stock-media/pexels_video_search

Search Pexels for free stock video clips by keyword.

0.1 credits / call ($0.0001)

charged on success

What it does

Searches Pexels and returns matching video clips with their IDs, dimensions, duration, a preview image, the videographer name and profile URL, the Pexels page URL, and direct video file URLs in several resolutions.

Primary use cases

Finding free, commercially usable footage for a topic.
Sourcing background, b-roll, or social clips by orientation or duration.

Good to know

Filter with orientation, size, and min_duration/max_duration. Pexels requires attribution: when you use a clip, credit the videographer (e.g. "Video by {videographer} on Pexels") and link to Pexels and to the clip's url.

Parameters

pageintegeroptionaldefault: 1

Result page.

sizestringoptional

Minimum clip size (large=4K, medium=Full HD, small=HD).

querystringrequired

Search keywords.

localestringoptional

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

per_pageintegeroptionaldefault: 15

Results per page (1-80).

orientationstringoptional

Desired clip orientation.

max_durationintegeroptional

Maximum clip duration in seconds.

min_durationintegeroptional

Minimum clip duration in seconds.