SoundCloud Scraper

Search and scrape SoundCloud tracks, users/artists, and playlists. Extract play counts, likes, comments, reposts, genres, waveforms, artwork URLs, stream info, and publisher metadata (ISRC, UPC).

Features

• Search tracks — Find tracks by genre, artist name, or any keyword
• Search users/artists — Get artist profiles with follower counts, track counts, and more
• Search playlists — Find playlists and albums with track counts and durations
• Rich metadata — Play counts, likes, comments, reposts, BPM, key signature, ISRC/UPC
• Pagination — Fetch up to 5,000 results per run with automatic pagination
• No API key needed — Client ID is extracted automatically from SoundCloud

Input

Parameter	Type	Default	Description
searchQuery	String	"electronic"	Search term (genre, artist, track title, keyword)
searchType	Select	tracks	Type: tracks, users, or playlists
maxResults	Integer	200	Max results (1-5000)
proxyConfiguration	Object	—	Optional proxy configuration

Output (Tracks)

Each track result includes:

Field	Description
title	Track title
url	SoundCloud permalink URL
artist	Artist/uploader username
artistUrl	Artist profile URL
genre	Track genre
tagList	Space-separated tags
duration	Formatted duration (m:ss)
durationMs	Duration in milliseconds
playCount	Total play count
likesCount	Total likes
commentCount	Total comments
repostCount	Total reposts
artworkUrl	Album artwork URL
waveformUrl	Waveform image URL
createdAt	Upload date
isrc	ISRC code (if available)
upc	UPC/EAN code (if available)
publisher	Publisher name
labelName	Record label
bpm	Beats per minute
keySignature	Musical key

Output (Users)

Field	Description
username	Username
url	Profile URL
followersCount	Follower count
trackCount	Number of tracks
verified	Verification status
city / country	Location

Output (Playlists)

Field	Description
title	Playlist/album title
url	Playlist URL
artist	Creator username
trackCount	Number of tracks
isAlbum	Whether it's an album
duration	Total duration

Example

Search for electronic tracks:

{
    "searchQuery": "electronic",
    "searchType": "tracks",
    "maxResults": 500
}

Search for a specific artist's tracks:

{
    "searchQuery": "deadmau5",
    "searchType": "tracks",
    "maxResults": 200
}

Find hip-hop artists:

{
    "searchQuery": "hip-hop",
    "searchType": "users",
    "maxResults": 100
}

How It Works

1. Fetches SoundCloud's homepage to extract a valid client_id from JavaScript bundles
2. Uses the SoundCloud API v2 search endpoint with the extracted client_id
3. Paginates through results using next_href cursor-based pagination
4. Parses and normalizes all metadata for each result

Notes

• SoundCloud's client_id may rotate periodically; the scraper extracts it fresh each run
• The API returns up to 200 results per page
• A 1-second delay is added between pages to be respectful to the API
• Publisher metadata (ISRC, UPC) is only available for some commercially distributed tracks