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Shutterstock Search Images Example

Example request and response for searching Shutterstock stock images

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Shutterstock Search Images Example is an example object payload from Shutterstock, with 4 top-level fields. It illustrates the shape of data this provider's APIs accept or return.

Top-level fields

titledescriptionrequestresponse

Example Payload

{
  "title": "Search Images Example",
  "description": "Example request and response for searching Shutterstock stock images",
  "request": {
    "method": "GET",
    "url": "https://api.shutterstock.com/v2/images/search",
    "headers": {
      "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_OAUTH_ACCESS_TOKEN",
      "User-Agent": "MyApplication/1.0"
    },
    "queryParameters": {
      "query": "sunset beach tropical",
      "image_type": "photo",
      "orientation": "horizontal",
      "color": "f4a123",
      "per_page": "10",
      "page": "1",
      "sort": "popular"
    }
  },
  "response": {
    "status": 200,
    "headers": {
      "Content-Type": "application/json"
    },
    "body": {
      "data": [
        {
          "id": "1234567890",
          "description": "Beautiful golden sunset over tropical beach with palm trees",
          "image_type": "photo",
          "is_editorial": false,
          "is_adult": false,
          "is_illustration": false,
          "media_type": "image",
          "added_date": "2024-03-15",
          "contributor": {
            "id": "987654321"
          },
          "assets": {
            "preview": {
              "url": "https://thumb7.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/987654321/1234567890/stock-photo-beautiful-golden-sunset-1234567890.jpg",
              "width": 450,
              "height": 300,
              "format": "jpg"
            },
            "large_thumb": {
              "url": "https://thumb7.shutterstock.com/display_pic/987654321/1234567890/stock-photo-1234567890.jpg",
              "width": 150,
              "height": 100,
              "format": "jpg"
            },
            "small": {
              "url": null,
              "width": 1000,
              "height": 667,
              "format": "jpg"
            }
          },
          "categories": [
            { "id": "12", "name": "Nature" },
            { "id": "25", "name": "Travel" }
          ],
          "keywords": ["sunset", "beach", "tropical", "palm", "ocean", "golden", "horizon", "vacation"]
        }
      ],
      "page": 1,
      "per_page": 10,
      "total_count": 1847293,
      "search_id": "search-abc123-xyz789"
    }
  }
}

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