Image Search API
Find any image in your library
Search by description, by a similar photo, by face or by the text inside. No tags or metadata needed.
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Vincent van Gogh
1853 – 1890 · Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
1853 – 1890 · Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
1853 – 1890 · Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
1853 – 1890 · Post-Impressionism
Vincent van Gogh
1853 – 1890 · Post-Impressionism
Edgar Degas
1834 - 1917 · Impressionism
Find images by what's in them
Text to image
Describe what you're looking for and get the closest matches.
Image to image
Upload a photo and find the ones that look like it.
Text in image
Find signs, receipts and screenshots by the words printed on them.
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See what your users could find. Four ways to search one library.
Navy henley
Cotton henley
Slim-fit henley
Ribbed henley
Text to image
Users describe what they want and get the closest images back.
Uploaded
Match
Brown travel backpack
Match
Classic tan daypack
Image to image
Upload a photo and find the ones that look like it.
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Face search
One photo of someone finds every other photo they're in.
Text in image
Find signs, receipts and screenshots by the words printed on them.
From upload to search results with two API calls.
1/ Insert your images
Upload files or send image URLs through the API.
2/ We index them
Each image becomes a vector. Faces and printed text are picked up too.
3/ Search with one call
Send words or a photo and get the closest images back, ranked.
A photo works as the search query, even when nobody knows what to call the thing.
A shopper uploads a backpack. You show them the closest ones you sell.
Uploaded
Match
Brown travel backpack
$120
Match
Classic tan daypack
$75
Works on messy photos
Bad lighting, odd angles and busy backgrounds still find the right match.
No labels to maintain
Matches come from what's in the image, not from tags someone had to write.
Find people and words inside your photos.
Face search
Upload one photo of someone and get every other photo they appear in. Works across angles, lighting and expressions.
Learn more →→Private by default
We keep vectors, not your photos. Faces can't be rebuilt from what we store.
More from Vecstore that runs on the same API.
Check every upload before anyone sees it
- ✓ Sorts images into 52 categories
- ✓ You decide what gets blocked
- ✓ Works on user uploads and existing libraries
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Safe Search that gets what people mean
- ✓ Finds the right page even when words differ
- ✓ Works in 100+ languages
- ✓ Mix with keyword search when you need exact matches
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Image search questions
What is an image search API?
It lets your app find images by what is in them. Users type a description or upload a photo and get the closest matches from your library.
Which languages can people search in?
Text queries work in 100+ languages, so users can describe an image in their own.
How fast is it?
In our tests on 10 million records, a search took 3-4ms.
Add image search to your product,in minutes, not months.
3–4ms average search latency
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