# Action required: Upcoming Update to SoundCloud API id fields

DevFeed: [Action required: Upcoming Update to SoundCloud API id fields](<https://devfeed.tech/articles/action-required-upcoming-update-to-soundcloud-api-id-fields-2171.md>)

Original publisher: [Read original article](<https://developers.soundcloud.com/blog//urn-num-to-string>)

Published: 2025-04-29T00:00:00Z

Content type: release

Language: en

Sources: [SoundCloud Backstage Blog](<https://devfeed.tech/sources/soundcloud-backstage-blog.md>)

Topics: [SDKs](<https://devfeed.tech/topics/sdks.md>)

Tags: [announcements](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/announcements.md>), [api](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/api.md>), [data](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/data.md>), [developers](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/developers.md>), [responses](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/responses.md>), [update](<https://devfeed.tech/tags/update.md>)

## AI overview

SoundCloud is deprecating numeric API resource IDs in favor of stable string-based URNs. Integrations should migrate to the urn field by June 30, 2025 to avoid degraded behavior or API failures.

## Source excerpt

To all developers using SoundCloud's public API -- we're introducing an important change that will affect how you reference resources like...