Pixabay Photo Metadata Search

Search Pixabay for photo metadata. Returns photo ID, title, tags, photographer, license, dimensions, dominant color, CDN URL reference, and engagement stats — ready for AI/LLM dataset curation, content pipelines, and design tools.

Metadata only. This actor never downloads, rehosts, or redistributes image bytes — it indexes Pixabay's own metadata plus a reference image_cdn_url (Pixabay's hosted CDN link) so you always attribute back to the source and license.

Only Pixabay is supported. Unsplash and Pexels are not — their Terms of Service prohibit automated scraping/retrieval of their catalogs, so this actor never queries them. More sources may be added later if and when their terms permit it.

What you get

• Normalized record shape — photo ID, title, tags, photographer name/URL, license, dimensions, dominant color, page URL, CDN reference, downloads, likes
• Attribution fields pre-populated — photographer name, photographer profile URL, canonical photo page URL, and the Pixabay Content License string
• Search or browse — pass a query to search, or leave it blank to browse Pixabay's latest/popular feed

Input

Field	Type	Description
query	string	Search term (e.g. "nature", "business", "technology"). Leave blank to browse editorial/popular Pixabay photos.
orderBy	string	latest (default) or popular.
maxItems	integer	Required. Maximum total records to collect.

No API key input is required — Pixabay access is handled internally.

Output schema

Field	Description
source	Always pixabay
photo_id	Pixabay's photo ID
title	First tag used as a title proxy — Pixabay doesn't expose a dedicated title field
description	Pixabay's tag string
tags	Comma-separated tags
photographer_name	Attributed uploader name
photographer_url	Uploader's Pixabay profile page
license	Pixabay Content License
width / height	Pixel dimensions
color_dominant	Not populated — Pixabay's API doesn't expose a dominant color
photo_page_url	Canonical web page — the attribution target
image_cdn_url	Pixabay-hosted CDN URL, reference only — never downloaded or rehosted by this actor
downloads / likes	Engagement counts reported by Pixabay
created_at	Not populated — Pixabay's API doesn't expose an ISO creation date

Rate limits

Paced at a safe floor under Pixabay's ~100 requests/minute limit.

Use cases

• AI/LLM dataset curation — build a searchable, license-tagged index of free-license photo metadata without touching image bytes
• Content pipelines — source royalty-free imagery metadata with correct attribution fields pre-populated
• Design tooling — power an in-house asset search UI backed by Pixabay's free-license photo metadata