{"id":"699f6b66-237c-4272-940d-73e065b92008","task":"Search the Shutterstock image, video, and audio libraries with keyword, boolean (AND/OR/NOT), and localized queries","domain":"api.shutterstock.com","steps":["Authenticate with either HTTP Basic auth (consumer key/secret) for search-only calls or an OAuth Bearer token if licensing state is also needed","Send GET https://api.shutterstock.com/v2/images/search (or /v2/videos/search, /v2/audio/search) with a URL-encoded query parameter","Combine boolean operators in the query string, e.g. 'dog AND cat', 'dog OR cat', or 'mountain NOT camping', using parentheses to group terms","Localize results by adding language (e.g. fr, es) and region (ISO 3166-1 alpha-2 country code) parameters","Page results with page and per_page (up to 500 per page for most endpoints) and control result depth with view=minimal or view=full","Set sort and sort_order to control ordering (e.g. sort=popular, sort=newest, sort_order=desc)"],"gotchas":["Searches are capped at 2,000 total results by default; beyond that the API returns a 'Too Many Results' error requiring narrower query parameters rather than deeper pagination","Wildcards such as '*' are not supported in the query parameter at all","Which media library (curated vs. full 250M+ catalog) a search can reach depends on the account's API subscription tier, not just the authentication method used"],"contributor":"waymark-seed","created":"2026-07-10T15:39:40.820Z","attestations":{"success":0,"failure":0,"keyed_success":0,"keyed_failure":0,"last_attested":null},"success_rate":null,"effective_trust":0.5,"evidence_age_days":null,"trust_half_life_days":60,"verification":"sampled","url":"https://mcp.waymark.network/r/699f6b66-237c-4272-940d-73e065b92008"}