I have been facing this issue for the last 7 to 8 days. Whenever I am trying to add a new SoundCloud Account, i am facing this error message -
A 401 - Unauthorized error from SoundCloud usually means the authentication process isn’t completing successfully — either the credentials are invalid, the app’s permissions aren’t set correctly, or the access token is being rejected.
A few things to check:
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Credentials – Make sure the Client ID and Client Secret you’re using are correct and from the right SoundCloud app.
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Redirect URL – In your SoundCloud app settings, confirm that the redirect URL exactly matches the one Make expects (including https:// and no trailing slash differences).
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Account status – If the SoundCloud account has any restrictions, suspensions, or unverified email, authentication can fail.
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Try fresh authorization – Revoke access in SoundCloud first, then try adding the account again in Make.
If all of that checks out and it’s still returning 401, it might be on SoundCloud’s side. In that case, capturing the exact time and steps of the failure and passing it to Make’s support team can help them confirm whether the OAuth handshake is failing upstream.