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Full detail: Where this data comes from

Openverse is a search engine providing programmatic access to the world's largest openly-licensed media catalog, covering 800M+ images and audio tracks from cultural institutions, museums, and creative commons sources.

API

Base URL: https://api.openverse.org/v1

Documentation: https://docs.openverse.org/

OpenAPI Spec: https://api.openverse.org/v1/schema/?format=json

Key Endpoints

Endpoint Method Description
/v1/images/ GET Search openly-licensed images
/v1/images/{identifier}/ GET Retrieve image by UUID
/v1/images/{identifier}/related/ GET Find related images
/v1/images/{identifier}/thumb/ GET Download image thumbnail
/v1/images/stats/ GET List image sources with counts
/v1/audio/ GET Search openly-licensed audio
/v1/audio/{identifier}/ GET Retrieve audio track by UUID
/v1/audio/{identifier}/related/ GET Find related audio
/v1/audio/{identifier}/thumb/ GET Download audio artwork thumbnail
/v1/audio/{identifier}/waveform/ GET Get waveform peak data
/v1/audio/stats/ GET List audio sources with counts
/v1/auth_tokens/register/ POST Register an OAuth2 application
/v1/auth_tokens/token/ POST Exchange credentials for access token

Authentication

Openverse supports both anonymous and authenticated access:

  • Anonymous: No key needed; limited to 1 req/sec, max 20 results per page
  • Authenticated (Standard): Register at /v1/auth_tokens/register/ to obtain OAuth2 credentials; higher rate limits and up to 500 results per page
  • Enhanced: By approval from the Openverse team for high-volume integrations

Media Sources

Images (800M+):

  • Flickr: 535M+
  • iNaturalist: 266M+
  • Wikimedia Commons: 87M+
  • Europeana: 13M+
  • Metropolitan Museum of Art, NASA, Smithsonian, Rijksmuseum, and 40+ more

Audio (~5M):

  • Wikimedia Commons: 3.88M+
  • Jamendo: 627K+
  • Freesound: 587K+

Pricing

The API is free with no paid plans. See finops/finops.yml for details.

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Openverse — independent third-party profile of a public API surface, by API Evangelist. Openverse is a search engine providing programmatic access to the world's largest openly-licensed media catalog, covering 800M+ images and audio tracks from cultural institutions, museums, and creative commons sources including Flickr, Wikimedia Commons, iNatura

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