Mojeek Image Scraper

Extract image search results from Mojeek — a privacy-first, independent search engine powered by its own crawler. Mojeek images are sourced via Openverse (Creative Commons-licensed media from Flickr, Wikipedia, museums, and more).

Features

• Image results — thumbnail URL, full-size image URL, source page, title, creator, license
• Infinite scroll — automatically scrolls to load more images up to maxItems
• Pagination — follows explicit next-page links for large result sets
• License details — extracts CC license type, license URL, and attribution info
• Creator attribution — captures photographer/creator name and profile URL
• Provider info — tracks which image provider (e.g. Openverse) supplied the image
• Deduplication — cross-page deduplication prevents duplicate images
• Proxy support — works with Apify residential/datacenter proxies

Input Parameters

Field	Type	Default	Description
query	string	(required)	Image search query
maxItems	integer	100	Maximum number of images to extract
license	string	""	License filter: "" = all, "cc" = Creative Commons, "commercial" = commercial use
proxyConfiguration	object	—	Apify proxy config (recommended: residential)

Example INPUT.json

{
    "query": "nature photography",
    "maxItems": 100,
    "license": "cc",
    "proxyConfiguration": { "useApifyProxy": true }
}

Output Fields

Field	Type	Description
position	integer	Rank in results (1-based)
title	string	Image title (when available)
imageUrl	string	Thumbnail image URL (via Mojeek proxy)
largeImageUrl	string	Full-size image URL (via Mojeek proxy)
sourcePage	string	Source page hosting the original image
sourceDomain	string	Domain of the source page
license	string	License type (e.g. BY-SA, BY-NC-ND)
licenseUrl	string	URL to the Creative Commons license
reportUrl	string	URL to report the image on Openverse
creator	string	Image creator/photographer name
creatorProfileUrl	string	Link to creator's profile
provider	string	Image provider (e.g. openverse)
searchQuery	string	Query that produced this result
scrapedAt	string	ISO 8601 scrape timestamp

Example Output

{
    "position": 1,
    "title": "Cats at sunset",
    "imageUrl": "https://www.mojeek.com/image?img=https://api.openverse.org/v1/images/abc123",
    "largeImageUrl": "https://www.mojeek.com/image?img=https://api.openverse.org/v1/images/abc123-large",
    "sourcePage": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/user123/photo456",
    "sourceDomain": "flickr.com",
    "license": "BY-SA",
    "licenseUrl": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/",
    "reportUrl": "https://openverse.org/image/abc123",
    "creator": "Jane Doe",
    "creatorProfileUrl": "https://www.flickr.com/photos/user123",
    "provider": "openverse",
    "searchQuery": "cats photography",
    "scrapedAt": "2025-05-01T12:00:00.000Z"
}

How Pagination Works

Mojeek Images uses infinite scroll to load more results:

• Initial page loads ~24 images
• Each scroll loads ~24 more
• The scraper scrolls automatically until maxItems is reached
• Also follows explicit pagination links (s=25, s=49, etc.) for larger requests

Dataset Views

The dataset provides two views:

1. Image Results Overview — key fields including thumbnail, source, license, creator
2. Images By License — focused view with full attribution: license URL, creator profile, provider

Image Sources

Mojeek's image search is powered by Openverse, which aggregates openly licensed media from:

• Flickr — user-contributed photography
• Wikimedia Commons — free media files
• Museums & cultural institutions — digitized collections
• Open media databases — openly licensed stock images

Notes

• All images are Creative Commons licensed or openly licensed
• license values follow CC naming: BY, BY-SA, BY-NC, BY-NC-ND, BY-NC-SA, BY-ND
• Use a residential proxy for better reliability at scale
• Images are proxied via Mojeek's /image?img= endpoint for display