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Shutterstock is a global marketplace for licensed stock photos, videos, music, and editorial content. Search millions of high-quality images, download media assets, manage licenses, access contributor information, and integrate professional stock content into applications and creative workflows.
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Shutterstock offers stock images, videos, music, SFX, and editorial content. Search, license, and download. Metadata (genres, moods, categories) helps filter.
This endpoint adds one or more images to a collection by image IDs.
This endpoint adds assets to a catalog collection. It also automatically adds the assets to the user's account's catalog.
This endpoint adds one or more tracks to a collection by track IDs.
This endpoint adds one or more videos to a collection by video IDs.
This endpoint returns a redirect URI (in the 'Location' header) that the customer uses to authorize your application and, together with POST /v2/oauth...
This endpoint runs up to 5 image searches in a single request and returns up to 20 results per search. You can provide global search parameters in the...
This endpoint returns an access token for the specified user and with the specified scopes. The token does not expire until the user changes their pas...
This endpoint creates rendered audio from timeline data. It returns a render ID that you can use to download the finished audio when it is ready. The ...
This endpoint creates a catalog collection and optionally adds assets. To add assets to the collection later, use `PATCH /v2/catalog/collections/{coll...
This endpoint creates one or more image collections (lightboxes). To add images to the collections, use `POST /v2/images/collections/{id}/items`.
This endpoint creates one or more collections (soundboxes). To add tracks, use `POST /v2/audio/collections/{id}/items`.
This endpoint creates one or more collections (clipboxes). To add videos to collections, use `POST /v2/videos/collections/{id}/items`.
This endpoint deletes a catalog collection. It does not remove the assets from the user's account's catalog.
This endpoint removes assets from a catalog collection. It does not remove the assets from the user's account's catalog.
This endpoint deletes an image collection.
This endpoint removes one or more images from a collection.
This endpoint deletes a collection.
This endpoint removes one or more tracks from a collection.
This endpoint deletes a collection.
This endpoint removes one or more videos from a collection.
This endpoint redownloads images that you have already received a license for. The download links in the response are valid for 8 hours.
This endpoint redownloads sound effects that you have already received a license for. The download links in the response are valid for 8 hours.
This endpoint redownloads tracks that you have already received a license for. The download links in the response are valid for 8 hours.
This endpoint redownloads videos that you have already received a license for.
Echo text
This endpoint shows the status of one or more audio renders, including download links for completed audio.
This endpoint searches for videos that are similar to a video that you specify.
Get access token details
This endpoint returns a list of catalog collections.
This endpoint shows information about a single contributor, including contributor type, equipment they use, and other attributes.
This endpoint lists the IDs of items in a contributor's collection and the date that each was added.
This endpoint gets more detailed information about a contributor's collection, including its cover image, timestamps for its creation, and most recent...
This endpoint lists collections based on contributor ID.
This endpoint lists information about one or more contributors, including contributor type, equipment they use and other attributes.
Deprecated; use `GET /v2/editorial/images/categories` instead. This endpoint lists the categories that editorial images can belong to, which are separ...
This endpoint shows information about an editorial image, including a URL to a preview image and the sizes that it is available in.
This endpoint lists existing editorial image licenses.
Get editorial livefeed
Get editorial livefeed items
Get editorial livefeed list
Deprecated: use `GET /v2/editorial/images/livefeeds/{id}` instead to get an editorial livefeed.
Deprecated; use `GET /v2/editorial/images/livefeeds/{id}/items` instead to get editorial livefeed items.
Deprecated; use `GET /v2/editorial/images/livefeeds` instead to get a list of editorial livefeeds.
This endpoint shows information about an editorial image, including a URL to a preview image and the sizes that it is available in.
This endpoint lists existing editorial video licenses.
This endpoint gets more detailed information about a featured collection, including its cover image and timestamps for its creation and most recent up...
This endpoint lists the IDs of images in a featured collection and the date that each was added.
This endpoint lists featured collections of specific types and a name and cover image for each collection.
This endpoint gets more detailed information about a featured video collection, including its cover video and timestamps for its creation and most rec...
This endpoint lists the IDs of videos in a featured collection and the date that each was added.
This endpoint lists featured video collections and a name and cover video for each collection.
This endpoint shows information about an image, including a URL to a preview image and the sizes that it is available in.
This endpoint gets more detailed information about a collection, including its cover image and timestamps for its creation and most recent update. To ...
This endpoint lists the IDs of images in a collection and the date that each was added.
This endpoint lists your collections of images and their basic attributes.
This endpoint returns up to 10 important keywords from a block of plain text.
This endpoint lists existing licenses.
This endpoint lists information about one or more images, including the available sizes.
This endpoint returns images that customers put in the same collection as the specified image IDs.
This endpoint provides autocomplete suggestions for partial search terms.
This endpoint returns a list of suggested keywords for a media item that you specify or upload.
This endpoint shows information about a sound effect.
