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Unsplash

The Unsplash modules allow you to create, update, list, and delete the collections and photos in your Unsplash account.

Getting Started with Unsplash

Prerequisites

  • An Unsplash account

In order to use Unsplash with Make, it is necessary to have an Unsplash account. You can use your Facebook account or create an Unsplash account at unsplash.com/join.

Note

The module dialog fields that are displayed in bold (in the Make scenario, not in this documentation article) are mandatory!

Connecting Unsplash to Make

To connect your Unsplash account to Make you need to obtain the Client ID (Access Key) and Client Secret (Secret Key) from your Unsplash account and insert it in the Create a connection dialog in the Make module.

  1. Login to your Unsplash account.

  2. Create a new application if you have not already created one, accept the terms and conditions, and enter the details of the application. Click Create Application.

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  3. Click the Application Name and copy the Access Key and Secret Key to your clipboard.

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    In the Redirect URI field, enter the URI as https://www.integromat.com/oauth/cb/unsplash, select all the scopes, and click Authorize.

  4. Go to Make and open the Unsplash module's Create a connection dialog.

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  5. In the Connection name field, enter a name for the connection.

  6. In the Client ID and Client Secret fields, enter the client ID and client secret copied in step 3. Click Continue.

  7. Confirm the dialog by clicking Continue as <your_username>.

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The connection has been established.

Users

Gets a user's public profile.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Username

Enter the username of the user whose public profile details you want to retrieve.

List a user's photos.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Username

Enter the username of the user whose photos you want to list.

Quantity

Enter the number of user's photos to the list. The maximum number of photos you can list is 30.

Resolution

Select the resolution of the photos:

  • Days

Stats

Select whether to show the stats of each photo:

  • Yes

  • No

  • Not defined

Orientation

Select the orientation of the photo:

  • Landscape

  • Portrait

  • Squarish

Order By

Select the order in which you want to list the photos:

  • Latest

  • Oldest

  • Popular

Lists a user's liked photos.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Username

Enter the username of the user who's liked photos you want to list.

Orientation

Select the orientation of the photos you want to list:

  • Landscape

  • Portrait

  • Squarish

Order By

Select the order in which you want to list the photos:

  • Latest

  • Oldest

  • Popular

Limit

Enter the maximum number of photos Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Lists a user's collections.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Username

Enter the username of the user whose collections you want to list.

Limit

Enter the maximum number of collections Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Gets a user's statistics.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Username

Enter the username of the user whose photos statistics you want to lretrieve.

Quantity

Enter the number of user's statistics to retrieve. The maximum number of statistics you can retrieve is 30.

Resolution

Select the frequency of the stats:

  • Days

Photos

List all photos.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Order By

Select the order in which you want to list the photos:

  • Latest

  • Oldest

  • Popular

Limit

Enter the maximum number of photos Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Gets a photo.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Photo ID

Enter the Photo ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Searches random photos.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Collection IDs

Enter the Collection IDs separated by comma whose photos you want to search.

Featured

Select whether you want to search only the featured photos:

  • Yes

  • No

  • Not defined

Username

Enter the username whose photos you are searching for.

Query

Enter the query, a word, or phrase to search photos based on the specified query.

Orientation

Select the orientation of the photos you want to search:

  • Landscape

  • Portrait

  • Squarish

Content Filter

Select the content option to filter the photos you are searching:

  • High

  • Low

Count

Enter the maximum number of photos Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.The maximum number of photos you can limit is 30.

Gets a photo's statistics.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Photo ID

Enter the Photo ID whose statistics you want to retrieve.

Quantity

Enter the number of statistics of a photo you want to retrieve. The maximum number of statistics is 30.

Resolution

Select the resolution of the photos:

  • Days

Tracks a photo download.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Photo ID

Enter the Photo ID whose download you want to track.

Likes a photo.

Required Permissions: write_likes

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Photo ID

Enter the Photo ID you want to like.

Unlikes a photo.

Required Permissions: write_likes

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Photo ID

Enter the Photo ID you want to unlike.

