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Our REST API delivers a frictionless workflow for users, flexibility for developers, and results for businesses.

Pinpoint the right stock assets for every request with advanced filters, accurate metadata, and multilingual search in 21 languages.

{
  "page": 1,
  "per_page": 3,
  "total_count": 238991,
  "search_id": "zW_zW1tpMAzkVONcYksznA",
  "data": [
    {
      "id": "348384155",
      "aspect": 1.7776,
      "assets": {
        "preview": {
          "height": 253,
          "url": "https://image.shutterstock.com/display_pic_with_logo/3798320/348384155/stock-photo-new-york-city-th-ave-vertical-348384155.jpg",
          "width": 450
        },
        "small_thumb": {
          "height": 56,
          "url": "https://thumb9.shutterstock.com/thumb_small/3798320/348384155/stock-photo-new-york-city-th-ave-vertical-348384155.jpg",
          "width": 100
        },
        "large_thumb": {
          "height": 84,
          "url": "https://thumb9.shutterstock.com/thumb_large/3798320/348384155/stock-photo-new-york-city-th-ave-vertical-348384155.jpg",
          "width": 150
        },
        "huge_thumb": {
          "height": 260,
          "url": "https://image.shutterstock.com/image-photo/new-york-city-5th-ave-260nw-348384155.jpg",
          "width": 462
        }
      },
      "contributor": {
        "id": "3798320"
      },
      "description": "New York City 5th Ave Vertical",
      "image_type": "photo",
      "media_type": "image"
    },
    ...
  ],
  "spellcheck_info": {}
}

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Accelerate user workflows with straightforward in-platform asset licensing in the right format, license filtering, and access to license history.

{
  "data": [
    {
      "video_id": "2140697",
      "download": {
        "url": "https://download.shutterstock.com/gatekeeper/[random-characters]/shutterstock_v2140697.mov"
      },
      "allotment_charge": 1
    },
    ...
  ]
}

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Create custom collections tailored for your audience or use our featured collections.

const request = require("request-promise");

const body = {
  "items": [
    {
      "id": "91378538",
      "media_type": "image"
    },
    {
      "id": "256220611",
      "media_type": "image"
    }
  ]
}

request.post("https://api.shutterstock.com/v2/images/collections/64708724/items", {
  headers: {
    "User-Agent": "request",
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.SHUTTERSTOCK_API_TOKEN
  },
  body: body,
  json: true
})
.then(res => {
  console.log(res);
});

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Empower users with complete creative control over images with the Shutterstock Editor.

<script src="https://s.picdn.net/editor/image/assets/integration.js"></script>
<script>
    window.Editor({
        apiKey: 'API_KEY'
    }).launch();
</script>

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Give your platform a competitive edge with reverse image search capabilities powered by computer vision.

const request = require("request-promise");

request.get("https://api.shutterstock.com/v2/images/Ue9ecf147307485dc71cf947d1dbb90bd/similar", {
  headers: {
    "User-Agent": "request",
    "Authorization": "Bearer " + process.env.SHUTTERSTOCK_API_TOKEN
  }
})
.then(res => {
  console.log(res);
});

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