Pixabay

DESCRIPTION:

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'pixabay-api', require: 'pixabay'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install pixabay-api

Usage

Configure pixabay through initializer

If you want to configure pixabay through an initializer (e.g. config/initializers/pixabay.rb), do the following:

Pixabay.configure do |config|
  config.key = "Your API key"
  config.timeout = 10
end

Search Images

require 'pixabay'
client = Pixabay.new
res = client.photos(q: "yellow flower", safesearch: true, page: 1, per_page: 30)
res["total"] # 15526
res["totalHits"] # 500
res["hits"] # pictures

This will find 30 yellow flower pictures. If you want high resolution pictures, see (https://pixabay.com/api/docs/?request_full_access)

Avalable Request parameters see https://pixabay.com/api/docs/

# Default Request parameters
{
  q: nil, lang: "en", id: nil,
  response_group: "image_details", image_type: "all", orientation: "all", category: nil,
  min_width: 0, min_height: 0, editors_choice: false, safesearch: false,
  order: "popular", page: 1, per_page: 20, callback: nil, pretty: false
}

Example responses

{
  "totalHits"=>500,
  "hits"=>[
    {
      "previewHeight"=>93,
      "likes"=>87,
      "favorites"=>61,
      "tags"=>"blossom, bloom, flower",
      "webformatHeight"=>400,
      "views"=>28270,
      "webformatWidth"=>640,
      "previewWidth"=>150,
      "comments"=>3,
      "downloads"=>10382,
      "pageURL"=>"https://pixabay.com/en/blossom-bloom-flower-yellow-close-195897/",
      "previewURL"=>"https://cdn.pixabay.com/photo/2013/10/15/09/20/flower-195897_150.jpg",
      "webformatURL"=>"https://pixabay.com/get/e83cb40721f31c2ad65a5854e74b4f94e471e6c818b5184690f0c97faeea_640.jpg",
      "imageWidth"=>4000,
      "user_id"=>48777,
      "user"=>"Josch13", "type"=>"photo",
      "id"=>195897,
      "userImageURL"=>"https://cdn.pixabay.com/user/2013/11/05/02-10-23-764_250x250.jpg",
      "imageHeight"=>2501
    },
    {
      "previewHeight"=>99,
      ...
    },
    ...
  ],
  "total"=>15526
}

Search Videos

require 'pixabay'
client = Pixabay.new
res = client.videos(q: "yellow flower", safesearch: true, page: 1, per_page: 30)
res["total"] # 5593
res["totalHits"] # 500
res["hits"] # videos

This will find 30 yellow flower videos.

Avalable Request parameters see https://pixabay.com/api/docs/

# Default Request parameters
{
  q: nil, lang: "en", id: nil,
  video_type: "all", category: nil,
  min_width: 0, min_height: 0, editors_choice: false, safesearch: false,
  order: "popular", page: 1, per_page: 20, callback: nil, pretty: false
}

Example responses

{
  "totalHits"=>500,
  "hits"=>[
    {
      "picture_id"=>"583475757",
      "videos"=>{
        "large"=>{"url"=>"", "width"=>0, "size"=>0, "height"=>0},
        "small"=>{"url"=>"https://player.vimeo.com/external/176277723.sd.mp4?s=a9a3531634d2c42b6e62d10bea241133267589aa&profile_id=165", "width"=>960, "size"=>17298015, "height"=>540},
        "medium"=>{"url"=>"https://player.vimeo.com/external/176277723.hd.mp4?s=9eb4ad96f20973877ff433d12751cd792c5a905d&profile_id=174", "width"=>1280, "size"=>27090188, "height"=>720},
        "tiny"=>{"url"=>"https://player.vimeo.com/external/176277723.sd.mp4?s=a9a3531634d2c42b6e62d10bea241133267589aa&profile_id=164", "width"=>640, "size"=>6193727, "height"=>360}
      },
      "tags"=>"beach, holiday, greece",
      "downloads"=>176636,
      "likes"=>166,
      "favorites"=>120,
      "duration"=>80,
      "id"=>3998,
      "user_id"=>2978946,
      "views"=>40781,
      "comments"=>63,
      "userImageURL"=>"https://cdn.pixabay.com/user/2016/07/25/18-27-26-130_250x250.png",
      "pageURL"=>"https://pixabay.com/videos/id-3998/",
      "type"=>"film", "user"=>"Rc-Aero-Tech"
    },
    {
      "picture_id"=>"583475757",
      ...
    },
    ...
  ],
  "total"=>5593
}

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake test to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/kimsuelim/pixabay. This project is intended to be a safe, welcoming space for collaboration, and contributors are expected to adhere to the Contributor Covenant code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

kimsuelim / pixabay