# Openverse Scraper: Openly Licensed Images (`naimurhasanrwd/openverse-media-scraper`) Actor

Search openly licensed images via the public Openverse API and get the license, creator and attribution line for each result. No login, no proxy, no browser.

- **URL**: https://apify.com/naimurhasanrwd/openverse-media-scraper.md
- **Developed by:** [Naimur Hasan](https://apify.com/naimurhasanrwd) (community)
- **Stats:** 2 total users, 1 monthly users, 100.0% runs succeeded, 0 bookmarks
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## Pricing

Pay per usage

This Actor is paid per platform usage. The Actor is free to use, and you only pay for the Apify platform usage, which gets cheaper the higher subscription plan you have.

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

## 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

## Openverse Scraper

Searches openly licensed images through the public Openverse API and returns
the license, creator and ready-made attribution line for each result. No
login, no proxy, no browser.

### Input

| Field | Type | Notes |
|---|---|---|
| `query` | string | Required. Free-text image search. Default `mountain`. |
| `license` | string | Comma-separated license codes, e.g. `cc0,pdm,by`. Omit for every open license. |
| `maxItems` | integer | Cap on images returned. Default `20`. |

### Output

One row per image: `id`, `title`, `creator`, `creatorUrl`, `license`,
`licenseCode`, `licenseUrl`, `attribution`, `provider`, `source`, `url`,
`thumbnail`, `foreignLandingUrl`, `width`, `height`, `filetype`.

### Notes

- Every result carries `attribution`, the credit line Openverse composes for
  you. If you reuse these images, that is the string to publish — the point of
  this Actor is the licensing metadata, not just the image URL.
- `license` is rendered readably (`CC BY-SA 2.0`) while `licenseCode` keeps the
  raw upstream value (`by-sa`) for filtering. CC0 and the Public Domain Mark
  are deliberately not prefixed with "CC", since `CC CC0` reads wrong.
- Openly licensed does not mean unconditionally reusable: `by` requires credit
  and `by-sa` requires share-alike. Filter with `license` if you need a
  specific set of terms.

# Actor input Schema

## `query` (type: `string`):

Free-text image search

## `license` (type: `string`):

Comma-separated license codes, e.g. cc0,pdm,by. Leave unset for every open license.

## `maxItems` (type: `integer`):

Cap on images returned

## Actor input object example

```json
{
  "query": "mountain",
  "maxItems": 20
}
```

# Actor output Schema

## `items` (type: `string`):

Every image the run matched.

# 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 = {
    "query": "mountain"
};

// Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
const run = await client.actor("naimurhasanrwd/openverse-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 = { "query": "mountain" }

# Run the Actor and wait for it to finish
run = client.actor("naimurhasanrwd/openverse-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 '{
  "query": "mountain"
}' |
apify call naimurhasanrwd/openverse-media-scraper --silent --output-dataset

```

## MCP server setup

```json
{
    "mcpServers": {
        "apify": {
            "type": "http",
            "url": "https://mcp.apify.com/?tools=fetch-actor-details,naimurhasanrwd/openverse-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/s5WfCDouloQfypcAq/builds/wRNuXaINbQbuOvvSd/openapi.json