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SoundCloud Search Suggestions

GET https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20

SoundCloud query suggestions for a partial search term: tracks, users and playlists matching what has been typed so far.

SoundCloud Search Suggestions 1 credit/request

Endpoint

Request preview
GET
https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20
Auth header
x-api-key
Cost
1 credit/request
query = night
Response preview
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "engine": "soundcloud_search_suggestions",
        "query": "night",
        "limit": 20
    },
    "suggestions": [
        {
            "query": "night drive radio"
        },
        {
            "query": "night drive"
        }
    ],
...

Parameters

Start with the required fields, then add optional filters only when your use case needs them.

Runnable path

1 required parameter needed before sending a request.

1 optional filter available.

query string Required

Partial search term (q is accepted as an alias).

Example value night
limit integer Optional

Maximum number of suggestions. Defaults to 20.

Example value 20

Request Examples

PHP
<?php

$curl = curl_init();

curl_setopt_array($curl, [
    CURLOPT_URL => "https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20",
    CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER => true,
    CURLOPT_ENCODING => "",
    CURLOPT_MAXREDIRS => 10,
    CURLOPT_TIMEOUT => 30,
    CURLOPT_HTTP_VERSION => CURL_HTTP_VERSION_1_1,
    CURLOPT_CUSTOMREQUEST => "GET",
    CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER => [
        "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE"
    ],
]);

$response = curl_exec($curl);
$err = curl_error($curl);

curl_close($curl);

if ($err) {
    echo "cURL Error #:" . $err;
} else {
    echo $response;
}
PHP
<?php

use Illuminate\Support\Facades\Http;

$response = Http::timeout(30)
    ->withHeaders(['x-api-key' => 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'])
    ->get('https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20');

if ($response->successful()) {
    echo $response->body();
} else {
    echo "Error: " . $response->status();
}
JavaScript
const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'
    }
};

fetch('https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20', options)
    .then(response => {
        if (!response.ok) {
            throw new Error(`HTTP error! status: ${response.status}`);
        }
        return response.text();
    })
    .then(data => console.log(data))
    .catch(error => console.error('Error:', error));
JavaScript
const axios = require('axios');

const options = {
    method: 'GET',
    url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20',
    headers: {
        x-api-key: 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
    }
};

try {
    const response = await axios(options);
    console.log(response.data);
} catch (error) {
    console.error('Error:', error.message);
}
Ruby
require 'net/http'
require 'uri'

uri = URI.parse("https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20")
http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == 'https'

request = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri.request_uri)
request['x-api-key'] = 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE'

begin
    response = http.request(request)
    puts response.body
rescue => e
    puts "Error: #{e.message}"
end
Python
import http.client
import json

conn = http.client.HTTPSConnection("scrappa.co")

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    conn.request("GET", "/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20", headers=headers)
    res = conn.getresponse()
    data = res.read()
    print(data.decode("utf-8"))
except Exception as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
finally:
    conn.close()
Python
import requests

headers = {
    'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
}

try:
    response = requests.get('https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20', headers=headers)
    response.raise_for_status()
    print(response.text)
except requests.exceptions.RequestException as e:
    print(f"Error: {e}")
Java
import okhttp3.OkHttpClient;
import okhttp3.Request;
import okhttp3.Response;
import java.io.IOException;

public class ApiExample {
    public static void main(String[] args) {
        OkHttpClient client = new OkHttpClient();

        Request request = new Request.Builder()
            .url("https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20")
        .addHeader("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
            .build();

        try (Response response = client.newCall(request).execute()) {
            if (response.isSuccessful()) {
                System.out.println(response.body().string());
            } else {
                System.out.println("Error: " + response.code());
            }
        } catch (IOException e) {
            System.out.println("Error: " + e.getMessage());
        }
    }
}
Go
package main

import (
    "fmt"
    "net/http"
    "io/ioutil"
)

func main() {
    client := &http.Client{}
    req, err := http.NewRequest("GET", "https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20", nil)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error creating request:", err)
        return
    }
    req.Header.Set("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")

    resp, err := client.Do(req)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error making request:", err)
        return
    }
    defer resp.Body.Close()

    body, err := ioutil.ReadAll(resp.Body)
    if err != nil {
        fmt.Println("Error reading response:", err)
        return
    }

    fmt.Println(string(body))
}
Terminal
#!/bin/bash

curl -X GET \
    -H "x-api-key: YOUR_API_KEY_HERE" \
    "https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20"
C#
using System;
using System.Net.Http;
using System.Threading.Tasks;

class Program
{
    static async Task Main()
    {
        using var client = new HttpClient();
        client.DefaultRequestHeaders.Add("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE");

        try
        {
            var response = await client.SendAsync(new HttpRequestMessage(HttpMethod.Get, "https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20"));
            var content = await response.Content.ReadAsStringAsync();
            Console.WriteLine(content);
        }
        catch (Exception ex)
        {
            Console.WriteLine($"Error: {ex.Message}");
        }
    }
}
TypeScript
import axios from 'axios';

async function run(): Promise<void> {
    try {
        const response = await axios({
            method: 'GET',
            url: 'https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20',
            headers: {
        'x-api-key': 'YOUR_API_KEY_HERE',
            },
        });

        console.log(response.data);
    } catch (error) {
        console.error('Error:', error);
    }
}

void run();
RUST
use reqwest::Client;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<(), Box<dyn std::error::Error>> {
    let client = Client::new();

    let response = client
        .get("https://scrappa.co/api/soundcloud/search/suggestions?query=night&limit=20")
        .header("x-api-key", "YOUR_API_KEY_HERE")
        .send()
        .await?;

    println!("{}", response.text().await?);

    Ok(())
}

Response Schema

Example response fields are illustrative; inspect the JSON before integrating.

Example response fields

Scan these fields before integrating.

search_parameters suggestions pagination

Common suggestions fields

query
JSON Response
200 OK
{
    "search_parameters": {
        "engine": "soundcloud_search_suggestions",
        "query": "night",
        "limit": 20
    },
    "suggestions": [
        {
            "query": "night drive radio"
        },
        {
            "query": "night drive"
        }
    ],
    "pagination": {
        "offset": 0,
        "limit": 20,
        "total": null,
        "next_offset": null
    }
}

Errors

Handle these documented responses before retrying or showing customer-facing failures.

422

Validation Error

A required parameter is missing or a parameter failed validation.

{
    "message": "The request validation failed",
    "errors": {
        "id": [
            "The id field is required."
        ]
    }
}
404

SoundCloud Not Found

The requested SoundCloud object does not exist.

{
    "error": "SoundCloud object not found.",
    "error_code": "soundcloud_not_found",
    "retryable": false
}
503

SoundCloud Upstream Unavailable

SoundCloud could not be reached within the full attempt budget.

{
    "error": "SoundCloud upstream is temporarily unavailable.",
    "error_code": "soundcloud_upstream_unavailable",
    "retryable": true
}

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