# Pixabay — card for AI agents

Free photos, illustrations, vectors, videos, music and sound effects; the API covers images and videos only.

Category: Stock photos and images (also: Stock video, Illustrations, Music libraries, Sound effects) · maker Pixabay (Canva) · checked 2026-10-10

## Price
- Price: Free
- Free tier: Free; free API key.

## License
Pixabay Content License — https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/

- commercial: **yes** (Commercial use OK)
- attribution: **api-only** (Credit required by the API terms)
- in app: **conditions** (Ship inside your app with conditions)
- youtube: **conditions** (Monetized YouTube with conditions)
- ai training: **banned**
- bots: **banned**
- content id: **Some contributors register music in Content ID (shield icon). Dispute in YouTube Studio with the download certificate; no channel allowlist.**

## Rules to follow
- Download images to your own server; do not hotlink permanently.
- Cache API responses for 24 hours; do not mass-download.
- Show Pixabay as the source when displaying search results.
- Check for the Content ID shield before using a track in a monetized video.

## How an agent gets files
- Pixabay API: GET https://pixabay.com/api/?key=<KEY>&q=<term> for images, GET https://pixabay.com/api/videos/?key=<KEY>&q=<term> for videos. Download chosen files to your own server. No audio endpoint. (sign-in: api-key)
- Formats: jpg, mp4
- Not allowed: Do not sell or distribute content on a standalone basis
- Not allowed: No permanent hotlinking of Pixabay image URLs; download images to your server
- Not allowed: Cache API responses for 24 hours; no automated querying or systematic mass downloads
- Not allowed: Do not use content as part of a trademark, business name or service mark

Note on bots: the terms ban bots, scrapers and bulk downloading from the site. Do not script downloads from it; ask the user to download the files (or use the official API, if there is one) and add them to the project.

## How to connect
- Public API
- API docs: https://pixabay.com/api/docs/ (API key needed)
- API limits: 100 requests per 60 seconds per key; cache responses for 24 hours; higher limits may be granted on request.
- Website: https://pixabay.com

## Notes
Content may not be sold or distributed on a standalone basis; no commercial use of depicted brands. Content published before 2019-01-09 is CC0. AI-generated uploads must be labeled by creators. The API has no audio endpoints, and the terms ban robots for automatic data collection.

## Lines to paste into your prompt or AGENTS.md

```
- Pixabay (Stock photos and images, Stock video, Illustrations, Music libraries, Sound effects). Free photos, illustrations, vectors, videos, music and sound effects; the API covers images and videos only. Price: free; commercial use OK; credit required by the API terms; ship inside your app with conditions; no AI training on its content; no bots or bulk downloading (get files by hand or through the official API, if there is one).
  Connect: API docs https://pixabay.com/api/docs/ (API key needed). Limits: 100 requests per 60 seconds per key; cache responses for 24 hours; higher limits may be granted on request.
  Get files: Pixabay API: GET https://pixabay.com/api/?key=<KEY>&q=<term> for images, GET https://pixabay.com/api/videos/?key=<KEY>&q=<term> for videos. Download chosen files to your own server. No audio endpoint (jpg, mp4).
  Not allowed: Do not sell or distribute content on a standalone basis
  Not allowed: No permanent hotlinking of Pixabay image URLs; download images to your server
  Not allowed: Cache API responses for 24 hours; no automated querying or systematic mass downloads
  Not allowed: Do not use content as part of a trademark, business name or service mark
  Rule: Download images to your own server; do not hotlink permanently.
  Rule: Cache API responses for 24 hours; do not mass-download.
  Rule: Show Pixabay as the source when displaying search results.
  Rule: Check for the Content ID shield before using a track in a monetized video.
  License: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/ (checked 2026-10-10; details: https://agentgid.com/assets/pixabay/)
```

Not verified: Content ID for stock video (FAQ covers only music); whether the API returns an AI-generated flag; no status page found; no sanctioned automated route for audio.

## Links
- AgentGid page: https://agentgid.com/assets/pixabay/
- Source: https://pixabay.com/api/docs/
- Source: https://pixabay.com/service/license-summary/
- Source: https://pixabay.com/service/terms/
- Source: https://pixabay.com/service/faq/

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