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Integrates the Unsplash, Pexels, and Pixabay APIs in code - auth, search endpoints, rate limits, attribution, hotlinking versus caching rules, and the compliance obligations that get apps deactivated when skipped. Use when someone says "integrate the Unsplash API", "pull images from Pexels in my app", "build an image picker on a stock photo API", "how do I trigger the Unsplash download endpoint", or is wiring stock imagery into a CMS, blog pipeline, or placeholder service. Do NOT use to choose a source by hand or write a search brief - use stock-photo-finder instead; do NOT use to decide whether a license permits a use or a release is needed - use image-license-rights instead; do NOT use to art-direct results - use visual-asset-curation instead.

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# Stock Photo APIs

Wire stock imagery into a product through the three main free APIs - Unsplash, Pexels, Pixabay - without tripping the compliance rules that get API keys revoked. The fetch is trivial; the contractual obligations (Unsplash's download-endpoint trigger, Pixabay's mandatory caching, attribution everywhere) are the actual work, and skipping them is the #1 reason apps get deactivated.

## Operating procedure

### Step 1: Gather inputs

- Is the need dynamic, repeated, or in-product? For a one-off hero image, download it by hand - an API key is overkill.
- Which provider(s), or should the integration abstract over all three? (Choosing a source for a specific image is stock-photo-finder's job.)
- Expected request volume, to check against the rate-limit table.
- Where images will render (client hotlink vs server cache) - this decides between Unsplash's hotlink rule and Pixabay's cache rule.
- Whether anything commercial ships - a human owns that license call via image-license-rights.

### Step 2: Pick against the provider quick reference
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