Getty Images

Getty Images is a premium stock media licensor of editorial and creative photography, illustrations, video, and music. The Getty Images API exposes search, asset metadata, and download endpoints for licensing partners and enterprise customers. Authentication is via API key + OAuth 2.0 client credentials.

Getty Images publishes 5 APIs on the APIs.io network, including Downloads API, Images API, Reference API, and 2 more. Tagged areas include Stock Media, Images, Editorial, Video, and Music.

Getty Images’ developer surface includes authentication and 12 more developer resources.

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33.9/100 thin ▬ flat Agent 31/100 agent aware Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

AccessSelf serve

5 APIs

Stock MediaImagesEditorialVideoMusicLicensing

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6

Composite quality — 33.9/100 · thin

Contract Quality 13.4 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 3.9 / 20

Commercial Clarity 5.8 / 20

Operational Transparency 3.4 / 13

Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 7.4 / 10

Agent readiness — 31/100 · agent aware

Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10

Idempotency 0 / 9

Stable Error Semantics 0 / 8

Request/Response Examples 0 / 7

Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7

Typed Event Surface 0 / 6

Agent Skills 0 / 5

Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4

Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3

A2A Agent Card 0 / 8

Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4

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APIs 5

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

Getty Images Downloads API

The Downloads API from Getty Images — 1 operation(s) for downloads.

Getty Images Images API

The Images API from Getty Images — 2 operation(s) for images.

Getty Images Reference API

The Reference API from Getty Images — 1 operation(s) for reference.

Getty Images Search API

The Search API from Getty Images — 4 operation(s) for search.

Getty Images Videos API

The Videos API from Getty Images — 2 operation(s) for videos.

Open Collections 1

Open, tool-agnostic API collections (OpenAPI-derived and Bruno).

Getty Images API

OPEN COLLECTION

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Getty Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Getty Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Getty Finops

FINOPS

Security Posture 3

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Getty Authentication

apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes

SECURITY

Getty Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Getty Vulnerability Disclosure

security.txt · contact published

SECURITY

Scopes 1

OAuth scopes governing access to this provider's APIs.

Getty Scopes

2 scopes · clientCredentials

2 scopes

SCOPES

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Getty Agentic Access

10 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Get Started 1

Portal, sign-up, and the first successful call

DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

OpenAPI

OpenAPI

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess

AgenticAccess

Build 1

SDKs, sample code, and the tooling you integrate with

GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 4

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Authentication

Authentication

OAuthScopes

OAuthScopes

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: getty
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/getty/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Getty Images
kind: company
description: Getty Images is a premium stock media licensor of editorial and creative photography, illustrations, video, and
  music. The Getty Images API exposes search, asset metadata, and download endpoints for licensing partners and enterprise
  customers. Authentication is via API key + OAuth 2.0 client credentials.
accessModel:
  pricing: unknown
  onboarding: self-serve
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Self-serve signup
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/getty.png
tags:
- Stock Media
- Images
- Editorial
- Video
- Music
- Licensing
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
apis:
- aid: getty:getty-downloads-api
  name: Getty Images Downloads API
  description: The Downloads API from Getty Images — 1 operation(s) for downloads.
  humanURL: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.gettyimages.com/v3
  tags:
  - Downloads
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/getty-downloads-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/authentication
- aid: getty:getty-images-api
  name: Getty Images Images API
  description: The Images API from Getty Images — 2 operation(s) for images.
  humanURL: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.gettyimages.com/v3
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/getty-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/authentication
- aid: getty:getty-reference-api
  name: Getty Images Reference API
  description: The Reference API from Getty Images — 1 operation(s) for reference.
  humanURL: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.gettyimages.com/v3
  tags:
  - Reference
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/getty-reference-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/authentication
- aid: getty:getty-search-api
  name: Getty Images Search API
  description: The Search API from Getty Images — 4 operation(s) for search.
  humanURL: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.gettyimages.com/v3
  tags:
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/getty-search-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/authentication
- aid: getty:getty-videos-api
  name: Getty Images Videos API
  description: The Videos API from Getty Images — 2 operation(s) for videos.
  humanURL: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  baseURL: https://api.gettyimages.com/v3
  tags:
  - Videos
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/getty-videos-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/docs/authentication
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/getty-agentic-access.yml
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/getty-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/getty-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/getty-authentication.yml
- type: OAuthScopes
  url: scopes/getty-scopes.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/gettyimages
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/getty-images
- type: Website
  url: https://www.gettyimages.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://developer.gettyimages.com/
- type: OpenAPI
  url: https://api.gettyimages.com/swagger
- type: Plans
  url: plans/getty-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/getty-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/getty-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com