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+from unittest.mock import MagicMock, patch
+
+import pytest
+import pytest_django.asserts
+
+from test.factory.models import AudioFactory
+
+
+@pytest.mark.parametrize("peaks, query_count", [(True, 2), (False, 1)])
+@pytest.mark.django_db
+def test_peaks_param_determines_addons(api_client, peaks, query_count):
+    num_results = 20
+
+    # Since controller returns a list of ``Hit``s, not model instances, we must
+    # set the ``meta`` param on each of them to match the shape of ``Hit``.
+    results = AudioFactory.create_batch(size=num_results)
+    for result in results:
+        result.meta = None
+
+    controller_ret = (
+        results,
+        1,  # num_pages
+        num_results,
+        {},  # search_context
+    )
+    with (
+        patch(
+            "api.views.media_views.search_controller",
+            query_media=MagicMock(return_value=controller_ret),
+        ),
+        patch(
+            "api.serializers.media_serializers.search_controller",
+            get_sources=MagicMock(return_value={}),
+        ),
+        pytest_django.asserts.assertNumQueries(query_count),
+    ):
+        res = api_client.get(f"/v1/audio/?peaks={peaks}")
+
+    assert res.status_code == 200