Pixieset Collections API

Gallery collections, access, and downloads.

Operations 5

GET /collections/{collection_id} Get gallery collection details #
GET /collections/{collection_id}/galleries List galleries in a collection #
GET /collections/{collection_id}/clients List clients with access to a collection #
GET /collections/{collection_id}/downloads/ List all download activity for a collection #
GET /collections/{collection_id}/favorites List client-favorited photos and videos in a collection #

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OpenAPI Specification

pixieset-collections-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑
openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Pixieset Studio & Gallery API (Modeled, Unofficial)…
  description: Pixieset does not publish a public or partner developer API - there is no self-serve API key or OAuth signup, no official API reference, and no developer program.
  version: 1.0-modeled
  contact:
    name: Pixieset
    url: https://pixieset.com
servers:
- url: https://studio.pixieset.com/api/v1
  description: Studio API (business management) - modeled, unofficial
- url: https://galleries.pixieset.com/api/v1
  description: Gallery API (client delivery & sales) - modeled, unofficial
security:
- sessionCookie: []
tags:
- name: Collections
  description: Gallery collections, access, and downloads.
paths:
  /collections/{collection_id}:
    get:
      operationId: getCollection
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: Get gallery collection details
      servers:
      - url: https://galleries.pixieset.com/api/v1
      parameters:
      - name: collection_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
          example: 90516387
      - name: expand
        in: query
        schema:
          type: string
          example: video_cover
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Collection detail.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
                properties:
                  data:
                    $ref: '#/components/schemas/Collection'
  /collections/{collection_id}/galleries:
    get:
      operationId: listCollectionGalleries
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: List galleries in a collection
      servers:
      - url: https://galleries.pixieset.com/api/v1
      parameters:
      - name: collection_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Galleries within the collection.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /collections/{collection_id}/clients:
    get:
      operationId: listCollectionClients
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: List clients with access to a collection
      servers:
      - url: https://galleries.pixieset.com/api/v1
      parameters:
      - name: collection_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Clients with access, permission level, and favorites count.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /collections/{collection_id}/downloads/:
    get:
      operationId: listCollectionDownloads
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: List all download activity for a collection
      servers:
      - url: https://galleries.pixieset.com/api/v1
      parameters:
      - name: collection_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Combined photo and video download activity.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
  /collections/{collection_id}/favorites:
    get:
      operationId: listCollectionFavorites
      tags:
      - Collections
      summary: List client-favorited photos and videos in a collection
      servers:
      - url: https://galleries.pixieset.com/api/v1
      parameters:
      - name: collection_id
        in: path
        required: true
        schema:
          type: integer
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Favorited media with client attribution.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                type: object
components:
  schemas:
    Collection:
      type: object
      properties:
        id:
          type: integer
          example: 90516387
        name:
          type: string
        description:
          type: string
        gallery_count:
          type: integer
        photo_count:
          type: integer
        video_count:
          type: integer
        password_protected:
          type: boolean
        downloadable:
          type: boolean
        expiry_date:
          type:
          - string
          - 'null'
          format: date
  securitySchemes:
    sessionCookie:
      type: apiKey
      in: cookie
      name: session_cookie
      description: Session cookie issued by the Pixieset web login flow (studio.pixieset.com/login or galleries.pixieset.com/login). This is the internal web-app session mechanism, not a published API-key or OAuth developer credential - Pixieset does not offer either for third-party use. Write operations additionally require an X-CSRF-Token header per the reverse-engineered documentation.
externalDocs:
  description: Unofficial Pixieset API documentation (trozz/pixieset-api-docs)
  url: https://trozz.github.io/pixieset-api-docs/