stock-media/pexels_search

Search Pexels for free stock photos by keyword.

0.1 credits / call ($0.0001)

charged on success

What it does

Searches Pexels and returns matching photos with their IDs, dimensions, photographer name and profile URL, the Pexels photo page URL, and direct image URLs in several sizes.

Primary use cases

Finding free, commercially usable images for a topic.
Sourcing hero or thumbnail images by orientation or color.

Good to know

Filter with orientation, size, and color. Pexels requires attribution: when you use an image, credit the photographer (e.g. "Photo by {photographer} on Pexels") and link to Pexels and to the photo's url.

Parameters

pageintegeroptionaldefault: 1

Result page.

sizestringoptional

Minimum photo size.

colorstringoptional

Desired color (named, e.g. "red", or hex like "ff0000").

querystringrequired

Search keywords.

localestringoptional

Search locale (e.g. "en-US").

per_pageintegeroptionaldefault: 15

Results per page (1-80).

orientationstringoptional

Desired photo orientation.