A page of curated photos
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Photos API
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3,257 Subscribers
Real stock photography as an API, powered by Lorem Picsum. Browse a curated catalogue of high-resolution photos with their author and dimensions, look up any photo by id, or build a ready-to-embed image URL on the fly — pick a width and height and get a random photo, pass a seed for a stable deterministic image (the same seed always returns the same photo, ideal for consistent placeholders per user or item), or target a specific photo by id, with optional grayscale and blur. No accounts, no attribution headaches: every image is a clean, hotlinkable URL. Perfect for mockups and design comps, blog and CMS placeholders, app prototypes, test fixtures and any layout that needs real imagery instead of grey boxes.
api.oanor.com/photos-api
API health
degraded- Uptime
- 83.33%
- Server probes · 24h
- Avg latency
- 2938 ms
- Server probes · 24h
- Subscribers
- 3,257
- active
- Total calls
- 76
- last 7 days
Pricing
Pick a tier — billed monthly, cancel anytime.
Free
Free
- 12,000 calls / month
- 2 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 12,000 calls/month
- 2 req/sec
- List, info & URL builder
- No credit card
Starter
€3.60 /month
- 180,000 calls / month
- 8 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 180k calls/month
- 8 req/sec
- Seeded & filtered URLs
- Email support
Pro
€10.60 /month
- 850,000 calls / month
- 20 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 850k calls/month
- 20 req/sec
- Mockups & CMS at scale
- Priority support
Mega
€31.40 /month
- 3,500,000 calls / month
- 50 requests / second
- Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
- 3.5M calls/month
- 50 req/sec
- High-traffic apps & platforms
- Dedicated SLA
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Wikimedia Commons API
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
Frequently asked questions
Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.
How do I get an API key for Photos API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Photos API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Photos 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 Photos API cost?
Photos API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €3.60 / 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 Photos API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Photos 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.
Pick an endpoint from the list on the left to see its details and try it.
Code snippets
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curl https://api.oanor.com/photos-api/SOME_PATH \
-H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/photos-api/SOME_PATH", {
headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/photos-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($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/photos-api/SOME_PATH",
headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())Ratings
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