Free Art & Design APIs

31 free public Art & Design APIs for developers. 27 support HTTPS, 15 allow CORS from the browser and 18 need no API key.

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3DTexel

Search free CC0 PBR materials, HDRIs, decals and 3D models for games

No authHTTPSCORS

Améthyste

Generate images for Discord users

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Art Institute of Chicago

Art

No authHTTPSCORS

Colormind

Color scheme generator

No authNo HTTPSCORS ?

ColourLovers

Get various patterns, palettes and images

No authNo HTTPSCORS ?

Cooper Hewitt

Smithsonian Design Museum

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Dribbble

Discover the world’s top designers & creatives

OAuthHTTPSCORS ?

DummyImage

Generate placeholder images with custom size, colors and text

No authHTTPSCORS ?

EmojiHub

Get emojis by categories and groups

No authHTTPSCORS

Europeana

European Museum and Galleries content

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Face Shape Guide Lookup

Read-only lookup for published face-shape guide records

No authHTTPSCORS

Favicondl

Get any website's favicon by URL (SVG/PNG/ICO), with JSON metadata and fallbacks

No authHTTPSCORS

Harvard Art Museums

Art

apiKeyNo HTTPSCORS ?

Icon Horse

Favicons for any website, with fallbacks

No authHTTPSCORS

Iconfinder

Icons

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Iconify

Search and fetch SVG icons from 200+ open source icon sets

No authHTTPSCORS

Icons8

Icons (find "search icon" hyperlink in page)

No authHTTPSCORS ?

Lordicon

Icons with predone Animations

No authHTTPSCORS

Metropolitan Museum of Art

Met Museum of Art

No authHTTPSNo CORS

Noun Project

Icons

OAuthNo HTTPSCORS ?

PHP-Noise

Noise Background Image Generator

No authHTTPSCORS

PickShade

Convert colors, check WCAG and APCA contrast, build palettes, gradients and tokens

No authHTTPSCORS

Pixel Encounter

SVG Icon Generator

No authHTTPSNo CORS

raFont

1,500+ free downloadable fonts with categories, tags and preview images

No authHTTPSCORS

Rijksmuseum

RijksMuseum Data

apiKeyHTTPSCORS ?

Smithsonian Open Access

Smithsonian collection metadata and open-access digital media

apiKeyHTTPSCORS ?

Text-till-Kladdesign

AI fashion design generator — transform Swedish text into clothing concepts

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The Color API

Convert and generate color schemes

No authHTTPSCORS

Thisispaper

Curated architecture, design, photography and art projects with visual-similarity and taste metadata

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UpRes

AI image upscaling to 8K with 18 models (Real-ESRGAN, SeedVR2, AuraSR)

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Word Cloud

Easily create word clouds

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Art & Design API FAQ

How many free Art & Design APIs are there?

There are 31 free public Art & Design APIs in the directory. 27 support HTTPS, 15 are confirmed to allow CORS and 18 need no API key.

Which Art & Design APIs work without an API key?

18 Art & Design APIs need no authentication, including 3DTexel, Art Institute of Chicago, Colormind and ColourLovers. You can call them straight away without signing up.

Which Art & Design APIs can I call from the browser?

APIs with CORS enabled can be called directly from front-end JavaScript. In Art & Design, that includes 3DTexel, Art Institute of Chicago, EmojiHub and Face Shape Guide Lookup.

Art & Design API FAQ

How many free Art & Design APIs are there?

There are 31 free public Art & Design APIs in the directory. 27 support HTTPS, 15 are confirmed to allow CORS and 18 need no API key.

Which Art & Design APIs work without an API key?

18 Art & Design APIs need no authentication, including 3DTexel, Art Institute of Chicago, Colormind and ColourLovers. You can call them straight away without signing up.

Which Art & Design APIs can I call from the browser?

APIs with CORS enabled can be called directly from front-end JavaScript. In Art & Design, that includes 3DTexel, Art Institute of Chicago, EmojiHub and Face Shape Guide Lookup.