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Pexels API

Pexels data through one normalized API - per-request USD pricing, no subscriptions, and automatic failover on redundant endpoints.

Endpoints1Providers2From · search photos$3.17/1k results · OctopusFull breakdownRead docs
Uptime
99.65%
30d · 1,437 calls
Requests
1,437
30d · weekly, last 12 wks
Response
4.2s
median · 30d
POST

Search photos

Most used
/v1/run/pexels.search_photospexels.search_photos
Search Pexels for free stock photos by keyword. Returns image URLs in several sizes, dimensions, alt text, the photographer's name and profile, and the photo's Pexels page.
1,437 /mo
▲12963.6%
99.65%
4205ms p50
2
from$3.17/1k resultsup to $0.0666 / request
Octopus

About the Pexels API

Every provider prices each endpoint independently, so the table shows the cheapest per endpoint. Open one to compare all providers.

Call the Pexels API

Base URLhttps://api.getanyapi.com
Auth headerAuthorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY
Example request: Search photos
curl -X POST https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/pexels.search_photos \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer $ANYAPI_KEY" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -d '{"query":"coffee","limit":2}'

Measured performance

What the Pexels API actually does

Every call through AnyAPI over the last 30 days, counted here rather than promised.

99.7%
of calls succeeded (1,437 calls)
Succeeded on first lane 99.6%Recovered by failover 0.1%Failed 0.3%
Response time (1,432 calls)
Typical (p50)
4.2s
Half of requests finish within 4.2s
p99 response time
26.6s
p99 response time: 99% of requests finish within 26.6s

FAQ

About the Pexels API

The AnyAPI Pexels API returns Pexels data as normalized JSON across 1 endpoint: search photos. You call one endpoint per job with a single key, and AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources, falling back automatically when one fails. Pricing is in US dollars, $3.17 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.0666 for a single request, with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 99.7% of Pexels calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 4.2 seconds across 1,437 measured calls.

Pricing is in US dollars, $3.17 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.0666 for a single request, with no subscription and no monthly minimum. You fund one USD wallet and each call draws it down. Some failed wallet-funded requests incur processing charges that we pass through at cost, with no markup; the error response shows the amount charged.

One endpoint: search photos. Every one takes the same authentication and returns the same normalized response shape, so reaching a second Pexels endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 99.7% of Pexels calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 4.2 seconds across 1,437 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.