Pixabay

Pixabay is a free stock image library with millions of royalty-free photos. When enabled, a Pixabay search panel appears in the Print Editor's image sidebar, allowing customers to search for and insert high-resolution stock photos directly into their designs without leaving the editor.

This integration requires a Pixabay API key. You can obtain one for free by creating an account at pixabay.com and requesting API access.

Configure Pixabay

From your Unified Admin, go to Settings > Partner Apps > Pixabay.
Enter your Pixabay API Key.
Click Save.

To disable the integration, clear the API Key field and save.

Settings

Field	Description
API Key	Your Pixabay API key. This key is stored per-storefront and used server-side to authenticate requests to the Pixabay API. The key is never exposed to the browser -- all Pixabay API calls are proxied through the Editor API.

How It Works

When a valid API key is configured, the Print Editor displays a Pixabay panel in the images sidebar. Customers can search for photos by keyword, browse results in a masonry grid layout, and scroll through pages of results.

When a customer selects an image:

The Editor API downloads the full-resolution image from Pixabay
The image is stored in the customer's upload directory (with deduplication to avoid re-downloading the same image)
The image is inserted onto the design canvas and available for positioning, resizing, and other editing operations

Search Behavior

Results are filtered to photos only with safe search enabled
Images are sorted by popularity by default
Results are paginated with 20 images per page and infinite scroll loading
API responses are cached for 24 hours server-side to reduce API calls

Associations

Print Editor

Area	Effect
Images sidebar - Pixabay panel	When a Pixabay API key is configured, a Pixabay search panel appears in the editor's image sidebar. Customers can search for stock photos by keyword and insert them directly into their designs.
Image downloads	Selected Pixabay images are downloaded at full resolution through the Editor API and stored in the customer's upload directory. Downloaded images are flagged as Pixabay-sourced and cached to prevent duplicate downloads.

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