# Openverse API

Category: [Audio](https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/audio/)  
Page: https://free-web-services.com/web-services/media/audio/openverse-api.html  
Documentation: https://api.openverse.org/v1/

The Openverse API from WordPress searches openly licensed and public-domain audio and images from sources such as Freesound, Jamendo and Wikimedia Commons, for example music or sound effects that may be reused in a video. Requests are GET calls with JSON answers that include the licence and a ready-made attribution text; license_type=commercial keeps only works that allow commercial use. Free, no key needed; a free registered application gets higher rate limits.

- API key: Not needed
- Pricing: Free, no key needed; a free registered application gets higher rate limits.
- From the browser: Yes (CORS)
- Formats: JSON
- Interface: REST, HTTP-GET
- Provider: api.openverse.org
- Last checked: Working on November 7th, 2026

Example request:

```sh
curl 'https://api.openverse.org/v1/audio/?q=rain'
```

The JavaScript works in a web page as well as in Node.js 18 or newer.