UnsplashX

UnsplashX is

• an extremely simple Unsplash eXploerer for Python
• written in Python Standard Library

UnsplashX supports to

• get Unsplash Source's URL of a photo without the Official Unsplash API

Installation

pip install unsplashx

Quickstart

import unsplashx

unsplashx.source()

License

UnsplashX has a BSD-3-Clause license, as found in the LICENSE file.

Documentation

unsplashx.status

unsplashx.status

Unsplash API Status URL.

unsplashx.changelog

unsplashx.changelog

Unsplash API Changelog URL.

unsplashx.id

unsplashx.id(link, verbose=False)

Get the identifier given Unsplash share link URL.

Get the ID of a photo

https://unsplash.com/photos/{id}

Get the username of a user

https://unsplash.com/@{id}

Get the ID of a collection

https://unsplash.com/collections/{id}/{name}

Parameters:

• link (str): Unsplash share link URL of a photo, a user, or a collection.
• verbose (bool, optional): Whether to enable verbose output. Defaults to False.

Returns:

(str): The identifier, that can be the ID of a photo, the username of a user, or the ID of a collection.

unsplashx.source

unsplashx.source(photo=None, user=None, liked=None, collection=None, featured=None, resolution=None, update=None, query=None, verbose=False)

Get Unsplash Source download link URL of a photo given the parameters.

Get a random photo

https://source.unsplash.com/random

Optionally, limit to a featured selection

https://source.unsplash.com/featured

Optionally, specify a size

https://source.unsplash.com/{resolution}

Optionally, limit to only updaing daily or weekly

https://source.unsplash.com/{update}

Optionally, limit to matching search terms

https://source.unsplash.com/random?{query}

Optionally, narrow the selection further

https://source.unsplash.com/featured/{resolution}/{update}?{query}

Get a photo

https://source.unsplash.com/{id}

Optionally, specify a size

https://source.unsplash.com/{id}/{resolution}

Get a random photo from a user's photos

https://source.unsplash.com/user/{id}

Optionally, narrow the selection further

https://source.unsplash.com/user/{id}/featured/{resolution}/{update}

Get a random photo from a user's liked photos

https://source.unsplash.com/user/{id}/likes

Optionally, specify a size

https://source.unsplash.com/user/{id}/likes/{resolution}

Get a random photo from a collection's photos

https://source.unsplash.com/collection/{id}

Optionally, narrow the selection further

https://source.unsplash.com/collection/{id}/{resolution}/{update}

Note:

Unsplash Source is being deprecated. Existing uses will continue to work, however for new projects use the full Unsplash API.

Parameters:

• photo (str, optional): Unsplash share link URL or the ID of a photo.
• user (str, optional): Unsplash share link URL or the username of a user.
• liked (bool, optional): Whether to limit to a user's liked photos. Defaults to False.
• collection (str, optional): Unsplash share link URL or the ID of a collection.
• featured (bool, optional): Whether to limit to a featured selection. Defaults to False.
• resolution (str, optional): The size of a photo to be set. Formats to {width}x{height}. Defaults to None.
• update (str, optional): Whether to limit to only updating daily or weekly. Defaults to False.
• query (str, optional): Comma-separated search terms. Defaults to None.
• verbose (bool, optional): Whether to enable verbose output. Defaults to False.

Returns:

(str): Unsplash Source download link URL of a photo.

Reference:

[1] https://changelog.unsplash.com/deprecations/2021/11/25/source-deprecation.html

Contributing

Thanks for your interest in contributing to UnsplashX! Please feel free to create a pull request.

Changelog

UnsplashX 0.1.0

• Made Unsplash Source's URL constructor functional