`search_images`

Pack: openverse · Endpoint: https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openverse/mcp

“Find royalty-free / Creative Commons / public-domain images of [X]” / “CC images of [Y]” / “free-to-use pictures of [topic]” / “stock photos of [subject]” — search Creative-Commons-licensed images across Wikimedia, Flickr, Met Museum, Smithsonian, and many other open repositories via Openverse. Filter by license (cc0, by, by-sa, …), commercial-use, size. Use to find legally-reusable images for slides, blog posts, marketing, education.

Parameters

Name	Type	Required	Description
`query`	string	yes
`license`	string	no	comma-separated, e.g. “cc0,by”
`license_type`	string	no	”commercial” \| “modification” \| “all”
`size`	string	no	”small” \| “medium” \| “large”
`source`	string	no	Provider id, e.g. “flickr”,“met”,“wikimedia”
`page`	number	no
`page_size`	number	no	1-500 (default 20)

Example call

Arguments

{
  "query": "sunset landscape"
}

curl

curl -X POST https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openverse/mcp \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{"jsonrpc":"2.0","id":1,"method":"tools/call","params":{"name":"search_images","arguments":{"query":"sunset landscape"}}}'

TypeScript (@pipeworx/sdk)

import { Pipeworx } from '@pipeworx/sdk';
const pipeworx = new Pipeworx();

const result = await pipeworx.call('search_images', {
  "query": "sunset landscape"
});

More examples

{
  "query": "cat",
  "license": "cc0,by",
  "size": "large",
  "source": "flickr",
  "page": 1,
  "page_size": 50
}

Response shape

Field	Type	Description
`results`	array	Array of image results
`result_count`	integer	Total number of results available
`page_count`	integer	Total number of pages
`page_size`	integer	Results per page
`page`	integer	Current page number

Full JSON Schema

{
  "type": "object",
  "properties": {
    "results": {
      "type": "array",
      "description": "Array of image results",
      "items": {
        "type": "object",
        "properties": {
          "id": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Image unique identifier"
          },
          "title": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Image title"
          },
          "creator": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Image creator name"
          },
          "creator_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Creator profile URL"
          },
          "url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Image URL"
          },
          "thumbnail": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Thumbnail URL"
          },
          "foreign_landing_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Original source URL"
          },
          "license": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "License type"
          },
          "license_url": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "License details URL"
          },
          "license_version": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "License version"
          },
          "provider": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Source provider"
          },
          "source": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Source identifier"
          },
          "category": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "Image category"
          },
          "filesize": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "File size in bytes"
          },
          "filetype": {
            "type": "string",
            "description": "File format"
          },
          "width": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Image width in pixels"
          },
          "height": {
            "type": "integer",
            "description": "Image height in pixels"
          },
          "tags": {
            "type": "array",
            "description": "Associated tags",
            "items": {
              "type": "object",
              "properties": {
                "name": {
                  "type": "string",
                  "description": "Tag name"
                },
                "accuracy": {
                  "type": "number",
                  "description": "Tag accuracy score"
                }
              }
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    "result_count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of results available"
    },
    "page_count": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Total number of pages"
    },
    "page_size": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Results per page"
    },
    "page": {
      "type": "integer",
      "description": "Current page number"
    }
  }
}

Connect

Add this to your MCP client config, or use one-click install buttons:

{
  "mcpServers": {
    "openverse": {
      "url": "https://gateway.pipeworx.io/openverse/mcp"
    }
  }
}

See Getting Started for client-specific install steps.

search_images