# Getty Images MCP Server

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-mcp-server/  
**Provider:** Getty Images — https://apis.io/providers/getty-images/  
**Base URL:** https://mcp.gettyimages.com/v1  
**Documentation:** https://developer.gettyimages.com/mcp/

Getty Images MCP Server is one of 59 APIs that [Getty Images](https://apis.io/providers/getty-images/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include MCP, Artificial Intelligence, Search, Image, and Videos. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes API documentation and authentication docs.

The Getty Images MCP Server is a remote Model Context Protocol endpoint at https://mcp.gettyimages.com/v1 that gives AI agents tools for authenticating with OAuth 2.0, searching images and videos within the organization's Getty Images licence agreement, retrieving asset metadata and downloading image and video files. Credentials are issued by a Getty Images account representative; calls are throttled at 20 queries per second. Getty asks clients not to hard-code tool names or parameters and to discover the tool set at call time.

## Machine-readable artifacts (4)

- **MCPServer** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/getty-images/refs/heads/main/mcp/getty-images-mcp.yml
- **ToolCrosswalk** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/getty-images/refs/heads/main/mcp/getty-images-tool-crosswalk.yml
- **Documentation** — https://developer.gettyimages.com/mcp/
- **Authentication** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/getty-images/refs/heads/main/authentication/getty-images-authentication.yml

## Other Getty Images APIs (12)

- [Getty Images Affiliates API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-affiliates-api/)
- [Getty Images Ai API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-ai-api/)
- [Getty Images Ai Generator API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-ai-generator-api/)
- [Getty Images Artists API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-artists-api/)
- [Getty Images Assets API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-assets-api/)
- [Getty Images Background API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-background-api/)
- [Getty Images Batches API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-batches-api/)
- [Getty Images Boards API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-boards-api/)
- [Getty Images Change API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-change-api/)
- [Getty Images Changes API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-changes-api/)
- [Getty Images Channels API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-channels-api/)
- [Getty Images Collections API](https://apis.io/apis/getty-images/getty-images-collections-api/)

## Tags

MCP, Artificial Intelligence, Search, Image, Videos

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