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What identifiers do SoundCloud routes accept?
Profile routes take the handle as a path segment — the slug from soundcloud.com/{handle} — with or without a leading @. The track route takes a full public track URL in the url query param. If you pass a profile URL to the track route it returns 400 and points you at the profile endpoint.
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