Pixabay_api

Background

Use PixaBayApi to get image data from pixabay.com follow API - https://pixabay.com/api/docs/.
Sign up to get free API - https://pixabay.com/en/accounts/register/

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pixabay_api'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pixabay_api

Configuring PixabayApi

If you're using Rails, create an initializer for this:

config/initializers/pixabay_api.rb

You can configure as below:

  PixabayApi.configure do |c|
    c.api_key = YOUR_API_KEY
  end

Usage

Get pictures data

  images_api = PixabayApi::ImagesApi.new
  pictures = images_api.find(keyword: 'test')

  p pictures.success?
  p pictures.body['totalHits']
  p pictures.body

samples return

# true
# 500
{
  'totalHits' => 500,
  'hits' =>
    [
      {
        'previewHeight' => 84,
        'likes' => 23,
        'favorites' => 6,
        'tags' => 'bread, ham, tight max',
        'webformatHeight' => 360,
        'views' => 772,
        'webformatWidth' => 640,
        'previewWidth' => 150,
        'comments' => 24,
        'downloads' => 494,
        'pageURL' => 'https://pixabay.com/en/bread-ham-tight-max-egg-fried-2796393/',
        'previewURL' => 'https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/28/18/13/bread-2796393_150.jpg',
        'webformatURL' => 'https://pixabay.com/get/eb32b8092bfd023ed95c4518b7484595ea7fe3d204b0144192f0c879a2efb1_640.jpg',
        'imageWidth' => 5472,
        'user_id' => 19_628,
        'user' => 'RitaE',
        'type' => 'photo',
        'id' => 2_796_393,
        'userImageURL' => 'https://cdn.pixabay.com/user/2017/06/28/22-56-11-59_250x250.jpg',
        'imageHeight' => 3_080
      }
    ]
}

Get picture array data

  images_api = PixabayApi::ImagesApi.new
  pictures = images_api.find_and_return_array(keyword: 'test')

  p pictures.success?
  p pictures.body['totalHits']
  p pictures.body

It will be return picture array

[
  {
    'previewHeight' => 84,
    'likes' => 23,
    'favorites' => 6,
    'tags' => 'bread, ham, tight max',
    'webformatHeight' => 360,
    'views' => 772,
    'webformatWidth' => 640,
    'previewWidth' => 150,
    'comments' => 24,
    'downloads' => 494,
    'pageURL' => 'https://pixabay.com/en/bread-ham-tight-max-egg-fried-2796393/',
    'previewURL' => 'https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2017/09/28/18/13/bread-2796393_150.jpg',
    'webformatURL' => 'https://pixabay.com/get/eb32b8092bfd023ed95c4518b7484595ea7fe3d204b0144192f0c879a2efb1_640.jpg',
    'imageWidth' => 5472,
    'user_id' => 19_628,
    'user' => 'RitaE',
    'type' => 'photo',
    'id' => 2_796_393,
    'userImageURL' => 'https://cdn.pixabay.com/user/2017/06/28/22-56-11-59_250x250.jpg',
    'imageHeight' => 3_080
  },
  ...
]

Get pictures data with options

we can use options like below

  images_api = PixabayApi::ImagesApi.new
  options = { category:  'animals', lang: 'vi' }
  picture = images_api.find(keyword: 'test', options: options)
  # or
  pictures = images_api.find_and_return_array(keyword: 'test', options: options)

There are several options for video and image. You can check:

images: https://github.com/haanhduclinh/pixabay_api#search-images

videos: https://github.com/haanhduclinh/pixabay_api#search-videos

Get video data and return array_data

  video_api = PixabayApi::VideoApi.new
  videos = video_api.find(keyword: 'test')

