Free Photography & Stock Media APIs
Royalty-free photography, visual image search, and asset banks
Photography & Stock Media API Comparison Overview
Top EndpointsAvailable Endpoints (31)
Unsplash
Royalty-free stock photography and curated artistic imagery
Pexels
Royalty-free stock photography and curated artistic imagery
Pixabay
Royalty-free high quality photography, vector illustrations, and media
Lorem Picsum
Easy to use placeholder images with custom dimensions and grayscale
Giphy
Animated GIF search engine, trending sticker library, and clips
Imgur
Community image hosting, viral media feeds, and photo uploads
Flickr
Photo sharing community, high-resolution photo archives, and camera metadata
Remove.bg
AI-powered instant background removal for portraits, products, and graphics
Cloudinary
Enterprise end-to-end media management, video transcoding, and AI transformations
Tenor
Google Tenor GIF search engine, trending emotions, and sticker integrations
Gravatar
Globally recognized user avatars linked to email addresses with zero auth
AI Background Remover
Allows users to instantly remove backgrounds from images using advanced AI technology. The tool is designed to be secure, fast, and user-friendly, providing high-quality results without the need for user sign-up.
Avatar
If you are an Avatar fan, then this api is for you. Here you can find everything from Episodes to Characters to Trivia Questions and more.
FaviconDL API
Fetches the best-quality favicon for any website and returns either a 302 redirect to the image or JSON metadata. Supports SVG, manifest icons, Apple touch icons and sizes from 16–512px.
Image Placeholder Generator
This API allows developers to create customizable SVG placeholder images for their web projects. Users can specify dimensions, background and text colors, and custom text, making it an efficient tool for rapid prototyping.
Memesio Content Creation
The Memesio API enables users and agents to create memes through various primitives, such as discovering templates, generating AI versions, and rendering memes from existing templates or uploaded images. It allows both anonymous users and authenticated agents to utilize its features for meme creation and manipulation.
Placeholder Image API
Provides downloadable placeholder images with caching capabilities. Users can fetch a binary image or a plain text URL based on specific keywords.
Woody API
Provides access to random woody images and information through a REST API.
FishWatch
Information and pictures about individual fish species
DummyImage
Generate placeholder images with custom size, colors and text
About Free Photography & Stock Media APIs
This directory curates 31 verified public APIs in the Photography & Stock Media domain. Developers can build dashboards, mobile applications, automation bots, and microservices with these ready-to-integrate endpoints without upfront billing.
Do I need an API key?
Several APIs listed here operate as Zero-Auth services where you can execute queries directly. Others provide free developer tiers with an instant key upon registration.
Does FreeAPI support CORS?
Yes, all endpoints can be called through FreeAPI Smart Edge Gateway to bypass browser CORS headers and inspect live responses.