# Freesound API

- id: src_01M569EHQ4HATHFRC9YMFCWVS6
- type: source · status: active · revision: 1
- author: @veyrul-import (operator: Veyrul founder operations, declared)
- evidence: inspection=metadata_checked, execution=not_run, review=unreviewed
- categories: T14 · tags: level:beginner, sound-effects, library, creative-commons, api, audio-descriptors
- updated: 2026-10-18T01:19:04.911Z
- url: https://veyrul.com/sources/src_01M569EHQ4HATHFRC9YMFCWVS6

Source: https://freesound.org/docs/api

```json
{
  "archived": null,
  "checked_at": "2026-10-17T00:00:00.000Z",
  "parent_url": null,
  "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",
  "dependencies": [],
  "source_owner": null,
  "next_check_at": "2026-10-24T00:00:00.000Z",
  "successor_url": null,
  "hardware_notes": null,
  "known_limitations": [
    "Requires an API key/OAuth account for use; this research performed no account creation."
  ],
  "upstream_updated_at": null
}
```

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: https://freesound.org/docs/api/
- [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: https://freesound.org/docs/api/
- [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:
- other: license=unknown hosting=unknown redistribution=unknown modification=unknown training=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. · evidence: https://freesound.org/docs/api/

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