# Stock Photo Scraper — Getty, iStock, Adobe Stock, Freepik +3 (`he_work/stock-media-scraper`) Actor

Search Getty Images, iStock, Adobe Stock, 123RF, Envato Elements, Freepik and Alamy at once: titles, contributors, licences, sizes, AI-generated flags, preview images and links in one table. Keyword research for stock contributors.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/he_work/stock-media-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [HE Work](https://apify.com/he_work) (community)
- **Categories:** For creators, Marketing, AI
- **Security:** Limited permissions
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
- **User rating**: No ratings yet

## Pricing

from $0.51 / 1,000 results

This Actor is paid per event. You are not charged for the Apify platform usage, but only a fixed price for specific events.
Since this Actor supports Apify Store discounts, the price gets lower the higher subscription plan you have.

Learn more: https://docs.apify.com/actors/running/actors-in-store.md#pay-per-event

## What's an Apify Actor?

An Actor is a serverless cloud program that runs on the Apify platform. It has two run modes.
In Batch mode, an Actor accepts a well-defined JSON input, performs an action which can take anything from a few seconds to a few hours,
and optionally produces a well-defined JSON output, datasets with results, or files in key-value store.
In Standby mode, an Actor provides a web server which can be used as a website, API, or an MCP server.

Apify vocabulary and the platform model are defined once, in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md.

## How to integrate an Actor?

If asked about integration, you help developers integrate Actors into their projects.
You adapt to their stack and deliver integrations that are safe, well-documented, and production-ready.

Do not guess an integration path. Every one of them is in the agent quickstart at https://apify.com/agents.md: the Apify MCP server, Agent Skills with the Apify CLI, the JavaScript and Python clients, the REST API, and the account-free path for an agent with no human to sign in. It also carries the rule on stating cost before the first paid run.

For examples already wired to this Actor's own input schema, see the [API](#api) section below.

Each client library has reference documentation the quickstart does not restate: [JavaScript/TypeScript](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs.md) (`npm install apify-client`) and [Python](https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs.md) (`pip install apify-client`).

# README

## Stock Photo Scraper — Getty, iStock, Adobe Stock, Freepik +3

> ✅ **Checked daily.** An automated test runs this Actor on the Apify cloud every day and checks that it still returns real data, so if the website changes and something breaks, it's caught the same day and fixed.

Search Getty Images, iStock, Adobe Stock, 123RF, Envato Elements, Freepik and Alamy at once: titles, contributors, licences, sizes, AI-generated flags, preview images and links in one table. Keyword research for stock contributors.

### What it's for

- **Keyword research for stock contributors**: what sells for a keyword (sort by *most popular / downloads*), how crowded it is (total results), which styles and contributors rank first.
- **Competitor tracking**: see what's new for your niche (sort by *newest*) and run it on a schedule.
- **Designers and agencies**: build shortlists of assets across sites with preview links, licences and sizes.
- **Market research / datasets**: metadata only (titles, contributors, dates, licences). Images stay with their owners.

### Sites and options

| Site | What you can search |
|---|---|
| Getty Images | photos, illustrations, video, editorial; best / newest / most popular |
| iStock | photos, illustrations, video; best / newest / most popular |
| Adobe Stock | photos, illustrations, vectors, video; relevance / newest / **downloads**; AI filter; contributor portfolios |
| 123RF | photos, vectors; original sizes |
| Envato Elements | photos, graphics, stock video; relevance / newest / popular |
| Freepik | photos, vectors, video; free vs premium, credit cost; AI filter |
| Alamy | photos incl. editorial / news; licence type; original sizes; relevance / newest |

Paste any search URL into *Search URLs* to keep filters the input doesn't have (colour, orientation, number of people…).

### Example input

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "coffee shop"
  ],
  "sites": [
    "adobe",
    "getty",
    "istock",
    "123rf",
    "envato",
    "freepik",
    "alamy"
  ],
  "mediaType": "any",
  "sort": "popular",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 60
}
```

### Example output

One result from a real run (long values shortened):

