Pixabay Photo Metadata Search
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Pixabay Photo Metadata Search
Search Pixabay for photo metadata — photo ID, title, tags, photographer, license, dimensions, CDN URL reference, and engagement stats — ready for AI datasets, content pipelines, and design tools. More sources may be added as their terms permit.
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Search Pixabay for photo metadata. Returns photo ID, title, tags, photographer, license, dimensions, CDN URL reference, and engagement stats — ready for AI/LLM dataset curation, content pipelines, and design tools.
Metadata only. This actor never downloads, rehosts, or redistributes image bytes — it indexes
Pixabay's own metadata plus a reference image_cdn_url (Pixabay's hosted CDN link) so you always
attribute back to the source and license.
Only Pixabay is supported. Unsplash and Pexels are not — their Terms of Service prohibit automated scraping/retrieval of their catalogs, so this actor never queries them. More sources may be added later if and when their terms permit it.
What you get
- Normalized record shape — photo ID, title, tags, photographer name/URL, license, dimensions, page URL, CDN reference, downloads, likes
- Attribution fields pre-populated — photographer name, photographer profile URL, canonical photo page URL, and the Pixabay Content License string
- Search or browse — pass a
queryto search, or leave it blank to browse Pixabay's latest/popular feed
Input
| Field | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
query | string | Search term (e.g. "nature", "business", "technology"). Leave blank to browse editorial/popular Pixabay photos. |
orderBy | string | latest (default) or popular. |
maxItems | integer | Required. Maximum total records to collect. |
No API key input is required — Pixabay access is handled internally.
Output schema
| Field | Description |
|---|---|
source | Always pixabay |
photo_id | Pixabay's photo ID |
title | First tag, used as a stand-in — Pixabay doesn't expose a dedicated title field |
description | Pixabay's tag string |
tags | Comma-separated tags |
photographer_name | Attributed uploader name |
photographer_url | Uploader's Pixabay profile page |
license | Pixabay Content License |
width / height | Pixel dimensions |
photo_page_url | Canonical web page — the attribution target |
image_cdn_url | Pixabay-hosted CDN URL, reference only — never downloaded or rehosted by this actor |
downloads / likes | Engagement counts reported by Pixabay |
Rate limits
Paced at a safe floor under Pixabay's ~100 requests/minute limit.
Use cases
- AI/LLM dataset curation — build a searchable, license-tagged index of free-license photo metadata without touching image bytes
- Content pipelines — source royalty-free imagery metadata with correct attribution fields pre-populated
- Design tooling — power an in-house asset search UI backed by Pixabay's free-license photo metadata
