{ "$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema", "$id": "https://api.unsplash.com/schemas/photo", "title": "Unsplash Photo", "description": "A photo object from the Unsplash API, containing image URLs at multiple sizes, photographer info, metadata, and statistics.", "type": "object", "required": ["id", "urls", "user"], "properties": { "id": { "type": "string", "description": "Unique photo identifier", "example": "Dwu85P9SOIk" }, "created_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the photo was uploaded" }, "updated_at": { "type": "string", "format": "date-time", "description": "ISO 8601 timestamp when the photo was last updated" }, "promoted_at": { "type": ["string", "null"], "format": "date-time", "description": "When the photo was promoted to the editorial feed" }, "width": { "type": "integer", "description": "Original photo width in pixels", "example": 5616 }, "height": { "type": "integer", "description": "Original photo height in pixels", "example": 3744 }, "color": { "type": "string", "description": "Dominant color hex code for placeholder display", "pattern": "^#[0-9A-Fa-f]{6}$", "example": "#6E633A" }, "blur_hash": { "type": "string", "description": "BlurHash string for generating compact placeholder previews", "example": "L~I64nofRjof%MQZWBS$Mxnhx]t6" }, "description": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Photographer-provided description" }, "alt_description": { "type": ["string", "null"], "description": "Auto-generated alt text for accessibility" }, "likes": { "type": "integer", "description": "Number of likes" }, "downloads": { "type": "integer", "description": "Total download count" }, "views": { "type": "integer", "description": "Total view count" }, "liked_by_user": { "type": "boolean", "description": "Whether the authenticated user liked this photo" }, "urls": { "type": "object", "required": ["raw", "full", "regular", "small", "thumb"], "description": "Image URLs at different sizes for responsive delivery", "properties": { "raw": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "Original image URL — add custom transformations via imgix parameters" }, "full": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "Full quality image (largest practical size)" }, "regular": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "1080px wide image for most use cases" }, "small": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "400px wide image for thumbnails and previews" }, "thumb": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "200px wide thumbnail" }, "small_s3": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "Small image hosted on S3 (backup)" } } }, "links": { "type": "object", "description": "Navigation and attribution links", "properties": { "self": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "API URL for this photo" }, "html": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "Unsplash.com page for this photo (required for attribution)" }, "download": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "Download page URL" }, "download_location": { "type": "string", "format": "uri", "description": "API endpoint to call when user downloads (required by Unsplash guidelines)" } } }, "user": { "$ref": "#/$defs/UserSummary", "description": "Photographer profile summary" }, "location": { "type": "object", "description": "Where the photo was taken", "properties": { "name": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "city": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "country": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "position": { "type": "object", "properties": { "latitude": {"type": ["number", "null"]}, "longitude": {"type": ["number", "null"]} } } } }, "exif": { "type": "object", "description": "Camera EXIF metadata", "properties": { "make": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "model": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "exposure_time": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "aperture": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "focal_length": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "iso": {"type": ["integer", "null"]} } }, "tags": { "type": "array", "description": "Classification tags", "items": { "type": "object", "properties": { "type": {"type": "string"}, "title": {"type": "string"} } } } }, "$defs": { "UserSummary": { "type": "object", "properties": { "id": {"type": "string"}, "username": {"type": "string"}, "name": {"type": "string"}, "portfolio_url": {"type": ["string", "null"], "format": "uri"}, "bio": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "location": {"type": ["string", "null"]}, "total_likes": {"type": "integer"}, "total_photos": {"type": "integer"}, "total_collections": {"type": "integer"}, "profile_image": { "type": "object", "properties": { "small": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}, "medium": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}, "large": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"} } }, "links": { "type": "object", "properties": { "self": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}, "html": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}, "photos": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"}, "likes": {"type": "string", "format": "uri"} } } } } } }