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Openverse images API

These are endpoints pertaining to images.

Documentation Provider Profile APIs.io OpenAPI GitHub

Openverse images API is one of 3 APIs that Openverse publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Image. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, authentication docs, a GitHub repository, and rate-limit docs.

This API exposes 6 operations across 6 paths, and defines 13 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.0.3, at version 909aa41ddf2115a69a447198b3f49121481e0c6b (v1).

Requests are made against the base URL https://api.openverse.org/v1.

6 operations 6 paths 13 schemas 5 GET1 POST

Metadata

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Specification
OpenAPI 3.0.3
API Version
909aa41ddf2115a69a447198b3f49121481e0c6b (v1)
Base URL
https://api.openverse.org/v1
Authentication
HTTP Bearer
Contact
Openverse
License
MIT License
Terms of Service
View terms
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Openverse images API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP bearer tokens (Openverse API Token).

Paths & Operations 6

Across 6 paths, the API surfaces 6 operations — 5 GET, 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

images 6

These are endpoints pertaining to images.

GET
/v1/images/
Return images that match the query. This endpoint allows you to search within specific fields, or to retrieve a collection of all images from a specific source, creator or tag. Results are paginated…
images_search 23 params → 200400401
GET
/v1/images/{identifier}/
Get the details of a specified image. By using this endpoint, you can obtain info about images such as id, title, indexedon, foreignlandingurl, url, creator, creatorurl, license, licenseversion, lice…
images_detail 1 param → 200401404
GET
/v1/images/{identifier}/related/
Get related images for a specified image. By using this endpoint, you can get the details of related images such as id, title, indexedon, foreignlandingurl, url, creator, creatorurl, license, license…
images_related 1 param → 200401404
POST
/v1/images/{identifier}/report/
Report an issue about a specified image to Openverse. By using this endpoint, you can report an image if it infringes copyright, contains mature or sensitive content or some other reason.
images_report 1 param body → 201401400404
GET
/v1/images/oembed/
Retrieve the structured data for a specified image URL as per the [oEmbed spec](https://oembed.com/). This info can be used to embed the image on the consumer's website. Only JSON format is supported.
images_oembed 1 param → 200400401404
GET
/v1/images/stats/
Get a list of all content sources and their respective number of images in the Openverse catalog. By using this endpoint, you can obtain info about content sources such as sourcename, displayname, so…
images_stats → 200401

Schemas 13

The contract defines 13 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed are Image (24 properties), Oembed (8 properties), PaginatedImageList (6 properties), Source (5 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

ReasonEnum
string
mature - mature dmca - dmca other - other
Image
object
A single image. Used in search results.
24 properties 11 required
Tag
object
This output serializer serializes a singular tag.
3 properties 2 required
Source
object
5 properties 5 required
NotFound
object
1 property
AuthenticationFailed
object
1 property
PaginatedImageList
object
6 properties 5 required
ValidationError
object
1 property
ImageReportRequest
object
3 properties 2 required
NotAuthenticated
object
1 property
TypeEnum
string
VersionEnum
string
Oembed
object
The embedded content from a specified image URL. This is essentially an ImageSerializer with some changes to match the oEmbed spec: https://oembed.com.
8 properties 7 required

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

openverse-images-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Openverse publishes across the network.

Openverse audio API
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Openverse auth API
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API Details
ID
openverse:openverse-images-api
Base URL
https://api.openverse.org/v1
Docs
https://api.openverse.org/v1/
Provider
Openverse
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