Unlock the power of world‑class visual content with the Getty Images API
Easy to implement, our flexible API brings the best visual content straight to you and your customers, letting you integrate outstanding images, videos, and illustrations from Getty Images and iStock directly into your platform.
Getty Images API solutions
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Integrate our visuals in your platform
Give your customers a competitive visual edge while driving consumption and retention by featuring our premium content through an API integration.
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Generate endless possibilities
Partnering with trusted industry leader NVIDIA, our API pairs Getty Images' vast content and data with the latest Al technology to unlock endless possibilities for commercially safe ideation and content creation.
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Earn affiliate revenue
Become an affiliate partner and access the most competitive commissions in the industry by featuring our content on your site. Contact us to learn more.
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Build plugins for mutual customers
Allow customers who have Getty Images logins to download imagery against their Premium Access subscriptions—directly in your platform—by securely and conveniently integrating our API, which supports OAuth 2.0.
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Enhance your product with AI Training Data Sets
Train your AI models using Getty Images visuals and associated metadata to improve performance and efficiency.
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Access your agreement
Save time and upgrade your workflow by accessing your Getty Images or iStock subscription directly in your platform.
Work smarter and faster with our powerful API
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Integrate with ease
Get access to Getty Images' content, metadata, and search technologies, including Generative AI by Getty Images, by integrating our API with your publishing tools, products, and services. With easy communication, complete documentation, robust SDKs, and sample code, your developers will be fully supported.
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Discover world‑class search
Integrate our industry‑leading, fully localized search engine and access all the great search filters available on our websites, including reverse image search, all asset metadata, and file sizes for every asset available in your license agreement.
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Stay secure
For your convenience and security, our API supports OAuth 2.0 so that you can integrate with an authentication model that works best for your use case.
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Access global support
Our globally distributed sales and technical support teams are ready to help you, no matter where you are, 24/7.
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How do I search for images of a specific celebrity or other known figure?
- Use the “phrase” query parameter in a request to the search/editorial/images endpoint, with the name of the person as the value
- Additionally, provide one of the following keywords in the phrase parameter:
- One Person
- Head Shot
- Waist Up
- Set the “sort_order” parameter in the request to “most_popular” or “best_match”
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Why are there different results on gettyimages.com vs. my own API results?