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Photos API

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Real stock photography as an API, powered by Lorem Picsum. Browse a curated catalogue of high-resolution photos with their author and dimensions, look up any photo by id, or build a ready-to-embed image URL on the fly — pick a width and height and get a random photo, pass a seed for a stable deterministic image (the same seed always returns the same photo, ideal for consistent placeholders per user or item), or target a specific photo by id, with optional grayscale and blur. No accounts, no attribution headaches: every image is a clean, hotlinkable URL. Perfect for mockups and design comps, blog and CMS placeholders, app prototypes, test fixtures and any layout that needs real imagery instead of grey boxes.

#photos #stock-photos #placeholder #picsum #images #mockup
api.oanor.com/photos-api
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Machine-readable spec so AI agents can integrate this API.

/api/photos-api/openapi.json
/api/photos-api/llms.txt

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Uptime
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Avg latency
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Total calls
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Pricing

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Free

Free

  • 12,000 calls / month
  • 2 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 12,000 calls/month
  • 2 req/sec
  • List, info & URL builder
  • No credit card
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Starter

€3.60 /month

  • 180,000 calls / month
  • 8 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 180k calls/month
  • 8 req/sec
  • Seeded & filtered URLs
  • Email support
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Pro

€10.60 /month

  • 850,000 calls / month
  • 20 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 850k calls/month
  • 20 req/sec
  • Mockups & CMS at scale
  • Priority support
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Mega

€31.40 /month

  • 3,500,000 calls / month
  • 50 requests / second
  • Hard cap (429 above quota, no overage)
  • 3.5M calls/month
  • 50 req/sec
  • High-traffic apps & platforms
  • Dedicated SLA
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Frequently asked questions

Quick answers about pricing, quotas, and integration.

How do I get an API key for Photos API?
Sign up for free at oanor.com, generate an API key from the developer dashboard, and call Photos API with the x-oanor-key header. No credit card needed for the free tier.
What's the rate limit for Photos API?
Free tier allows 1 request per second. Paid plans scale up to 50 requests per second on the Mega tier. Hard limits return HTTP 429 above the quota — no surprise overage charges.
How much does Photos API cost?
Photos API has a free tier with 100 calls / month. Paid plans start at €3.60 / month with higher quotas and faster rate limits.
Can I cancel my subscription anytime?
Yes. Plans are billed monthly and you can cancel anytime from your billing dashboard. No long-term contracts and no cancellation fee.
Is Photos API GDPR-compliant?
All requests to Photos API go through our EU-based gateway. Your upstream API key never leaves our server and no personal data is shared with the upstream provider beyond the request you send.

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Code snippets

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curl https://api.oanor.com/photos-api/SOME_PATH \
  -H "x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."
const res = await fetch("https://api.oanor.com/photos-api/SOME_PATH", {
  headers: { "x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..." }
});
const data = await res.json();
$ch = curl_init("https://api.oanor.com/photos-api/SOME_PATH");
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_RETURNTRANSFER, true);
curl_setopt($ch, CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER, ["x-oanor-key: oanor_test_..."]);
$response = curl_exec($ch);
import requests
r = requests.get(
    "https://api.oanor.com/photos-api/SOME_PATH",
    headers={"x-oanor-key": "oanor_test_..."},
)
print(r.json())

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