# SoundCloud Recent Tracks

Newest SoundCloud tracks carrying a genre tag, with artwork, counters, duration and genre metadata.

- **Documentation:** [https://scrappa.co/docs/soundcloud-api/soundcloud_recent_tracks](https://scrappa.co/docs/soundcloud-api/soundcloud_recent_tracks)
- **API group:** SoundCloud API
- **Endpoint:** `GET https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/recent-tracks`

## Authentication

Send your Scrappa API key in the `X-API-KEY` request header. Paid endpoints also support accountless x402 payments when called without an API key.

## Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| `tag` | string | Yes | Genre tag to browse, e.g. house or techno. |
| `limit` | integer | No | Maximum number of tracks. Defaults to 20. |

## Example request

```bash
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/recent-tracks?tag=house&limit=20"
```

## Example response

```json
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "engine": "soundcloud_recent_tracks",
        "tag": "house",
        "limit": 20
    },
    "tracks": [
        {
            "id": 1000000003,
            "title": "Warehouse Hours",
            "genre": "House",
            "created_at": "2026-09-28T20:00:00Z",
            "permalink_url": "https://soundcloud.com/other/warehouse-hours"
        }
    ],
    "pagination": {
        "offset": 0,
        "limit": 20,
        "total": null,
        "next_offset": 20
    }
}
```

## Errors

| Status | Error | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| 422 | Validation Error | A required parameter is missing or a parameter failed validation. |
| 404 | SoundCloud Not Found | The requested SoundCloud object does not exist. |
| 503 | SoundCloud Upstream Unavailable | SoundCloud could not be reached within the full attempt budget. |

## More Scrappa resources

- [API documentation](https://scrappa.co/docs)
- [Full LLM-readable API reference](https://scrappa.co/llms-full.txt)
- [OpenAPI specification](https://scrappa.co/docs/api.json)
- [Pricing](https://scrappa.co/pricing)