Search free-to-use images (coming soon)
search_free_imagesFind legally reusable images from Wikimedia Commons by license, size, orientation, and format, with attribution details and filters to ensure commercial use rights.
Instructions
COMING SOON: this Kanto Labs actor is not public on the Apify Store yet. Until it is, calls return an 'actor not yet public' error and nothing is charged. Find pictures you may legally reuse: searches the 100M+ freely licensed files on Wikimedia Commons through the official MediaWiki API and returns only images under free licenses that allow commercial use (public domain, CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA...). Each image comes with the full-size original URL, a thumbnail URL, the file page, width, height, orientation, license, license family, whether attribution or share-alike is required, the author, a ready-to-paste attribution line (text and HTML), community quality marks and any extra restrictions (trademarks, personality rights). Filter by license ("noAttribution" = public domain/CC0 only, "commercialNoShareAlike" = PD/CC0/CC BY), minimum size, orientation and file type. Use it for article featured images, product or slide visuals, maps, flags, diagrams, historical photos and licensed image datasets. Works best for concrete subjects (animals, food, places, objects, events); abstract stock concepts return fewer matches, so search for the concrete scene. Not legal advice: follow each image's license. Cost: $0.001 per image returned, billed to your Apify account; filters apply before charging and a search with no match is free. Runs the Apify actor kantolabs/free-image-search with your APIFY_TOKEN; maxTotalChargeUsd caps the spend per call.
Input Schema
| Name | Required | Description | Default |
|---|---|---|---|
| license | No | "any" (default): every free license. "commercialNoShareAlike": public domain, CC0 and CC BY only. "noAttribution": public domain and CC0 only (no credit needed). | |
| queries | Yes | Search terms, one per item, e.g. ["golden retriever puppy", "tokyo skyline night"]. English works best. | |
| language | No | Preferred language for titles and descriptions, e.g. en (default), de, fr, ja. | |
| minWidth | No | Minimum width in px. Default 0 (any). | |
| fileTypes | No | Formats to include. Default ["jpg", "png", "webp"]; use ["svg"] for maps, flags, icons and diagrams. | |
| minHeight | No | Minimum height in px. Default 0 (any). | |
| orientation | No | Default any. | |
| timeoutSecs | No | Give up after this many seconds (max 300, Apify's limit for synchronous runs). Default 280. For big batches, split the input into several calls. | |
| thumbnailWidth | No | Width of thumbnailUrl in px. Default 800. imageUrl is always the full original. | |
| excludeRestricted | No | Skip files with trademark, personality-rights or insignia restrictions (recommended for ads). Default false. | |
| maxTotalChargeUsd | No | Hard spending cap for this call in USD, enforced by Apify: the run stops once it has charged this much. Default 1 (server setting KANTO_MAX_CHARGE_USD). | |
| maxResultsPerQuery | No | Images per search after filters. Default 20. Each is charged. |