Openclipart Line Art Scraper

Openclipart Line Art Scraper

Scrape line art and coloring pages from Openclipart by search query, up to a million items per run. Every clipart comes with its SVG and PNG download links, artist, tags, download counts, and license. Export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML.

Openclipart hosts over 180,000 public-domain clipart images, but there is no official API to download them in bulk. This Openclipart scraper reads the public search pages and detail pages directly, so you can collect line art, coloring pages, and SVGs by any search term. It returns each clipart in one flat row with its metadata and direct download URLs.

Who uses it	What they scrape Openclipart for
Graphic designers	Build a personal library of public-domain line art and SVGs for client projects.
Educators	Gather coloring pages and simple illustrations for classroom worksheets and activities.
Dataset curators	Create a labeled dataset of line art images for machine learning or generative AI training.
Content creators	Source royalty-free clipart for videos, blog posts, and social media graphics.

What it does

This Actor collects Openclipart clipart by search query and returns each one as a flat row with its title, artist, tags, download counts, SVG and PNG URLs, and license.

• 🔍 Search-driven collection: provide a search query like 'line art' or 'coloring' and the Actor fetches every matching clipart.
• 📊 Sort control: order results by downloads, date, favorites, or comments to prioritize the most popular or newest items.
• 🔗 Direct download links: each row includes the raw SVG URL, PNG URL, and a lossless format URL where available.
• 📋 Full metadata: title, artist, tags, description, category, upload date, dimensions, file size, and license are all included.

Results export to CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML, or straight from the API.

What you can do with Openclipart data

🎨 Build a coloring book collection.

An illustrator searches for 'coloring page' and downloads the top 500 results by favorites to compile a printable coloring book.

🤖 Train a line art generation model.

A machine learning engineer scrapes 50,000 line art SVGs with their tags and descriptions to create a text-to-SVG training dataset.

📚 Source illustrations for educational materials.

A teacher searches for 'animal line art' and collects simple, clear clipart to use in science worksheets and flashcards.

🖼️ Populate a design asset library.

A design agency scrapes the most downloaded clipart under 'business' and 'technology' to build an internal, searchable asset repository.

Why choose this scraper

	What you get
No API key required	Scrapes the public HTML pages, so you never need to register an application or manage tokens.
Fixed flat schema	Every clipart returns the same fields, whether it has 2 tags or 20, making it ready for databases and spreadsheets.
Bulk export ready	Download results as CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML for direct use in your tools and pipelines.

What a Openclipart record looks like

Every record returns as one flat JSON row. Here is a real one from a run:

{
 "imageUrl": "/image/800px/355419",
 "title": "Pencil 33 - Line Art Remix",
 "detailUrl": "https://openclipart.org/detail/355419/pencil-33-line-art-remix",
 "imageId": "355419",
 "thumbnailUrl": "/image/800px/355419",
 "scrapedAt": "2026-09-04T07:31:36.896Z",
 "artist": "j4p4n",
 "description": "Pencil 33 - Line Art Remix by @"
}

Every value above comes from a real run. A field a record does not have comes back as null.

Configure the run

Drive the Actor with a search query and a sort order, and set a maximum number of items so only the top matches reach your dataset. The Input tab lists every parameter.

A first run with the defaults:

{
 "searchQuery": "line art",
 "maxItems": 10
}

A larger pull:

{
 "searchQuery": "line art",
 "maxItems": 200
}

Free users

Free-plan runs return up to 10 results as a preview. Upgrade your Apify plan to collect up to 1,000,000 results per run.

Run it

1. Create a free Apify account with $5 in credit.
2. Open the Openclipart Line Art Scraper.
3. Set your inputs and any filters, then click Start.
4. Export the results as CSV, Excel, JSON, or XML from the Dataset tab.

Run it programmatically through the Apify API (run-sync-get-dataset-items) or the ApifyClient for JavaScript and Python.

Use with AI agents (MCP)

Give an AI agent live access to Openclipart through the Model Context Protocol. Add the Actor to Claude, Cursor, or any MCP client:

$claude mcp add --transport http apify "https://mcp.apify.com?tools=parseforge/openclipart-line-art-scraper"

Then prompt it in plain language to run the scraper and read back the results.

Troubleshooting

Why am I getting no results?

Check your search query spelling. Try a simpler term like 'line art' or 'flower'. Also confirm that your max items is set to a number greater than 0.

The run stopped before reaching my max items limit.

Openclipart may have fewer results for your query than your max items value. Try a broader search term or a different sort order to see if more items appear.

Some download URLs are empty in the output.

A small number of older clipart entries may be missing certain file formats. The Actor returns whatever URLs are present on the detail page; empty fields mean the format was not provided by the site.

The run is taking a long time.

Large max items values mean the Actor must visit many detail pages. Each one is fetched politely with a delay. Reduce max items or run the Actor with a more specific search query to speed it up.

FAQ

Question	Answer
Can I download the actual SVG and PNG files, or the metadata?	The Actor returns the direct download URLs for the SVG, PNG, and lossless formats. You can use those URLs to download the files with a separate HTTP request or a download tool.
Is there a limit on how many clipart items I can scrape?	Free Apify users are limited to 10 items as a preview. Paid users can set the max items up to 1,000,000, limited only by what Openclipart returns for the search query.
What license do these clipart images use?	All clipart on Openclipart is released into the public domain using the Creative Commons Zero (CC0) license. The Actor includes the license field in every row so you can verify it.
Can I scrape all clipart on the site, not a search query?	The Actor is driven by a search query. To collect everything, you can run it with a broad term like 'a' or 'the' and sort by date, but a single search may not exhaustively cover all 180,000 items.
Does this Actor handle pagination automatically?	Yes. It follows the search result pages one by one until it reaches your max items limit or the site runs out of results for that query.
What output formats are supported?	You can export your dataset in CSV, JSON, Excel, or XML directly from the Apify platform.
Do I need to worry about getting blocked?	Openclipart is a static, server-rendered site with no detected anti-bot measures. The Actor makes polite, sequential requests, so blocking is unlikely.
Can I filter by artist or tag within the Actor?	The Actor collects all results for your search query. You can filter by artist or tag after the run by processing the exported dataset in your own spreadsheet or script.

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🆘 Need help? Email parseforge@protonmail.com with your run ID, your input, and what you expected.

Pricing

This Actor uses pay-per-result pricing: $0.004 per result collected. You are billed only for the results you receive, so a run that returns nothing costs nothing.

⚠️ Disclaimer. This Actor is unofficial and is not affiliated with, endorsed by, or sponsored by Openclipart. It collects only publicly available data. You are responsible for using the collected data in compliance with the source's terms of service and applicable data-protection laws, including GDPR, CCPA, and PIPL. Do not use it to collect personal data unlawfully.