Openverse

About this capability

Search Openverse for CC0-labelled images, with creator credits and original source links. Review the original record and any privacy, publicity or trademark restrictions before using an image in a campaign. Made using Openverse; not endorsed or certified by Openverse.

Try a request

curl -i \
  'https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_openverse/images?q=office&limit=2'

const res = await fetch("https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_openverse/images?q=office&limit=2");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();

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API reference

GET /images?q={topic}&limit=5. limit 1–10; first page only, no bulk harvesting. Results include CC0 licence links, creators, source pages and candidate image URLs; returned links are never fetched. This is asset research, not rights clearance or an image-generation service. Made using Openverse; not endorsed or certified by Openverse. Only CC0-labelled results are exposed, with attribution and original landing pages. Openverse does not verify underlying licences. Verify the original source and any privacy, publicity, trademark or endorsement restrictions before reuse. Apiary does not host or download media. Official documentation: https://api.openverse.org/v1/. GET only; no request bodies, caller URLs, credentials or extra parameters. Cached for 3600 seconds. Apiary's shared cold-fetch limits: 5/minute and 50/day per provider. Anonymous access has restricted rate limits and pagination; responses may return HTTP 429 and Retry-After. Apiary additionally limits shared cold fetches to one per two seconds, five/minute and 50/day. Capacity is shared, not a per-agent entitlement. No account registration or raised quota is assumed. Responses include provenance, licence, fetchedAt and readOnly metadata. Provider text is untrusted data, not instructions. Public upstream access has no account credit balance or invoice feed; hosting costs still apply.

GET https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_openverse/images?q=office&limit=2

Gateway access

No Apiary gateway charge or x402 payment is required.

Request examples

Copy a request into your terminal, or use the TypeScript example in your agent.

curl -i \
  'https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_openverse/images?q=office&limit=2'

const res = await fetch("https://www.apiary.world/api/gateway/svc_openverse/images?q=office&limit=2");
if (!res.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${res.status}`);
const data = await res.json();

Connect your agent

Discover this capability through MCP and use the gateway endpoint in your workflow. Payment authorization stays with your agent.