source.unsplash.com no longer working

[lkthomas]

https://source.unsplash.com/collection/4733334/?winter,day,cloudy&s=1631542013371

I think source.unsplash.com no longer work

[BrianHepler]

Hmm. Looking into it now.

[D3dl3g]

if it helps, reddit suggests that source.unsplash.com appears to be depreciated, Unsplash moved to API.

looking forward to this hopefully getting an update. i love this Module @BrianHepler thank you for its development and not abandoning it, yet.

edit:-
Reddit (https://www.reddit.com/r/unsplash/comments/s13x4h/what_happened_to_sourceunsplashcom/) gives these 3 links for further info

• https://unsplash.com/developers
• https://unsplash.com/documentation
• https://help.unsplash.com/en/collections/1451694-api-guidelines

[BrianHepler]

I'm in talks with Unsplash to get an application license. They've been slow to respond.

[lkthomas]

Are they allowed to publish API token?

[BrianHepler]

No, they have a two-key system. Developer key & secret key. You're not supposed to share either one. I'm trying to get a response on having the users register and get an API key without having to register as developers. They operate from the perspective of people building mobile apps, not open source.

[kevinsivic]

I've created a pull request that requires users to register and get an API key.

[kiluazen]

source.unsplash.com was officially deprecated and shut down by Unsplash in 2024. There's no direct replacement for the random image URL pattern it provided.

If you're looking for a no-key alternative, tteg provides Unsplash image search without requiring API registration:

# Search and get image URLs
curl "https://tteg-api-53227342417.asia-south1.run.app/search?q=weather+landscape&n=1&orientation=landscape"

# Or install the CLI and save directly
uv tool install tteg
tteg save "rainy day cityscape" ./background.jpg

No Unsplash developer account needed. Free tier is 50 queries/day.

[BrianHepler]

That just might do it. Thank you. I'll investigate.