photography APIs

Screenshotlayer is a simple API that converts any URL into a screenshot image with a single HTTP request.

APITemplate.io lets you generate images and PDFs on the fly by filling data into pre-designed templates.

CheetahO is an image optimization API that compresses and resizes photos without visible quality loss.

Dagpi is a free image manipulation API that applies filters, effects, and fun transformations to images with a single HTTP request.

DynaPictures is an API for generating large batches of personalized images from reusable templates.

The Flickr API gives you access to the massive Flickr photo library, letting you search photos, fetch albums, and manage a user's photostream.

The Getty Images API provides programmatic access to one of the largest professional stock photo libraries in the world, with over 480 million images, videos, and illustrations.

The Giphy API gives you access to the world's largest GIF library, letting you search, trend, and embed animated GIFs in your applications.

Google Photos API lets you access, upload, and organize photos and albums stored in a user Google Photos account.

The Image Upload API from APILayer lets you upload, store, and optimize images in the cloud via a simple REST interface.

Imgur API lets you upload, manage, and share images and GIFs on the Imgur platform programmatically.

Lorem Picsum provides free, beautiful placeholder images sourced from Unsplash with a simple URL-based API that requires no authentication.

ObjectCut API uses AI to automatically remove image backgrounds and cut out objects with high precision, returning a PNG with a transparent background.

Pexels API provides free access to a large library of high-quality stock photos and videos contributed by talented creators, all under the Pexels license.

PhotoRoom API uses AI to remove backgrounds from product and portrait photos, producing clean PNG images with transparent backgrounds suitable for e-commerce and marketing.

Pixabay API gives you free access to over 4 million high-quality photos, illustrations, vectors, and videos released under the Pixabay license, which allows commercial use without attribution.

PlaceKeanu is a fun, free placeholder image API that serves Keanu Reeves photos in any size you specify in the URL with no API key or sign-up needed.

Readme Typing SVG generates animated SVG images that display a customizable typing-and-deleting text animation, commonly used in GitHub profile READMEs to add a dynamic introduction.

Remove.bg is an API that automatically removes the background from any photo using AI.

ReSmush.it is a free image optimization API that compresses photos to reduce file size without visibly losing quality.

Shutterstock is a leading stock media platform, and its API lets you search and license millions of professional photos, videos, and music tracks programmatically.

Sirv is an image management API that lets you upload, optimize, resize, and serve images from a CDN through simple URL parameters.

Unsplash is a free high-resolution photography platform, and its API gives you programmatic access to over 3 million professional photos you can use in your projects.

Wallhaven is a curated wallpaper community, and its API lets you search and browse its large collection of high-resolution wallpapers by keyword, category, and resolution.

Webdam is a digital asset management (DAM) platform, and its API gives you programmatic access to manage brand assets such as images, logos, videos, and documents stored in your Webdam account.