Freesound

freesound · Media

Media No Auth Free & Open media

With the Freesound APIv2 you can browse, search, and retrieve information about Freesound users, packs, and the sounds themselves of course. You can find similar sounds to a given target (based on content analysis) and retrieve automatically extracted features from audio files, as well as perform advanced queries combining content analysis features and other metadata (tags, etc...). With the Freesound APIv2, you can also upload, comment, rate and bookmark sounds!

Authentication

No authentication requiredFree to use with no key needed.

Sample Requests

GET Search sounds

This resource allows searching sounds in Freesound by matching their tags and other kinds of metadata.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/search/text?page=1&sort=score&query=test&filter=example&page_size=15&group_by_pack=1

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/search/text?page=1&sort=score&query=test&filter=example&page_size=15&group_by_pack=1"

import requests
params = {
    "page": "1",
    "sort": "score",
    "query": "test",
    "filter": "example",
    "page_size": "15",
    "group_by_pack": "1"
}
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/search/text",
    params=params,
)
print(response.json())

const url = new URL('https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/search/text');
url.searchParams.set('page', '1');
url.searchParams.set('sort', 'score');
url.searchParams.set('query', 'test');
url.searchParams.set('filter', 'example');
url.searchParams.set('page_size', '15');
url.searchParams.set('group_by_pack', '1');

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

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

func main() {
	baseURL, _ := url.Parse("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/search/text")
	q := baseURL.Query()
	q.Set("page", "1")
	q.Set("sort", "score")
	q.Set("query", "test")
	q.Set("filter", "example")
	q.Set("page_size", "15")
	q.Set("group_by_pack", "1")
	baseURL.RawQuery = q.Encode()
	targetURL := baseURL.String()
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/search/text")
uri.query = URI.encode_www_form({
  "page" => "1",
  "sort" => "score",
  "query" => "test",
  "filter" => "example",
  "page_size" => "15",
  "group_by_pack" => "1"
})

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/search/text?" . http_build_query([
    "page" => "1",
    "sort" => "score",
    "query" => "test",
    "filter" => "example",
    "page_size" => "15",
    "group_by_pack" => "1"
]);
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

GET Details of a sound

This resource allows the retrieval of detailed information about a sound.

https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/sounds/{soundId}

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curl -X GET "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/sounds/{soundId}"

import requests
response = requests.get(
    "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/sounds/{soundId}",
)
print(response.json())

const url = 'https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/sounds/{soundId}';

const response = await fetch(url); 
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

package main

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

func main() {
	targetURL := "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/sounds/{soundId}"
	req, _ := http.NewRequest("GET", targetURL, nil)

	client := &http.Client{}
	resp, _ := client.Do(req)
	defer resp.Body.Close()
	body, _ := io.ReadAll(resp.Body)
	fmt.Println(string(body))
}

require "net/http"
require "json"

uri = URI("https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/sounds/{soundId}")

http = Net::HTTP.new(uri.host, uri.port)
http.use_ssl = uri.scheme == "https"

req = Net::HTTP::Get.new(uri)

res = http.request(req)
puts JSON.parse(res.body)

<?php
$url = "https://api.apis.guru/v2/specs/freesound.org/2.0.0/sounds/{soundId}";
$opts = ["http" => [
    "method" => "GET",
]];
$ctx = stream_context_create($opts);
$res = file_get_contents($url, false, $ctx);
print_r(json_decode($res, true));

Postman Setup Guide

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See official documentation for authentication and setup.

What can you build with Freesound?

Freesound is a Media API. Developers commonly use media APIs for:

storing and delivering images, video, and audio
building digital asset management and media libraries
transcoding and optimising media for the web
adding video streaming and playback to your app
automating content tagging and metadata extraction

No authentication required. This API is open — no signup or key needed. Ideal for quick prototypes and public-facing features. Freesound is free to use, making it a low-risk choice to experiment with.

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