Creative Commons Catalog

Openverse provides free and open access to the Openverse API to anonymous and registered users. [Refer to the API documentation site for information on how to register](https://api.openverse.org/v1/#tag/auth). All Openverse API users are subject to rate limits and restrictions on how much of Openverse's dataset can be accessed through the API. [Individuals should contact Openverse to request expanded access to the API](https://github.com/WordPress/openverse#keep-in-touch). Requests are considered on a case-by-case basis and are subject to evaluation in light of [Openverse's Terms of Service](https://docs.openverse.org/terms_of_service.html). Escalated access may be revoked at any time. To authenticate yourself, you must sign up for an API key using the `register` endpoint and then get an access token using the `token` endpoint. Read on to know about these endpoints. In subsequent requests, include your access token as a bearer token in the `Authorization` header. ``` Authorization: Bearer <access_token> ``` ### Rate limits Openverse endpoints are rate limited. Anonymous requests should be sufficient for most users. Indeed, https://openverse.org itself operates using anonymous requests from the browser. Registered users are automatically granted slightly higher limits. Further increases to rate limits are available upon request (see above). Every Openverse API response that was subject to rate-limits includes headers outlining the permitted and available usage. Exceeding the limit will result in '429: Too Many Requests' responses. ### Pagination Openverse's dataset is valuable, and the [Terms of Service](https://docs.openverse.org/terms_of_service.html) disallow scraping under all circumstances. As such, pagination for anonymous users is limited, accommodating only the typical usage on https://openverse.org. Pagination is limited in terms of the size of individual pages and the total number of works visible for a query (pagination depth). Authenticated users are subject to the same limit of total works available for a query, but may request larger individual pages. Increases to pagination limits on page size and total depth are available upon request (see above).

These are endpoints pertaining to audio files.

These are endpoints pertaining to images.