Yandex Reverse Image Search

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Reverse image search via Yandex — find visually similar images and source pages for a given image URL.

What you get

Reverse image search via Yandex — find visually similar images and source pages for a given image URL.

Why use Yandex Reverse Image Search

• Yandex's strong visual index — often surfaces matches Google misses.
• Source-page URLs — where the image appears across the web.
• Batch image URLs — process lists in one run.

Quick start

{
  "imageUrls": [
    "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a9/Example.jpg"
  ],
  "maxResults": 10
}

Input parameters

Output fields

• resultType — page_with_image (a web page where the image appears) or similar_image (a visually similar image)
• position — rank within its result type
• title, description — page title and snippet
• url — the page URL (or the similar image's URL)
• domain — host of the page or image
• imageUrl, imageWidth, imageHeight — the matching image as it appears on that page
• thumbnailUrl — preview thumbnail
• tags — descriptive labels Yandex assigns to the source image
• sourceImage — the image URL you searched

Example result

{
  "resultType": "page_with_image",
  "position": 1,
  "title": "Python Programming Basics",
  "description": "An introduction to the Python language.",
  "url": "https://example.org/python-basics",
  "domain": "example.org",
  "imageUrl": "https://example.org/img/python_logo.png",
  "imageWidth": 400,
  "imageHeight": 400,
  "thumbnailUrl": "https://avatars.mds.yandex.net/i?id=...",
  "tags": ["python logo"],
  "sourceImage": "https://www.python.org/static/img/python-logo.png"
}

Common use cases

• Track image reuse and copyright violations
• Find original sources of viral images
• Verify photo authenticity for research
• Map product-photo distribution

Compared to alternatives

• vs other Yandex Reverse Image Search scrapers on the Store — pay-per-result billing means empty or failed searches cost nothing; you are not charged for a run that returns zero rows.
• vs building your own — no proxy management, markup-change maintenance, or infrastructure to run; paste inputs and consume the dataset.

Limitations

• Yandex coverage varies by niche; some images return few matches.
• The image URL must be publicly reachable. Images behind a login or hotlink protection return no matches.
• Rate limits apply on large batches.
• Similarity is visual, not semantic — near-duplicates rank differently.

FAQ

Do I need an account or cookies?

No — the Actor reads public data only. There is no login to configure and no account to risk.

What happens when a search returns nothing?

The run completes with zero rows and a status message explaining why. Per-result billing means you are not charged for empty output.

Can I run it on a schedule?

Yes — attach an Apify schedule or use the saved tasks to re-run the same inputs daily or weekly.

Related guides and Actors

• Compare Yandex Reverse Image Search Seo Side By Side
• Export Yandex Reverse Image Search Seo To Csv
• Extract Yandex Reverse Image Search Seo At Scale

Last verified: 2026-10

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