Pexels

Pexels Collections API

Browse featured and user-owned collections.

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.1.0
info:
  title: Pexels Collections API
  description: 'The Pexels API provides programmatic access to Pexels'' free stock photo

    and video library, plus curated collections. Use it to search photos

    and videos, fetch curated and popular media, and integrate Pexels

    content into apps and websites.

    '
  version: '1.0'
  contact:
    name: Pexels API
    url: https://www.pexels.com/api/
  termsOfService: https://www.pexels.com/terms-of-service/
servers:
- url: https://api.pexels.com/v1
  description: Pexels production API
tags:
- name: Collections
  description: Browse featured and user-owned collections.
paths:
  /collections/featured:
    get:
      operationId: getFeaturedCollections
      summary: Featured Collections
      description: Returns curated public collections.
      tags:
      - Collections
      security:
      - apiKeyAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: per_page
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Featured collections.
  /collections:
    get:
      operationId: getMyCollections
      summary: My Collections
      description: Returns the authenticated user's collections.
      tags:
      - Collections
      security:
      - apiKeyAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: per_page
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: User collections.
  /collections/{id}:
    get:
      operationId: getCollectionMedia
      summary: Collection Media
      description: Returns photos and videos within a collection.
      tags:
      - Collections
      security:
      - apiKeyAuth: []
      parameters:
      - in: path
        name: id
        required: true
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: type
        schema:
          type: string
          enum:
          - photos
          - videos
      - in: query
        name: sort
        schema:
          type: string
      - in: query
        name: page
        schema:
          type: integer
      - in: query
        name: per_page
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection contents.
components:
  securitySchemes:
    apiKeyAuth:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Pexels uses an API-key in the `Authorization` request header.

        Send your key as `Authorization: YOUR_API_KEY` on every request.

        '
externalDocs:
  description: Pexels API Documentation
  url: https://www.pexels.com/api/documentation/