Pixabay

Pixabay is a free stock images, videos, illustrations, vectors, and music platform. The Pixabay API offers a public REST API for searching and retrieving free media assets. Authentication is via API key obtained on free signup.

Pixabay publishes 2 APIs on the APIs.io network. Tagged areas include Stock Media, Image, Videos, Illustrations, and Free.

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12.4/100 emerging ▬ flat Agent 3/100 human only Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

AccessFree

2 APIs

Stock Media Image Videos Illustrations Free Search

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scored 2026-08-25 · rubric v0.14.0

Composite quality — 12.4/100 · emerging

Contract Quality 0.0 / 25

Developer Ergonomics 1.9 / 20

Access Clarity 2.6 / 20

Operational Transparency 1.0 / 13

Contract Governance 0.0 / 12

Discoverability 6.9 / 10

Agent readiness — 3/100 · human only

Machine-Readable Contract 0 / 18

Agentic Access Contract 0 / 10

Documented Reversibility 0 / 6

MCP Server 0 / 12

Machine-Readable Auth 0 / 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

Delegated User Identity 0 / 6

Protected Resource Metadata 0 / 5

Registration Without a Human 0 / 6

Agentic Commerce Surface 0 / 5

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APIs 2

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

Pixabay Image API

Search and retrieve royalty-free images, illustrations, and vectors. Filter by category, image type, orientation, color, and more. Returns image URLs at multiple resolutions.

Pixabay Video API

Search and retrieve royalty-free videos with multiple resolutions (large, medium, small, tiny) and dimensions metadata.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Pixabay Plans Pricing

1 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

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Pixabay Rate Limits

2 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

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Get Started 1

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DeveloperPortal

DeveloperPortal

Build 1

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GitHubOrganization

GitHubOrganization

Access & Security 2

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VulnerabilityDisclosure

VulnerabilityDisclosure

DomainSecurity

DomainSecurity

Operate 1

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RateLimits

RateLimits

Commercial 2

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Plans

Plans

FinOps

FinOps

Company 2

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LinkedIn

Website

Website

Source (apis.yml)

aid: pixabay
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/pixabay/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
name: Pixabay
kind: company
description: Pixabay is a free stock images, videos, illustrations, vectors, and music platform. The Pixabay API offers a
  public REST API for searching and retrieving free media assets. Authentication is via API key obtained on free signup.
accessModel:
  pricing: free
  onboarding: unknown
  trial: false
  try_now: false
  public: false
  label: Free
  confidence: medium
  source:
  - plans
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/pixabay.png
tags:
- Stock Media
- Image
- Videos
- Illustrations
- Free
- Search
tags_raw:
- Stock Media
- Images
- Videos
- Illustrations
- Free
- Search
created: '2026-05-08'
modified: '2026-05-08'
specificationVersion: '0.23'
apis:
- aid: pixabay:images
  name: Pixabay Image API
  description: Search and retrieve royalty-free images, illustrations, and vectors. Filter by category, image type, orientation,
    color, and more. Returns image URLs at multiple resolutions.
  humanURL: https://pixabay.com/api/docs/
  baseURL: https://pixabay.com/api/
  tags:
  - Image
  - Search
  - Illustrations
  tags_raw:
  - Images
  - Search
  - Illustrations
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pixabay.com/api/docs/
- aid: pixabay:videos
  name: Pixabay Video API
  description: Search and retrieve royalty-free videos with multiple resolutions (large, medium, small, tiny) and dimensions
    metadata.
  humanURL: https://pixabay.com/api/docs/#api_search_videos
  baseURL: https://pixabay.com/api/videos/
  tags:
  - Videos
  - Search
  properties:
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://pixabay.com/api/docs/#api_search_videos
common:
- type: VulnerabilityDisclosure
  url: security/pixabay-vulnerability-disclosure.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/pixabay-domain-security.yml
- type: GitHubOrganization
  url: https://github.com/Pixabay
- type: LinkedIn
  url: https://www.linkedin.com/company/pixabay
- type: Website
  url: https://pixabay.com/
- type: DeveloperPortal
  url: https://pixabay.com/api/docs/
- type: Plans
  url: plans/pixabay-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/pixabay-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/pixabay-finops.yml
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com

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