  p pictures.success?
  p pictures.body['totalHits']
  p pictures.body

Options

Search Images

fields	type	describle
key (required)	str	Your API key
q	str	A URL encoded search term. If omitted, all images are returned. This value may not exceed 100 characters. Example: "yellow+flower"
lang	str	Language code of the language to be searched in. Accepted values: cs, da, de, en, es, fr, id, it, hu, nl, no, pl, pt, ro, sk, fi, sv, tr, vi, th, bg, ru, el, ja, ko, zh Default: "en"
id	str	ID, hash ID, or a comma separated list of values for retrieving specific images. In a comma separated list, IDs and hash IDs cannot be used together.
response_group	str	Choose between retrieving high resolution images and image details. When selecting details, you can access images up to a dimension of 960 x 720 px. Accepted values: "image_details", "high_resolution" (requires permission) Default: "image_details"
image_type	str	Filter results by image type. Accepted values: "all", "photo", "illustration", "vector" Default: "all"
orientation	str	Whether an image is wider than it is tall, or taller than it is wide. Accepted values: "all", "horizontal", "vertical" Default: "all"
category	str	Filter results by category. Accepted values: fashion, nature, backgrounds, science, education, people, feelings, religion, health, places, animals, industry, food, computer, sports, transportation, travel, buildings, business, music
min_width	int	Minimum image width. Default: "0"
min_height	int	Minimum image height. Default: "0"
editors_choice	bool	Select images that have received an Editor's Choice award. Accepted values: "true", "false" Default: "false"
safesearch	bool	A flag indicating that only images suitable for all ages should be returned. Accepted values: "true", "false" Default: "false"
order	str	How the results should be ordered. Accepted values: "popular", "latest" Default: "popular"
page	int	Returned search results are paginated. Use this parameter to select the page number. Default: 1
per_page	int	Determine the number of results per page. Accepted values: 3 - 200 Default: 20
callback	str	JSONP callback function name
pretty	bool	Indent JSON output. This option should not be used in production. Accepted values: "true", "false" Default: "false"

Search Videos

fields	type	describle
key (required)	str	Your API key
q	str	A URL encoded search term. If omitted, all images are returned. This value may not exceed 100 characters. Example: "yellow+flower"
lang	str	Language code of the language to be searched in. Accepted values: cs, da, de, en, es, fr, id, it, hu, nl, no, pl, pt, ro, sk, fi, sv, tr, vi, th, bg, ru, el, ja, ko, zh Default: "en"
id	str	ID, hash ID, or a comma separated list of values for retrieving specific images. In a comma separated list, IDs and hash IDs cannot be used together.
response_group	str	Choose between retrieving high resolution images and image details. When selecting details, you can access images up to a dimension of 960 x 720 px. Accepted values: "image_details", "high_resolution" (requires permission) Default: "image_details"
video_type	str	Filter results by video type. Accepted values: "all", "film", "animation" Default: "all"
orientation	str	Whether an image is wider than it is tall, or taller than it is wide. Accepted values: "all", "horizontal", "vertical" Default: "all"
category	str	Filter results by category. Accepted values: fashion, nature, backgrounds, science, education, people, feelings, religion, health, places, animals, industry, food, computer, sports, transportation, travel, buildings, business, music
min_width	int	Minimum image width. Default: "0"
min_height	int	Minimum image height. Default: "0"
editors_choice	bool	Select images that have received an Editor's Choice award. Accepted values: "true", "false" Default: "false"
safesearch	bool	A flag indicating that only images suitable for all ages should be returned. Accepted values: "true", "false" Default: "false"
order	str	How the results should be ordered. Accepted values: "popular", "latest" Default: "popular"
page	int	Returned search results are paginated. Use this parameter to select the page number. Default: 1
per_page	int	Determine the number of results per page. Accepted values: 3 - 200 Default: 20
callback	str	JSONP callback function name
pretty	bool	Indent JSON output. This option should not be used in production. Accepted values: "true", "false" Default: "false"

Get more detail - https://pixabay.com/api/docs/

Rate Limit

By default, you can make up to 5,000 requests per hour. Requests are associated with the API key, and not with your IP address. The response headers tell you everything you need to know about your current rate limit status:

Header name	Description
X-RateLimit-Limit	The maximum number of requests that the consumer is permitted to make in 30 minutes.
X-RateLimit-Remaining	The number of requests remaining in the current rate limit window.
X-RateLimit-Reset	The remaining time in seconds after which the current rate limit window resets.

To keep the Pixabay API fast for everyone, requests must be cached for 24 hours. Also, the API is made for real human requests; do not send lots of automated queries. Systematic mass downloads are not allowed. If needed, we can increase this limit at any time - given that you've implemented the API properly.

How to contributor

Folk project
Create pull request. Please remember add rspec and make sure pass all of test.

Run test

bundle exec rspec

Author

haanhduclinh@yahoo.com | www.haanhduclinh.com

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