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New artist name field on our API
April 3rd, 2025 by Danny PreusslerA while ago we improved the artist shown underneath a track. This change is now avalailable in our API too.
An update on our API: Changes to access for inactive apps
June 2nd, 2023 by Jordan PettinatoWe’re working on improving our API offering. In order to do that, we need to revoke access for some developers with inactive apps. We’ve reached out directly to those who will be affected via email and we’re working to mitigate impact where we can.
Service Architecture at SoundCloud — Part 3: Domain Gateways
September 17th, 2021 by Marc Tuduri, Kim Covaci, Bernd Louis and Jorge CreixellDiscover how SoundCloud extended the concept of Value-Added Services to Domain Gateways.
Service Architecture at SoundCloud — Part 2: Value-Added Services
August 20th, 2021 by Bejal Lewis and Marc TuduriLearn about the evolution of architectural patterns at SoundCloud — from BFFs to Value-Added Services.
Service Architecture at SoundCloud — Part 1: Backends for Frontends
July 29th, 2021 by Jorge CreixellDiscover how service architecture has evolved at Soundcloud over the past few years...
Upcoming API Security Updates — Action Required
July 1st, 2021 by Rahul RumallaAs part of our continuous effort toward making improvements to our API with the hope that we can relaunch API access to all developers, we’re making some critical security improvements. Please note that these are important and time sensitive and may cause disruptions in your app if you don’t make the necessary security upgrades.
High-Tier Content in the SoundCloud API
May 6th, 2021 by Dasha Kobzeva and Rahul RumallaYou can now retrieve metadata for our full SoundCloud catalog through our API by providing the new access filter in your request.
SoundCloud’s New API Track Object
March 16th, 2021 by Dasha KobzevaAs a part of our efforts to improve API use, we’re introducing a new Track object that’s more up to date with our current data model. The following change is intended to standardize and simplify the response data. A new object will be used for all endpoints returning track-related information.
Pagination Updates on Our API
September 21st, 2020 by Rahul RumallaAs part of our efforts to improve our APIs, we’re introducing updates on how we paginate over tracks. This only affects developers and apps that aren’t strictly relying on the next_href field, but rather custom manipulating the offset to request a page.
Open Sourcing Intervene
May 5th, 2020 by Dave BrotherstoneOpen sourcing intervene, a tool to selectively mock API responses and proxy everything else to the real API server.