Pexels API

Pexels Search photos API

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.

POST/v1/run/pexels.search_photos
Uptime
100.00%
30d · 8 calls
Requests
8
30d
Response
6.9s
median · 30d

Pricing and providers

Pexels Search photos API pricing: one API, 2 interchangeable providers

The cheapest provider serves first. If it fails, the next one takes over in the same call.

Provider
1OctopusServes first100.00% uptime6738ms p50100.0% of calls$3.17/1k resultsup to $0.0666 / request2GeckoBackup 1$4.67/1k resultsup to $0.0933 / request
You pay
$31.71
$3.17/1k results, only for what you use. No monthly plan.
One request costs at most $0.0666 (21 results).
The $0.10 starting balance covers at least 1 requests.

Call it

Get Pexels search photos in one request

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Full parameter and response reference - every field, type, and example for this endpoint.

Reference

Request and response

Last verified 2026-09-30 · uptime and latency measured over 30d

You send

The JSON body of the request.

No fields published for this endpoint.

You get back

The JSON response.

No fields published for this endpoint.

FAQ

About the Pexels Search photos API

The AnyAPI Pexels Search photos API returns Pexels search photos data as normalized JSON from one POST call to /v1/run/pexels.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. AnyAPI routes each request across 2 sources and falls back automatically when one fails. It costs $3.17 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.0666 for a single request, in US dollars with no subscription and no monthly minimum. Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Pexels search photos calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 6.9 seconds across 8 measured calls.

It costs $3.17 per 1,000 results, and never more than $0.0666 for a single request, in US dollars 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.

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. The response is normalized JSON with the same envelope every AnyAPI endpoint returns, so parsing a second endpoint is a change of URL and nothing else.

Over the last 30 days, 100.0% of Pexels search photos calls through AnyAPI succeeded, with a median response time of 6.9 seconds across 8 measured calls. These are AnyAPI's own measurements of traffic through the gateway, recomputed continuously, not a published service-level target.

Yes. A new AnyAPI account starts with $0.10 of free balance and no card required, which covers at least 1 Pexels Search photos calls at up to $0.0666 each.

AnyAPI asks the next of its 2 sources in the same request, cheapest first, so one source going down does not fail your call.

Send a POST request to https://api.getanyapi.com/v1/run/pexels.search_photos with your AnyAPI key in an "Authorization: Bearer" header and the input as a JSON body. The same key and the same wallet work on every AnyAPI endpoint.

No. You add US dollars to one prepaid AnyAPI balance and each request draws it down. There is no monthly plan and no minimum, and the same balance pays for every AnyAPI endpoint.

Yes. Install @getanyapi/sdk from npm for TypeScript or getanyapi from pip for Python. Both call every AnyAPI endpoint with the same key, and any HTTP client works too.

Yes. An agent can connect to the AnyAPI MCP server at https://api.getanyapi.com/mcp, or create its own free-trial key with one unauthenticated POST to https://api.getanyapi.com/agent/signup and call this endpoint over HTTP.