,
      "station_permalink": "artist-stations:2976616",
      "subscription_plans": [
        "creator-pro-unlimited"
      ],
      "urn": "soundcloud:users:2976616"
    }
  },
  "cursor": null,
  "has_more": null
}

Response#

A Profile object in data.

See Data models for every field. The envelope around data is described in Responses.

Errors#

Failures are free: credits_charged is 0. Branch on error.code, never on the message.

CodeHTTPRetryMeaning
invalid_params400noA parameter is missing, unknown or has the wrong type.
unsupported_url400noThe URL is not one this endpoint accepts (wrong platform or form).
not_found404noThe platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.

Every request can also fail with the account and platform errors listed on the Errors page.

Example error:

{
  "ok": false,
  "error": {
    "code": "not_found",
    "message": "The platform says this profile, post or item does not exist.",
    "retryable": false
  },
  "credits_charged": 0,
  "request_id": "req_b9b752c576c4a76dcd31dcf1"
}