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Jan 09Seeqpod API = Free MP3 Search Engine
Seeqpod is a great website for finding free music on the web quickly. They offer an API which allows web developers (like me) to create websites and applications which access Seeqpod’s database. I recently created a website, called Freemusic, which allows users to access Seeqpod’s music in a much more user friendly way. Users can share direct links to playlists they’ve created using the site. And all of the music can easily be downloaded from the original source that Seeqpod found it in.
Here’s a screenshot of the site:
Lastly, I feel like it needs to be said that the site itself stores no music files or indexes of the locations of music files on the internet. It merely is an engine for querying the Seeqpod database. If a user finds a song in Seeqpod’s database which has been uploaded to the internet without permission of the copyright holder, then this user should not download or listen to this song.
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The site uses the following technologies: javascript, ajax, php, seeqpod api, and the jw flash player.
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Tags: ajax, api, flash, jquery, jw flash player, mp3, Music, php
June 1st, 2009 at 5:28 am
Thx for article, but Seeqpod are dead.
June 3rd, 2009 at 5:16 am
@onblog
You are correct. Seeqpod recently filed for bankrupcy. As a result, Freemusic has been temporarily retired. I have found some other music APIs which I will be using in a launch of a new version of Freemusic very soon. Please check Freemusic for the latest information.
July 27th, 2009 at 3:32 pm
Hi Adam, I’m doing some research about an API I can use to load MP3 from ActionScript 3, can you give me some links ? I can’t find something else than Last FM …
July 31st, 2009 at 12:58 pm
@niko: Every since SeeqPod filed for bankrupcy, their website has displayed a list of “SeeqPod ecosystems sites”, including Deezer, Snuzu, and Muxtape. So you could start by trying some of those. Also, recently I’ve found Lazytunes to be a be a very good service. Their API can be found here.