# iStock

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/istock/  
**Website:** https://www.istockphoto.com/  
**APIs profiled:** 6

iStock is Getty Images' royalty-free stock media brand for affordable, subscription-based image, video, illustration, and audio licensing. iStock shares Getty's underlying API platform; partner API access is gated and tied to a commercial licensing agreement.

## Kin Score — 28.4 / 100 (thin)

Scored 2026-08-25 under rubric 0.14.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 28.4).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 74.1 |
| Contract Quality | 51.5 |
| Governance | 0.0 |
| Contract Governance | 0.0 |
| Operational Transparency | 5.3 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 21.4 |
| Commercial Clarity | 15.8 |
| Access Clarity | 15.8 |

## Agent readiness — 19.8 (agent-aware)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | bearer |
| 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 |
| Delegated Identity | no |
| Protected Resource Metadata | no |
| Dynamic Client Registration | no |
| Agentic Commerce | no |

## Access

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

## APIs (6)

- **iStock Countries API** — Reference data
- **iStock Downloads API** — License and download assets
- **iStock Images API** — Image metadata retrieval
- **iStock OAuth API** — OAuth 2.0 token acquisition
- **iStock Search API** — Search creative and editorial assets
- **iStock Videos API** — Video metadata retrieval

## Agentic access (1)

- **Istock Agentic Access** — 12 operations · 3 acting

## Security (3)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Istock Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Stock Media, Image, Video, Illustrations, Royalty-Free, Getty

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