# Getty Images

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/getty/  
**Website:** https://www.gettyimages.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 5

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.

## Kin Score — 25.9 / 100 (emerging)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 25.9).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 51.7 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 7.9 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 9.5 |
| Commercial Clarity | 13.2 |
| Access Clarity | 13.2 |

## Agent readiness — 29.1 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | no |
| Rate Limit Signal | documented |
| Event Surface Described | no |
| Agent Skills | no |
| Well Known Catalog | no |
| Consent Identity | no |
| Agent Card | no |
| Dry Run Mode | no |

## Access

Self-serve signup — onboarding: self-serve, pricing: unknown, trial: no (confidence: high).

## APIs (5)

- **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.

## Agentic access (1)

- **Getty Agentic Access** — 10 operations · 1 acting

## Security (3)

- **Getty Authentication** — apiKey/oauth2 · 2 schemes
- **Getty Domain Security** — TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC
- **Getty Vulnerability Disclosure** — security.txt · contact published

## Plans (1)

- **Getty Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Stock Media, Image, Editorial, Video, Music, Licensing

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Profiled by [API Evangelist](https://apievangelist.com) and published on [APIs.io](https://apis.io/providers/getty/). Scores are computed from the provider's own public artifacts under a published rubric.