Unsplash · OAuth Scopes

Unsplash OAuth Scopes

OAuth 2.0 derived

Unsplash publishes 8 OAuth 2.0 scopes via the authorizationCode flow. Scopes are the fine-grained permissions an application requests at authorization time to act against the Unsplash API on a user’s behalf.

Tokens are issued from https://unsplash.com/oauth/token.

This index is generated from the provider’s OpenAPI security definitions (and, where available, its documented scope reference) and refreshes on every APIs.io network build. Browse every provider’s scopes at scopes.apis.io.

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Scopes: 8 Flows: authorizationCode Method: derived

OAuth endpoints

Authorization URL
https://unsplash.com/oauth/authorize

Token URL
https://unsplash.com/oauth/token

Flows
authorizationCode

Scopes (8)

Scope	Description	Flows
public	Read public data (default)	authorizationCode
read_collections	Read collection data	authorizationCode
read_photos	Read photo data	authorizationCode
read_user	Read user profile data	authorizationCode
write_collections	Create, update, delete collections	authorizationCode
write_likes	Like/unlike photos	authorizationCode
write_photos	Write photo data (update metadata)	authorizationCode
write_user	Write user profile data	authorizationCode

📄 Provider scope reference:

Source

OAuth Scopes

generated: '2026-07-11'
method: derived
source: openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
schemes:
- name: OAuth2
  source: openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
  flows:
  - flow: authorizationCode
    authorizationUrl: https://unsplash.com/oauth/authorize
    tokenUrl: https://unsplash.com/oauth/token
scopes:
- scope: public
  description: Read public data (default)
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
- scope: read_collections
  description: Read collection data
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
- scope: read_photos
  description: Read photo data
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
- scope: read_user
  description: Read user profile data
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
- scope: write_collections
  description: Create, update, delete collections
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
- scope: write_likes
  description: Like/unlike photos
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
- scope: write_photos
  description: Write photo data (update metadata)
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml
- scope: write_user
  description: Write user profile data
  flows:
  - authorizationCode
  sources:
  - openapi/unsplash-openapi.yml

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