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Search Shutterstock's stock photo and video library and pull image details into your workflows.

Actions

ActionWhat it does
Get imageFetch details for a single Shutterstock image.
Search imagesSearch Shutterstock's stock image library.
Search videosSearch Shutterstock's stock video library.

Get image

Fetch details for a single Shutterstock image.

Inputs

Image IDimage_idtextRequired
The Shutterstock image ID, as returned by Search images.

Outputs

contributor_idtext
ID of the contributor who submitted the image
descriptiontext
Image caption
idtext
Shutterstock image ID
image_typetext
Kind of image, for example 'photo', 'vector', or 'illustration'
preview_urltext
Watermarked preview image URL, safe to show before licensing
Example output
{
  "contributor_id": "204183762",
  "description": "Sunrise over a mountain range",
  "id": "1692837465",
  "image_type": "photo",
  "preview_url": "https://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/preview.jpg"
}

Search images

Search Shutterstock's stock image library.

Inputs

Search termsquerytextRequired
What to search for, for example 'mountain sunrise'.
Results per pageper_pagenumber
How many images to return (1-100).From 1 to 100. Default: 20.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to return, starting at 1.At least 1. Default: 1.
Orientationorientationtext
Optional. Only return images in this shape.One of: horizontal, vertical.
Sort bysorttext
Optional. How to order the results.One of: relevance, popular (Most popular), newest, random.

Outputs

imageslist
Images on the requested page
total_countnumber
Total images matching the search
Example output
{
  "images": [
    {
      "contributor_id": "204183762",
      "description": "Sunrise over a mountain range",
      "id": "1692837465",
      "image_type": "photo",
      "preview_url": "https://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/preview.jpg"
    }
  ],
  "total_count": 48213
}

Search videos

Search Shutterstock's stock video library.

Inputs

Search termsquerytextRequired
What to search for, for example 'city timelapse'.
Results per pageper_pagenumber
How many videos to return (1-100).From 1 to 100. Default: 20.
Pagepagenumber
Which page of results to return, starting at 1.At least 1. Default: 1.

Outputs

total_countnumber
Total videos matching the search
videoslist
Videos on the requested page
Example output
{
  "total_count": 3921,
  "videos": [
    {
      "contributor_id": "204183762",
      "description": "Timelapse of city traffic at night",
      "duration": 14.5,
      "id": "1098374652",
      "preview_url": "https://ak.picdn.net/shutterstock/videos/preview.mp4"
    }
  ]
}

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