generated: '2026-07-17'
method: searched
source: https://support.500px.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002435653-API
versioning:
  scheme: uri-path
  current: v1
  docs: https://github.com/500px/legacy-api-documentation
deprecation:
  policy_url: https://support.500px.com/hc/en-us/articles/360002435653-API
  status: retired
  free_access_discontinued: '2018-01-24'
  api_shutdown: '2018-06-15'
  note: >-
    500px discontinued free public API access on 2018-01-24 and fully shut down all public API
    access on 2018-06-15. Existing API keys stopped working on that date. No public API program
    has replaced it.
status_page: https://status.500px.com
deprecated_operations:
- collections/sets resources (superseded by gallery resources)
- photo image_url key (deprecated 2014-03-27)
- upload_key upload flow (deprecated 2017-12-12)