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# Pexels-API
This page contains the setup guide and reference information for the [Pexels-API](https://www.pexels.com/api/documentation) source connector.
## Prerequisites
Api key is mandate for this connector to work, It could be generated by a gmail account for free at https://www.pexels.com/api/new/.
Just pass the generated API key and optional parameters for establishing the connection.
## Setup guide
### Step 1: Set up Pexels-API connection
- Generate an API key (Example: 12345)
- Params (If specific info is needed)
- Available params
- query: Ocean, Tigers, Pears, etc. Default is people
- orientation: landscape, portrait or square. Default is landscape
- size: large, medium, small. Default is large
- color: red, orange, yellow, green, turquoise, blue, violet, pink, brown, black, gray, white or any hexidecimal color code.
- locale: en-US, pt-BR, es-ES, ca-ES, de-DE, it-IT, fr-FR, sv-SE, id-ID, pl-PL, ja-JP, zh-TW, zh-CN, ko-KR, th-TH, nl-NL, hu-HU, vi-VN, cs-CZ, da-DK, fi-FI, uk-UA, el-GR, ro-RO, nb-NO, sk-SK, tr-TR, ru-RU. Default is en-US
## Step 2: Set up the Pexels-APIs connector in Airbyte
### For Airbyte Cloud:
1. [Log into your Airbyte Cloud](https://cloud.airbyte.com/workspaces) account.
2. In the left navigation bar, click **Sources**. In the top-right corner, click **+new source**.
3. On the Set up the source page, enter the name for the Pexels-API connector and select **Pexels-API** from the Source type dropdown.
4. Enter your `api_key`.
5. Enter the params configuration if needed. Supported params are: query, orientation, size, color, locale, collection_id \
video_id, photo_id
6. Click **Set up source**.
### For Airbyte OSS:
1. Navigate to the Airbyte Open Source dashboard.
2. Set the name for your source.
3. Enter your `api_key`.
4. Enter the params configuration if needed. Supported params are: query, orientation, size, color, locale, collection_id \
video_id, photo_id
5. Click **Set up source**.
## Supported sync modes
The Pexels-API source connector supports the following [sync modes](https://docs.airbyte.com/cloud/core-concepts#connection-sync-modes):
| Feature | Supported? |
| :---------------------------- | :--------- |
| Full Refresh Sync | Yes |
| Incremental Sync | No |
| Replicate Incremental Deletes | No |
| SSL connection | Yes |
| Namespaces | No |
## Supported Streams
- photos_search
- photos_curated
- videos_search
- videos_popular
- collection_featured
## API method example
`GET https://api.pexels.com/v1/curated?per_page=1`
## Performance considerations
Pexels-API's [API reference]https://www.pexels.com/api/documentation) has v1 at present and v2 is at development. The connector as default uses v1.
## Changelog
| Version | Date | Pull Request | Subject |
| :------ | :--------- | :------------------------------------------------------ | :------------- |
| 0.1.0 | 2022-11-02 | [Init](https://github.com/airbytehq/airbyte/pull/18854) | Initial commit |