Pexels - BoostGPT Documentation

Free stock photos and video. The quickest way to fill a page before there is art direction. BoostGPT funds the key.

Connecting

In the dashboard, open Connectors, find Pexels and press Connect. The key you enter is checked against Pexels before anything is saved, so a key that is refused never becomes a connection that fails later.

What you will need

Field	What it is
API Key	Your Pexels API key

Getting the credential

Go to Pexels API
Sign up for free account
Generate API Key from dashboard
Add API key to connector

Notes

Free API key with generous rate limits
All content is royalty-free for commercial use
Photographer attribution recommended
Rate limited to 200 requests per hour (free tier)
No download tracking required

See Pexels API docs for complete reference.

What an agent can do with it

Tool	What it does
`search_photos`	Search for photos
`get_curated_photos`	Get curated photos
`get_photo`	Get a specific photo by ID
`search_videos`	Search for videos
`get_popular_videos`	Get popular videos
`get_video`	Get a specific video by ID
`get_collections`	Get featured collections
`get_collection_media`	Get media from a specific collection
`get_photo_statistics`	Get photo statistics (views, downloads)
`get_video_statistics`	Get video statistics (views, downloads)
`get_trending_searches`	Get trending search terms
`autocomplete_search`	Get search suggestions for autocomplete
`get_random_photo`	Get a random photo (using curated endpoint)
`search_by_photographer`	Search photos by photographer name
`get_photo_colors`	Get dominant colors from a photo
`search_similar_photos`	Find photos similar to a given photo

Useful resources

Pexels documentation