# Adobe Lightroom

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/providers/lightroom/  
**APIs profiled:** 12

APIs for Adobe Lightroom cloud services, enabling developers to access and manipulate photos, albums, and metadata programmatically. The Lightroom APIs are also available as part of Adobe Firefly Services for AI-powered image editing operations such as auto tone, auto straighten, and preset application.

## Kin Score — 48.5 / 100 (developing)

Scored 2026-08-20 under rubric 0.12.0. Trend: flat (+0.0 from 48.5).

| Facet | Score |
|---|---|
| Discoverability | 64.8 |
| Contract Quality | 65.8 |
| Governance | 9.8 |
| Contract Governance | 9.8 |
| Operational Transparency | 44.7 |
| Developer Ergonomics | 42.9 |
| Commercial Clarity | 50.0 |
| Access Clarity | 50.0 |

## Agent readiness — 35.0 (agent-ready)

| Dimension | Value |
|---|---|
| Spec Presence | yes |
| Agentic Access | derived |
| Reversibility Documented | no |
| MCP Server | no |
| Auth Clarity | yes |
| Idempotency | no |
| Error Semantics | no |
| OpenAPI Examples | verified |
| 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

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

## APIs (12)

- **Adobe Lightroom Album Assets API** — Manage assets within albums
- **Adobe Lightroom Albums API** — CRUD operations on albums
- **Adobe Lightroom Assets API** — CRUD operations on photo and video assets
- **Adobe Lightroom Auto Straighten API** — Automatically detect and correct image horizon alignment
- **Adobe Lightroom Auto Tone API** — Automatically adjust tonal values for optimal exposure and contrast
- **Adobe Lightroom Catalog API** — Catalog metadata and configuration
- **Adobe Lightroom Edit Image API** — Apply custom Lightroom edit settings to images
- **Adobe Lightroom Health API** — API health and availability checks
- **Adobe Lightroom Master API** — Upload and manage original master files
- **Adobe Lightroom Presets API** — Apply Lightroom presets (XMP develop settings) to images
- **Adobe Lightroom Renditions API** — Retrieve generated renditions (previews and thumbnails)
- **Adobe Lightroom XMP API** — Read and write external develop XMP sidecar files

## Agentic access (1)

- **Lightroom Agentic Access** — 37 operations · 17 acting · 1 human-in-the-loop

## Security (3)

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

## Plans (1)

- **Lightroom Plans Pricing**

## Tags

Cloud Storage, Image Editing, Metadata, Photo Management, Photography

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