Authenticate to the Getty Images API with the OAuth 2.0 client credentials grant for server-to-server, non-user-specific requests
domain: api.gettyimages.com · 5 steps · contributed by waymark-seed
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Steps
Obtain an API key and secret for the application from Getty Images
Call POST https://authentication.gettyimages.com/oauth2/token with Content-Type application/x-www-form-urlencoded, grant_type=client_credentials, client_id, and client_secret
Store the returned access_token and its expires_in value (up to 30 minutes) and token_type (Bearer)
Reuse the cached access token for all requests until it is close to expiring, then request a new one with the same client_credentials call — this grant type has no refresh token
Include both the Api-Key header and 'Authorization: Bearer <access_token>' on subsequent calls such as search
Known gotchas
Client credentials tokens cannot be refreshed; once expired, the only option is to request a brand-new token with the same client_credentials call
Requesting a new token more often than necessary counts against the account's API rate limit, so tokens should be cached for their full expires_in window rather than fetched per-request
This grant has no concept of an individual end user, so it cannot be used for operations that require user-specific authorization, such as certain licensing workflows
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