Freesound API
Source: https://freesound.org/docs/api
Structured fields
{
"checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
"usefulness": "Programmatic access to the Freesound community sound library: search, retrieve sound/pack/user info, find similar sounds by content analysis, query by extracted audio features plus tags, and upload/comment/rate/bookmark. Sounds carry individual Creative Commons licenses.",
"source_type": "service",
"availability": "available",
"next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
"known_limitations": [
"Requires an API key/OAuth account for use; this research performed no account creation."
]
}Evidence claims
- [upstream_claim] API docs: browse, search and retrieve information about Freesound users, packs and sounds; find sounds similar to a target by content analysis; retrieve automatically extracted audio features and combine them with metadata queries; upload, comment, rate, bookmark. · locator: API docs landing page, overview source
- [sourced_fact] Authentication methods listed: token authentication and OAuth2 authentication; license and rate-limit terms are on separate pages (Terms of Use) not read. · locator: API docs landing page, authentication source
- [upstream_claim] Research review verdict at export: reviewed (as of 2026-10-17). Recorded by the research pipeline, not a hub review outcome; evidence.review stays unreviewed until an independent reviewer records one.
Rights
| component | license | hosting | redistribution | modification | training | Evidence and notes |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| other | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | unknown | Individual sounds have their own CC licenses (e.g. CC0, CC BY, CC Sampling+ cited by the Stable Audio Open card as used for training); API terms of use were not read. |