Screenshot Studio
Photography
Capture web pages as images through a public HTTP API
No keyCORSHTTPS
Free Photography APIs
Stock imagery, image hosting, processing and photo metadata.
47 listed · 6 need no key · 11 work in the browser
Imsea
Photography
Free image search
No keyHTTPS
Lorem Picsum
Photography
The Lorem Ipsum for photos. Easy to use, stylish placeholders. Generate random, specific, grayscale, blurred, or advanced images.
No keyHTTPS
PlaceKeanu
Photography
Resizable Keanu Reeves placeholder images with grayscale and young Keanu options
No keyHTTPS
Readme typing SVG
Photography
Customizable typing and deleting text SVG
No keyHTTPS
ReSmush.it
Photography
Photo optimization
No key
APITemplate.io
Photography
Dynamically generate images and PDFs from templates with a simple API
API keyCORSHTTPS
Image Transformation API
Photography
This API allows users to apply various transformations to images, enabling modifications such as filtering, resizing, and style transfer. It is designed for developers looking to enhance visual content programmatically.
AuthCORSHTTPS
Imgur
Photography
Images
OAuthCORSHTTPS
ObjectCut
Photography
Image Background removal
API keyCORSHTTPS
PixelVault
Photography
Agent-first image hosting with instant CDN URLs
API keyCORSHTTPS
Placeholder Image API
Photography
Provides downloadable placeholder images with caching capabilities. Users can fetch a binary image or a plain text URL based on specific keywords.
AuthCORSHTTPS
Tinify.dev
Photography
Image compression, resize and crop API with usage metadata
API keyCORSHTTPS
Unsplash
Photography
Photography
OAuthCORSHTTPS
Cartoons
Photography
If cartoons is what you like then boy do we have a full list of all the cartoons from the past and present and all their details including a amazingly sourced image to showcase
AuthHTTPS
CheetahO
Photography
Photo optimization and resize
API keyHTTPS
Compresso
Photography
Visually lossless image compression for PNG, JPEG and WebP
API keyHTTPS
Dagpi
Photography
Image manipulation and processing
API keyHTTPS
Duply
Photography
Generate, Edit, Scale and Manage Images and Videos Smarter & Faster
API keyHTTPS
DynaPictures
Photography
Generate Hundreds of Personalized Images in Minutes
API keyHTTPS
FaviconDL API
Photography
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.
AuthHTTPS
Flickr
Photography
Flickr Services
OAuthHTTPS
Getty Images
Photography
Build applications using the world's most powerful imagery
OAuthHTTPS
Gfycat
Photography
Jiffier GIFs
OAuthHTTPS
All 47 Photography APIs
- Screenshot Studio
- Imsea
- Lorem Picsum
- PlaceKeanu
- Readme typing SVG
- ReSmush.it
- APITemplate.io
- Image Transformation API
- Imgur
- ObjectCut
- PixelVault
- Placeholder Image API
- Tinify.dev
- Unsplash
- Cartoons
- CheetahO
- Compresso
- Dagpi
- Duply
- DynaPictures
- FaviconDL API
- Flickr
- Getty Images
- Gfycat
- Giphy
- Google Photos
- Homepage Screenshot API
- Image Placeholder Generator
- Image Upload
- Imgur API
- Latchshot Screenshot API
- LaunchPics API
- localscreenshot
- Nebulum Mars Rovers API
- NexWall
- Pexafy
- Pexels
- PhotoRoom
- Pixabay
- Remove.bg
- shutterstock
- Sirv
- Wallhaven
- Webdam
- Website Analysis APIs
- CompressGIF
- Lightdrift
Free Photography APIs — common questions
Counts and timings below come from our own scheduled checks of this category.
How many free photography APIs are there?
We track 47 in this category, of which 35 responded at our last check. 6 of them need no API key.
Which photography APIs work without an API key?
6 of the 47 entries here need no credential. Filter this page by "no key" to see them, or browse the no-key collection for every keyless API across all categories.
Can I use these photography APIs in a browser app?
1 entries in this category need no key and return CORS headers, which is the combination that lets you call them straight from client-side JavaScript. The rest need a server or a proxy in between.
Which is the fastest free photography API?
Of the keyless options that responded at our last check, Lorem Picsum was quickest at a median 970 ms. Speed is only one factor — coverage and licensing usually matter more — but it is measured here rather than claimed.
How do you know these APIs still work?
We call every listing on a schedule and record the status code, response time and whether CORS headers came back. Those results drive the badges on this page. Across the whole catalogue, 361 of 3,005 entries were not responding at the last full run, which is the sort of thing an unchecked list never tells you.