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Delete Image Collection

Delete an image collection by id.

Delete Track Collection

Delete a music track collection by id.

Delete Video Collection

Delete a video collection by id.

Download Image

Download a licensed image by license id. The response includes a time-limited URL (typically ~8 hours). License the image first.

Download Track

Download a licensed music track by license id.

Download Video

Download a licensed video by license id.

Get Account

Read the connected Shutterstock account. With no include, returns the user profile (username, customer id, license flags). Pass include=subscriptions to list subscription ids needed for licensing, or include=access_token for OAuth token metadata. Combine with comma-separated include values to batch related reads.

Get Computer Vision

Shutterstock computer-vision APIs. action=upload registers a reference image; action=keywords returns suggested keywords for asset_id; action=similar_images or similar_videos finds catalog matches for asset_id (from search results or upload).

Get Contributors

Read Shutterstock contributor data. Pass contributor_ids for a batch lookup; pass contributor_id alone for one profile; add list_collections=true to list their collections; pass collection_id for one collection; add include_items=true for collection member ids.

Get Image Collections

Read image collections (lightboxes). Omit id to list collections; pass id to fetch one collection; pass id with include_items=true to list image ids in the collection.

Get Image Licenses

List image licenses on the connected account. Filter by image_id, date range, or download availability. Use before downloading to find a license id.

Get Images

Read Shutterstock images. Pass id to fetch one image; pass query (plus optional filters) to search; pass similar_to_id for catalog similar-image results; pass suggest_query for autocomplete; pass keyword_suggestion_body to extract keywords from text; pass recommendations_for_id for related picks. Only one primary mode per call.

Get Shutterstock Metadata

Fetch Shutterstock lookup metadata for search filters — image or video categories, or music genres, instruments, and moods. Pass kind to select the table.

Get Track Collections

Read music track collections. Omit id to list; pass id for metadata; pass id with include_items=true for member track ids.

Get Tracks

Read Shutterstock music tracks. Pass id to fetch one track; pass query (and optional genre, mood, instrument, bpm, duration filters) to search the catalog.

Get Video Collections

Read video collections. Omit id to list; pass id for one collection; pass id with include_items=true for member video ids.

Get Video Licenses

List video licenses on the connected account.

Get Videos

Read Shutterstock videos. Pass id to fetch one clip; pass query to search; pass similar_to_id for similar results; pass suggest_query for autocomplete.

License Images

License one or more images under the user's Shutterstock subscription. Requires an active subscription id from the account read (include subscriptions). Returns download metadata.

License Track

License one or more music tracks under the user's Shutterstock subscription. Requires a subscription id from the account read (include subscriptions).

License Videos

License one or more videos under the user's Shutterstock subscription. Requires a subscription id from the account read (include subscriptions).

Upsert Image Collection

Create or update image collections. Omit id and pass body to create. Pass id and body to rename or to add image ids (items body). Pass id and remove_item_ids to delete images from a collection.

Upsert Track Collection

Create or update music collections. Omit id to create; pass id and body to rename or add tracks; pass id and remove_item_ids to delete tracks from a collection.

Upsert Video Collection

Create or update video collections. Omit id to create; pass id and body to rename or add videos; pass id and remove_item_ids to delete videos from a collection.