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Wikimedia Commons API
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4,545 Subscribers
Search millions of freely-licensed images and media as an API, from Wikimedia Commons. Pass a search term and get matching photos and illustrations with their direct full-resolution image URL, a ready-to-use thumbnail, dimensions, file size, MIME type, and crucially the licence (Creative Commons or public domain), licence URL and author/credit — everything you need to find and correctly attribute reusable media. Or look up a single file by name for its full details. Ideal for blogs, content and marketing tools, presentations, education and apps that need free, attributable imagery. Open data from Wikimedia Commons (always check each file's licence before reuse).
api.oanor.com/commons-api
API health
healthy- Uptime
- 100.00%
- Server probes · 24h
- Avg latency
- 385 ms
- Server probes · 24h
- Subscribers
- 4,545
- active
- Total calls
- 57
- last 7 days
Pricing
Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.
Free
Free
- 3,700 calls / month
- 2 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 3,700 calls/month
- 2 req/sec
- Image search + lookup
- No credit card
Starter
€4.50 /month
- 49,800 calls / month
- 8 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 49.8k calls/month
- 8 req/sec
- Thumbnails + licence + author
- Email support
Pro
€12.80 /month
- 244,000 calls / month
- 20 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 244k calls/month
- 20 req/sec
- Content / blogs / CMS
- Priority support
Mega
€34.30 /month
- 1,207,000 calls / month
- 50 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 1.21M calls/month
- 50 req/sec
- Media-discovery platform
- Dedicated SLA
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Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.
How do I get an API key for Wikimedia Commons API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Wikimedia Commons API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Wikimedia Commons API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Wikimedia Commons API cost?
Wikimedia Commons API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €4.50 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Wikimedia Commons API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Wikimedia Commons API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.
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curl https://api.oanor.com/commons-api/SOME_PATH \
-H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/commons-api/SOME_PATH", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/commons-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);import requests
r = requests.get(
"https://api.oanor.com/commons-api/SOME_PATH",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())Ratings
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