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Openverse CC Media Search (Free)

Openverse CC Media Search (Free)

Search millions of Creative Commons & public-domain images by keyword via Openverse. Get title, creator, license, attribution and direct image URLs. Free, no API key.

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Free Apify actor. Search millions of Creative Commons and public-domain images by keyword, powered by the official Openverse API (the same open media index maintained by WordPress/Automattic). Perfect for finding legally reusable visuals for blogs, decks, marketing and datasets. Images libres de droits (Creative Commons) recherchables par mot-clé.

What it does

For each keyword you provide, it queries Openverse and returns structured metadata for the matching openly-licensed images: title, creator, license type and URL, attribution string, source platform and a direct image URL you can download.

Input

FieldTypeDescription
queriesarrayKeywords to search (one search per keyword).
maxResultsintegerImages per query (1-200, default 20).
licensestringOptional license filter (cc0, by, by-sa, ...). Empty = all.

Output (one item per image)

{
"query": "mountain landscape",
"status": "found",
"title": "Mountains",
"creator": "Jane Doe",
"license": "BY-SA",
"license_version": "2.0",
"license_url": "https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/",
"image_url": "https://live.staticflickr.com/.../image_b.jpg",
"attribution": "\"Mountains\" by Jane Doe is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0.",
"source": "flickr"
}

Every input produces at least one item, with status: found, not_found, or error.

Use cases

  • Source royalty-free images for blog posts, slides and social media.
  • Build datasets of CC-licensed visuals with proper attribution.
  • Automate image sourcing in content pipelines.
  • Check available licenses before reusing a visual.

Limitations & fair use

Always respect each image's license and include the provided attribution. Data comes from the public Openverse API; availability depends on that service.

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