---
title: "Pick a random song, podcast episode or video and redirect (302) to its stream url"
method: GET
path: "/random"
tags: ["Streaming and Downloads"]
---

# Pick a random song, podcast episode or video and redirect (302) to its stream url

`GET /random`

Picks a random song, podcast episode or video from the whole library and redirects (302) to its stream url. **Ampache 8.0.0+**

## Query parameters

- `type` 'album' | 'album_artist' | 'album_disk' | 'artist' | 'catalog' | 'favorite' | 'genre' | 'label' | 'playlist' | 'podcast_episode' | 'rating' | 'search' | 'song' | 'song_artist' | 'video'
- `filter` string
- `bitrate` integer
- `format` string
- `offset` integer
- `stats` 0 | 1

## Other responses

- `302` — Redirect to the stream url of the randomly picked object
- `400` — HTTP 400 Bad Request (errors 4705, 4710).
- `401` — HTTP 401 Unauthorized (error 4701).
- `403` — HTTP 403 Forbidden (errors 4700, 4703, 4742).
- `404` — HTTP 404 Not Found (error 4704).
- `500` — HTTP 500 Internal Server Error (error 4702).

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