# Freesound API

Category: [Audio](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/audio/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/audio/freesound-api.html  
Documentation: https://freesound.org/docs/api/

The Freesound API searches a large library of Creative Commons sound effects and field recordings, by text, tags, duration or sound features such as pitch and tempo, for example rain or footstep sounds for a game. Requests are GET calls with a token, and the answers are JSON with links to MP3 and OGG previews; downloading the original files needs OAuth2. Free with a free API key for non-commercial use; commercial use is agreed case by case with the Freesound team. Each sound keeps its own licence, so check it and credit the author where needed.

- API key: Needed, free
- Pricing: Free with a free API key for non-commercial use; commercial use is agreed case by case with the Freesound team.
- Commercial use: Not on the free plan
- From the browser: Yes (CORS)
- Formats: JSON
- Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider: freesound.org
- Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

Example request:

```sh
curl 'https://freesound.org/apiv2/search/?query=rain&token=YOUR_API_KEY'
```

Replace YOUR_API_KEY with your own key. The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.