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Unsplash

Unsplash — free tier with API key

🎬 MediaUNMONITORED
AUTH APIKEYCORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

Unsplash exposes a free-tier JSON API. Register for an API key if required; we verified a public or demo endpoint.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
GET https://api.unsplash.com/photos/LBI7cgq3pbM

{
  "errors": [
    "OAuth error: The access token is invalid"
  ]
}
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://api.unsplash.com/photos/LBI7cgq3pbM"
const res = await fetch("https://api.unsplash.com/photos/LBI7cgq3pbM");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://api.unsplash.com/photos/LBI7cgq3pbM")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /photos/LBI7cgq3pbM awaits first probe
GET/photos/LBI7cgq3pbMPROBED

Unsplash — free tier with API key

GET/photos

Photo collection.

GET/photos/1

Photos details by ID (example: 1).

GET/photos?limit=10

Photo collection.

GET/photos/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

GET/photos/LBI7cgq3pbM/download

Photo collection.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

Unsplash: common questions

Is Unsplash free to use?

Yes — Unsplash is a free media API. Free tier: Free tier — API key required. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Unsplash need an API key?

Yes — Unsplash needs a free API key, which you pass on each request. Rate limits: Unpublished.

Can I call Unsplash from the browser?

Yes — Unsplash returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Unsplash up right now?

Unsplash is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.