```json
{
  "site": "Adobe Stock",
  "id": "300428267",
  "title": "Barista making coffee in coffee shop, hands holding cup of coffee.",
  "description": null,
  "url": "https://stock.adobe.com/images/barista-making-coffee-in-coffee-shop-hands-holding-cup-of-coffee/300428267",
  "thumbnail_url": "https://t3.ftcdn.net/jpg/03/00/42/82/360_F_300428267_QndUXocKZb92jE1RKf5fBoQUIo8bxeME.jpg",
  "preview_url": "https://as1.ftcdn.net/v2/jpg/03/00/42/82/1000_F_300428267_QndUXocKZb92jE1RKf5fBoQUIo8bxeME.jpg",
  "media_type": "photo",
  "width": 4800,
  "height": 3200,
  "orientation": "horizontal",
  "contributor": "Aleksandrs Muiznieks",
  "contributor_id": "206684585",
  "contributor_url": "https://stock.adobe.com/contributor/206684585",
  "collection": null,
  "category": "Drinks",
  "license": "royalty-free",
  "editorial": null,
  "premium": false,
  "free": false,
  "ai_generated": false,
  "colors": null,
  "duration_seconds": null,
  "created_at": null,
  "uploaded_at": null,
  "price": "US$79.99",
  "search_query": "coffee shop",
  "position": 1,
  "page": 1,
  "source_url": "https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=coffee+shop&order=nb_downloads",
  "scraped_at": "2026-11-06T06:35:04Z"
}
```

### How it compares

| | This Actor | Typical alternative |
|---|---|---|
| Fields per result | 31 (see *Example output*) | Varies by actor |
| Freshness | Read live from the source when the run starts | Varies |
| Reliability | Tested daily by an automated run on the Apify cloud (see the top of this page) | — |
| Price | $0.60 per 1,000 results | $0.60–$1.00 per 1,000 results (comparable Actors on the Apify Store, 6 Nov 2026) |

### Pricing

Pay per result, no monthly fee:

- **$0.60 per 1,000 results**: One stock asset (photo, vector, video…) delivered to your dataset.
- $0.0005 per run (start).

Bronze plans pay 5% less, Silver 10% less, Gold and above 15% less.

**Examples:** 1,000 results = $0.60; 10,000 = $6.00.

### FAQ

**Does it download the full-size files?** No. It collects public search-result data and the watermarked preview links shown to every visitor. Licensing an asset is still done on the site.

**Is it fast?** Yes: plain HTTP requests, no browser. About 1,000 results a minute per site.

**What if a site blocks a request?** It retries automatically with a different fingerprint and IP; a residential IP is used as a last resort, at no extra cost to you.

**Can I schedule it?** Yes, use an Apify schedule (e.g. daily, sorted by newest) and connect the dataset to Google Sheets, Slack or a webhook.

# Actor input Schema

## `searchQueries` (type: `array`):

Keywords, e.g. 'sunset beach', 'business meeting', 'christmas background'. Each query is searched on every selected site.

## `sites` (type: `array`):

Sites to search. Each query is searched on each site.

## `mediaType` (type: `string`):

Filter by type. Sites without that type are skipped (e.g. Alamy has no vectors, 123RF no video). Envato 'Any' = photos.

## `sort` (type: `string`):

Result order. 'Most popular' = most downloaded on Adobe Stock, most popular on Getty / iStock / Envato / Freepik. Alamy has no popularity sort.

## `aiContent` (type: `string`):

Filter AI-generated assets (Adobe Stock and Freepik; other sites ignore it).

## `maxResultsPerSearch` (type: `integer`):

Stop after this many results for each query on each site. Pages hold 48–100 results.

## `maxResults` (type: `integer`):

Hard cap for the whole run (0 = no cap). You also never pay more than the run's max charge.

## `startUrls` (type: `array`):

Paste search result URLs from gettyimages.com, istockphoto.com, stock.adobe.com, 123rf.com, elements.envato.com, freepik.com, alamy.com to keep every filter you set on the site (colour, orientation, collection…). Paged automatically.

## `proxyConfiguration` (type: `object`):

Apify datacenter proxy is used by default; blocked requests are retried on fresh IPs (residential as a last resort, at no extra charge).

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "searchQueries": [
    "mountain lake"
  ],
  "sites": [
    "adobe",
    "getty",
    "freepik"
  ],
  "mediaType": "video",
  "sort": "popular",
  "aiContent": "exclude",
  "maxResultsPerSearch": 200,
  "maxResults": 1000,
  "startUrls": [
    "https://stock.adobe.com/search?k=coffee&order=nb_downloads"
  ],
  "proxyConfiguration": {
    "useApifyProxy": true
  }
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `results` (type: `string`):

One row per asset.

## `report` (type: `string`):

Results per site and query.

# API

You can run this Actor programmatically using our API. Below are code examples in JavaScript, Python, and CLI, as well as the OpenAPI specification and MCP server setup.

## JavaScript example

```javascript
import { ApifyClient } from 'apify-client';

// Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
// Replace the '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token
const client = new ApifyClient({
    token: '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>',
});

// Prepare Actor input
const input = {
    "searchQueries": [
        "sunset beach"
    ]
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("he_work/stock-media-scraper").call(input);

// Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if any)
console.log('Results from dataset');
console.log(`💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/${run.defaultDatasetId}`);
const { items } = await client.dataset(run.defaultDatasetId).listItems();
items.forEach((item) => {
    console.dir(item);
});

// 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/js/docs

```

## Python example

```python
from apify_client import ApifyClient

# Initialize the ApifyClient with your Apify API token
# Replace '<YOUR_API_TOKEN>' with your token.
client = ApifyClient("<YOUR_API_TOKEN>")

# Prepare the Actor input
run_input = { "searchQueries": ["sunset beach"] }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("he_work/stock-media-scraper").call(run_input=run_input)

# Fetch and print Actor results from the run's dataset (if there are any)
print(f"💾 Check your data here: https://console.apify.com/storage/datasets/{run.default_dataset_id}")
for item in client.dataset(run.default_dataset_id).iterate_items():
    print(item)

# 📚 Want to learn more 📖? Go to → https://docs.apify.com/api/client/python/docs/quick-start

```

## CLI example

```bash
echo '{
  "searchQueries": [
    "sunset beach"
  ]
}' |
apify call he_work/stock-media-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,he_work/stock-media-scraper"
        }
    }
}
```

The hosted server signs you in with OAuth on first connect, so no API token belongs in this config. Clients without OAuth support can send an `Authorization: Bearer <APIFY_API_TOKEN>` header instead, using a token from API & Integrations in Apify Console (https://console.apify.com/settings/integrations).

## OpenAPI specification

Download the OpenAPI definition: https://api.apify.com/v2/actors/QwVUe4GkUtVLIPkyX/builds/hgVUzvwOMRv0m7oAx/openapi.json