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iStock Search API

Search creative and editorial assets

iStock Search API is one of 6 APIs that iStock publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Search. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification and API documentation.

This API exposes 4 operations across 4 paths, and defines 4 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 3.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.gettyimages.com/v3.

4 operations 4 paths 4 schemas 4 GET

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
3.0
Base URL
https://api.gettyimages.com/v3
Authentication
API Key, HTTP Bearer
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 2

iStock Search API declares 2 security schemes for authenticating requests. An API key is passed in the header as api-key (apiKey). It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (JWT) (bearerAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • apiKey — API key issued through the Getty Images developer program.
  • bearerAuth — OAuth 2.0 access token obtained via /oauth2/token.

Paths & Operations 4

Across 4 paths, the API surfaces 4 operations — 4 GET. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Search 4

Search creative and editorial assets

GET
/search/images/creative
Search creative images
searchCreativeImages 4 params → 200
GET
/search/images/editorial
Search editorial images
searchEditorialImages 3 params → 200
GET
/search/videos/creative
Search creative videos
searchCreativeVideos 3 params → 200
GET
/search/videos/editorial
Search editorial videos
searchEditorialVideos 3 params → 200

Schemas 4

The contract defines 4 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Image (11 properties), Video (7 properties), VideoSearchResult (2 properties), ImageSearchResult (2 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ImageSearchResult
object
2 properties
Image
object
11 properties
Video
object
7 properties
VideoSearchResult
object
2 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

istock-search-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs iStock publishes across the network.

iStock Countries API
iStock Downloads API
iStock Images API
iStock OAuth API
iStock Videos API