This endpoint lists existing licenses.
This endpoint shows information about sound effects.
This endpoint returns images that are visually similar to an image that you specify or upload.
This endpoint returns videos that are visually similar to an image that you specify or upload.
This endpoint shows information about a track, including its genres, instruments, and other attributes.
This endpoint gets more detailed information about a collection, including the number of items in it and when it was last updated. To get the tracks i...
This endpoint lists the IDs of tracks in a collection and the date that each was added.
This endpoint lists your collections of audio tracks and their basic attributes.
This endpoint lists existing licenses. You can filter the results according to the track ID to see if you have an existing license for a specific trac...
This endpoint lists information about one or more audio tracks, including the description and publication date.
Deprecated; use `GET /v2/editorial/images/updated` instead to get recently updated items.
This endpoint lists editorial images that have been updated in the specified time period to update content management systems (CMS) or digital asset m...
This endpoint lists images that have been updated in the specified time period to update content management systems (CMS) or digital asset management ...
This endpoint lists videos that have been updated in the specified time period to update content management systems (CMS) or digital asset management ...
Get user details
List user subscriptions
Deprecated; use `GET /v2/editorial/images/{id}` instead to show information about an editorial image, including a URL to a preview image and the sizes...
This endpoint shows information about a video, including URLs to previews and the sizes that it is available in.
This endpoint gets more detailed information about a collection, including the timestamp for its creation and the number of videos in it. To get the v...
This endpoint lists the IDs of videos in a collection and the date that each was added.
This endpoint lists your collections of videos and their basic attributes.
This endpoint lists existing licenses.
This endpoint lists information about one or more videos, including the aspect ratio and URLs to previews.
This endpoint provides autocomplete suggestions for partial search terms.
Deprecated; use `POST /v2/editorial/images/licenses` instead to get licenses for one or more editorial images. You must specify the country and one or...
This endpoint gets licenses for one or more editorial images. You must specify the country and one or more editorial images to license. The download l...
This endpoint gets licenses for one or more editorial videos. You must specify the country and one or more editorial videos to license. The download l...
This endpoint gets licenses for one or more images. You must specify the image IDs in the body parameter and other details like the format, size, and ...
This endpoint licenses sounds effect assets.
This endpoint gets licenses for one or more tracks. The download links in the response are valid for 8 hours.
This endpoint gets licenses for one or more videos. You must specify the video IDs in the body parameter and the size and subscription ID either in th...
This endpoint lists the descriptors that you can use in the audio regions in an audio render.
This endpoint lists the instruments that you can include in computer audio. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND conditi...
This endpoint lists the categories that editorial images can belong to, which are separate from the categories that other types of assets can belong t...
This endpoint lists the categories that editorial videos can belong to, which are separate from the categories that other types of assets can belong t...
This endpoint returns a list of all audio genres.
This endpoint lists the categories (Shutterstock-assigned genres) that images can belong to.
This endpoint returns a list of all audio instruments.
This endpoint returns a list of all audio moods.
This endpoint returns images that are visually similar to an image that you specify.
This endpoint lists the categories (Shutterstock-assigned genres) that videos can belong to.
This endpoint sets a new name for an image collection.
This endpoint sets a new name for a collection.
This endpoint sets a new name for a collection.
This endpoint searches for assets in the account's catalog. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition. Array parame...
Deprecated; use `GET /v2/editorial/images/search` instead to search for editorial images.
This endpoint searches for editorial images. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition. For example, if you set the...
This endpoint searches for editorial videos. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition. For example, if you set the...
This endpoint searches for images. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition. Array parameters can be specified mul...
This endpoint searches for sound effects. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition.
This endpoint searches for tracks. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition. Array parameters can be specified mul...
This endpoint searches for videos. If you specify more than one search parameter, the API uses an AND condition. Array parameters can be specified mul...
This endpoint updates the metadata of a catalog collection.
Deprecated; use `POST /v2/cv/images` instead. This endpoint uploads an image for reverse image search. The image must be in JPEG or PNG format. To get...
This endpoint uploads an image for reverse image or video search. Images must be in JPEG or PNG format. To get the search results, pass the upload ID ...
Validate input
Shutterstock is a global marketplace for licensed stock photos, videos, music, and editorial content. Search millions of high-quality images, download media assets, manage licenses, access contributor information, and integrate professional stock content into applications and creative workflows. It provides 118 tools that AI agents can use through the Model Context Protocol (MCP).
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Shutterstock provides 118 tools that can be called by AI agents, along with a SKILL.md that gives your AI agent domain knowledge about when and how to use them.
Shutterstock uses API Key. Shutterstock requires credentials. Connect via MCPBundles and authentication is handled automatically.
Connect Shutterstock to any MCP client in minutes
Model Context Protocol lets AI tools call external capabilities securely through a single URL. This bundle groups tools behind an MCP endpoint that many clients can use.
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