Unsplash
APISearch and download from Unsplash's free stock photo library
- Price
- Free tier, then paid
- Access
- Access key (Client-ID header)
About
REST API for Unsplash's library of free stock photos, used to build photo pickers and galleries. New apps start in demo mode at 50 requests an hour; production access needs Unsplash's approval, and returned image URLs must be embedded directly rather than re-hosted.
What you can do with it
- Search Unsplash's photo library by keyword
- Get a random photo for a placeholder or background
- Track a photo download to credit the photographer
Get started
- Register as a developer and create an application
- Apply for production to raise the demo rate limit
Example
curl "https://api.unsplash.com/photos/random?query=mountains" \
-H "Authorization: Client-ID $UNSPLASH_ACCESS_KEY"Details
- Hosting
- Hosted service
- Available in
- Worldwide
- Official SDKs
- JavaScript/TypeScript
- MCP server
- None
