Bildbyrån API

v1 · Last updated 2026-02-06

Overview

The Bildbyrån API provides programmatic access to our sports photo archive. All requests use GET parameters and return JSON. Authenticate by including your API key as a GET parameter.

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Authentication

All requests require an apikey parameter.

GET https://api.bildbyran.se/v1/photos?apikey=YOUR_API_KEY

Limits

Default result limit is 100. Maximum is 1000. The batch metadata endpoint accepts up to 100 IDs per request.

Changelog

2026-02-06 New batch endpoint: GET /v1/photos/batch-info for retrieving metadata for up to 100 photos in a single request.

2026-02-06 Date filters now support ISO 8601 datetime format (e.g. 2026-01-29T08:00:00Z) for hour-level filtering.

2026-02-06 Default limit changed to 100. Maximum limit capped at 1000.

2026-02-06 Search and album endpoints now return shortcaption field.

2019-03-03 Initial API release with albums, photos, search, thumbnail, download, metadata and popularity endpoints.

Feature requests? Contact support@bildbyran.se