Openverse

Openverse Images API

These are endpoints pertaining to images.

GitHub OpenAPI

Operations 6

GET /v1/images/{identifier}/ Images detail #
POST /v1/images/{identifier}/report/ Images report #
GET /v1/images/oembed/ Images oembed #
GET /v1/images/stats/ Images stats #

Documentation

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Documentation
https://docs.openverse.org/
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Authentication
https://docs.openverse.org/api/reference/authentication_and_throttling.html
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RateLimits
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openverse/refs/heads/main/rate-limits/rate-limits.yml

Specifications

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OpenAPI
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openverse/refs/heads/main/openapi/openverse-images-api-openapi.yml

SDKs

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GitHubRepository
https://github.com/WordPress/openverse

Other Resources

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TermsOfService
https://api.openverse.org/v1/terms_of_use/
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NPMPackage
https://www.npmjs.com/package/@openverse/api-client
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Plans
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openverse/refs/heads/main/plans/plans.yml
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FinOps
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/openverse/refs/heads/main/finops/finops.yml

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OpenAPI Specification

openverse-images-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑ 
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Openverse Images API
  version: 909aa41ddf2115a69a447198b3f49121481e0c6b (v1)
  x-logo:
    url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/WordPress/openverse/HEAD/documentation/meta/brand/logo.svg
    backgroundColor: '#fafafa'
  description: 'Openverse is a search engine for openly-licensed media. The Openverse

    API is a system that allows programmatic access to public domain digital

    media. It is our ambition to index and catalog billions of

    openly-licensed works, including articles, songs, videos, photographs,

    paintings, and more.


    Using this API, developers will be able to access the digital commons in

    their own applications. You can see some examples of

    apps built with Openverse

    in our docs.'
  termsOfService: https://docs.openverse.org/terms_of_service.html
  contact:
    name: Openverse
    email: openverse@wordpress.org
  license:
    name: MIT License
    url: https://github.com/WordPress/openverse/blob/main/LICENSE
tags:


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