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Pexels-API

Availability
Available CoreAvailable StandardAvailable PlusAvailable ProAvailable Enterprise FlexAvailable Self-Managed EnterpriseAvailable PyAirbyte
Support Level
Marketplace
Connector Version
0.2.41 (last updated 6 months ago)
Definition ID
69d9eb65-8026-47dc-baf1-e4bf67901fd6

This page contains the setup guide and reference information for the Pexels-API source connector.

Prerequisites​

Api key is mandate for this connector to work, It could be generated by a gmail account for free at https://www.pexels.com/api/new/. Just pass the generated API key and optional parameters for establishing the connection.

Setup guide​

Step 1: Set up Pexels-API connection​

  • Generate an API key (Example: 12345)
  • Params (If specific info is needed)
  • Available params
    • query: Ocean, Tigers, Pears, etc. Default is people
    • orientation: landscape, portrait or square. Default is landscape
    • size: large, medium, small. Default is large
    • color: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, violet, pink, brown, black, gray, white or any hexidecimal color code.
    • locale: en-US, pt-BR, es-ES, ca-ES, de-DE, it-IT, fr-FR, sv-SE, id-ID, pl-PL, ja-JP, zh-TW, zh-CN, ko-KR, th-TH, nl-NL, hu-HU, vi-VN, cs-CZ, da-DK, fi-FI, uk-UA, el-GR, ro-RO, nb-NO, sk-SK, tr-TR, ru-RU. Default is en-US

Step 2: Set up the Pexels-APIs connector in Airbyte​

For Airbyte Cloud:​

  1. Log into your Airbyte Cloud account.
  2. In the left navigation bar, click Sources. In the top-right corner, click +new source.
  3. On the Set up the source page, enter the name for the Pexels-API connector and select Pexels-API from the Source type dropdown.
  4. Enter your api_key.
  5. Enter the params configuration if needed. Supported params are: query, orientation, size, color, locale, collection_id
    video_id, photo_id
  6. Click Set up source.

For Airbyte OSS:​

  1. Navigate to the Airbyte Open Source dashboard.
  2. Set the name for your source.
  3. Enter your api_key.
  4. Enter the params configuration if needed. Supported params are: query, orientation, size, color, locale, collection_id
    video_id, photo_id
  5. Click Set up source.

Supported sync modes​

The Pexels-API source connector supports the following sync modes:

FeatureSupported?
Full Refresh SyncYes
Incremental SyncNo
Replicate Incremental DeletesNo
SSL connectionYes
NamespacesNo

Supported Streams​

  • photos_search
  • photos_curated
  • videos_search
  • videos_popular
  • collection_featured

API method example​

GET https://api.pexels.com/v1/curated?per_page=1

Performance considerations​

Pexels-API's [API reference]https://www.pexels.com/api/documentation) has v1 at present and v2 is at development. The connector as default uses v1.

IP allow list​

If you use Airbyte Cloud and your organization restricts access to specific IPs, add the Airbyte Cloud IP addresses to your allow list.

Reference​

Config fields reference

Field
Type
Property name
string
api_key
string
query
string
color
string
locale
string
orientation
string
size

Changelog​

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0.2.22024-12-1147678Starting with this version, the Docker image is now rootless. Please note that this and future versions will not be compatible with Airbyte versions earlier than 0.64
0.2.12024-08-1644196Bump source-declarative-manifest version
0.2.02024-08-1544097Refactor connector to manifest-only format
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0.1.32024-06-0639216[autopull] Upgrade base image to v1.2.2
0.1.22024-05-2138458[autopull] base image + poetry + up_to_date
0.1.12024-05-2138458[autopull] base image + poetry + up_to_date
0.1.02022-11-02InitInitial commit
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