Updates a photo.

Required Permissions: write_photos

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Photo ID

Enter the Photo ID you want to update.

Description

Enter the details of the photos.

Show on Profile

Select whether the photo is visible to the public:

  • Yes

  • No

  • Not defined

Name

Enter the name of the photo.

City

Enter the photo's location's city name.

Country

Enter the photo's location's country name.

Latitude

Enter the photo's location's latitude details.

Longitude

Enter the photo's location's longitude details.

Make

Enter the camera's brand name with which the photo is taken.

Model

Enter the camera model details.

Exposure Time

Enter the camera's exposure time.

Aperture Value

Enter the camera's lens aperture time.

Focal Length

Enter the camera's focal length.

ISO Speed Ratings

Enter the camera's ISO speed time.

Tags

Enter the keywords as tags to filter the photos when searching.

Search

Searches photos.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Query

Enter the keyword or phrases as a query to search the photos based on the specified query.

Order By

Select the order in which you want to search the photos:

  • Latest

  • Oldest

  • Popular

Collection IDs

Enter the Collection IDs separated by a comma to search only the photos of those collection IDs.

Orientation

Select the orientation of the photo:

  • Landscape

  • Portrait

  • Squarish

Content Filter

Select the content option to filter the photos you are searching for:

  • High

  • Low

Color

Select the color of the photos you want to search for.

Limit

Enter the maximum number of photos Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Searches collections.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Query

Enter the keyword or phrases as a query to search the collections based on the specified query.

Limit

Enter the maximum number of collections Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Searches users.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Query

Enter the keyword or phrases as a query to search the users based on the specified query.

Limit

Enter the maximum number of users Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Collections

Lists all collections.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Limit

Enter the maximum number of collections Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Gets a collection.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Collection ID

Enter the Collection ID whose details you want to retrieve.

Lists a collection's photos.

Required Permissions: public

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Collection ID

Enter the Collection ID whose photos you want to list.

Order By

Select the order in which you want to list the photos:

  • Latest

  • Oldest

  • Popular

Limit

Enter the maximum number of photos Make should return during one scenario execution cycle.

Creates a new collection.

Required Permissions: write_collections

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Title

Enter a name for the new collection

Description

Enter the details of the collection.

Private

Select whether the collection is private:

  • Yes

  • No

  • Not defined

Updates an existing collection.

Required Permissions: write_collections

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Collection ID

Select the Collection ID you want to update.

Title

Enter a name for the new collection

Description

Enter the details of the collection.

Private

Select whether the collection is private:

  • Yes

  • No

  • Not defined

Deletes an existing collection.

Required Permissions: write_collections

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Collection ID

Select the Collection ID you want to update.

Adds a photo to a collection.

Required Permissions: write_collections

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Collection ID

Select the Collection ID to which you want to add a photo.

Photo ID

Select the Photo ID which you want to add to the collection.

Removes a photo from a collection.

Required Permissions: write_collections

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Collection ID

Select the Collection ID from which you want to remove a photo.

Photo ID

Select the Photo ID which you want to remove from the collection.

Other

Performs an arbitrary authorized API call.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

URL

Enter a path relative to https://api.unsplash.com/. For example: collections/298/add

Note

For the list of available endpoints, refer to the Unsplash API Documentation.

Method

Select the HTTP method you want to use:

GET

to retrieve information for an entry.

POST

to create a new entry.

PUT

to update/replace an existing entry.

PATCH

to make a partial entry update.

DELETE

to delete an entry.

Headers

Enter the desired request headers. You don't have to add authorization headers; we already did that for you.

Query String

Enter the request query string.

Body

Enter the body content for your API call.

The following API call returns all the collections from your Unsplash account:

URL:

/collections

Method:

GET

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Matches of the search can be found in the module's Output under Bundle > Body.

In our example, 10 collections were returned:

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Gets a month or total stats.

Connection

Establish a connection to your Unsplash account.

Period

Select the period to retrieve the stats of an account:

  • Month

  • Total