---
title: "Search for sound effects"
method: GET
path: "/v2/sfx/search"
tags: ["sound_effects"]
---

# Search for sound effects

`GET /v2/sfx/search`

This endpoint searches for sound effects. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition.

## Query parameters

- `added_date` string, date
- `added_date_start` string, date
- `added_date_end` string, date
- `duration` integer
- `duration_from` integer
- `duration_to` integer
- `page` integer
- `per_page` integer
- `query` string
- `safe` boolean
- `sort` 'popular' | 'newest' | 'relevance' | 'random' | 'oldest'
- `view` 'minimal' | 'full'
- `language` 'ar' | 'bg' | 'bn' | 'cs' | 'da' | 'de' | 'el' | 'en' | 'es' | 'fi' | 'fr' | 'gu' | 'he' | 'hi' | 'hr' | 'hu' | 'id' | 'it' | 'ja' | 'kn' | 'ko' | 'ml' | 'mr' | 'nb' | 'nl' | 'or' | 'pl' | 'pt' | 'ro' | 'ru' | 'sk' | 'sl' | 'sv' | 'ta' | 'te' | 'th' | 'tr' | 'uk' | 'ur' | 'vi' | 'zh' | 'zh-Hant' — Language code

## Response `200`

OK

- object — Sound effects search results
  - `data` object[], required — List of tracks
    - `added_date` string, date — Date this sound effect was added to the Shutterstock library
    - `affiliate_url` string — Affiliate referral link; appears only for registered affiliate partners
    - `artist` string — Artist of the sound effect
    - `assets` object — Files that are available as part of an sound effect asset
      - `preview_mp3` object — Information about a file that is part of an sound effect asset
        - `file_size` integer — File size of the sound effect
        - `url` string — URL the sound effect is available at
      - `waveform` object — Information about a file that is part of an sound effect asset
        - `file_size` integer — File size of the sound effect
        - `url` string — URL the sound effect is available at
    - `contributor` object, required — Information about a contributor
      - `id` string, required — ID of the contributor
    - `description` string — Description of this sound effect
    - `duration` number — Duration of this sound effect in seconds
    - `id` string, required — Shutterstock ID of this sound effect
    - `keywords` string[] — List of all keywords for this sound effect
    - `media_type` string, required — Media type of this track; should always be "sfx"
    - `releases` string[] — List of all releases of this sound effect
    - `title` string — Title of this sound effect
    - `updated_time` string, date-time — Time this sound effect was last updated
    - `url` string
  - `message` string — Server-generated message, if any
  - `page` integer — Current page that is returned
  - `per_page` integer — Number of results per page
  - `total_count` integer, required — Total count of all results across all pages
  - `search_id` string, required — ID of the search

## Other responses

- `400` — Bad Request
- `401` — Unauthorized
- `403` — Forbidden
- `503` — Service Unavailable

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