CONNECT APP
Build with Unsplash
File Storage
- OAuth
MCP
Give your agent Unsplash tools
Every Unsplash action is exposed as an MCP tool on Pipedream's remote server. Point a client at it with your end user's ID and Connect resolves that user's Unsplash account for each tool call — you store no tokens.
// accessToken: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
const transport = new StreamableHTTPClientTransport(
new URL("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3"),
{
requestInit: {
headers: {
Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "unsplash",
},
},
},
)
const mcp = new Client({ name: "my-agent", version: "1.0.0" })
await mcp.connect(transport)
const { tools } = await mcp.listTools()
// e.g. run Get Photo:
const result = await mcp.callTool({
name: "unsplash-get-photo",
arguments: {
photoId: "Photo ID",
},
})# access_token: mint a short-lived token with the Connect SDK — see the MCP guide
headers = {
"Authorization": f"Bearer {access_token}",
"x-pd-project-id": "{project_id}",
"x-pd-environment": "production",
"x-pd-external-user-id": "{external_user_id}", # any stable ID for this user in your system
"x-pd-app-slug": "unsplash",
}
async with streamablehttp_client("https://remote.mcp.pipedream.net/v3", headers=headers) as (read, write, _):
async with ClientSession(read, write) as session:
await session.initialize()
tools = await session.list_tools()
# e.g. run Get Photo:
result = await session.call_tool("unsplash-get-photo", {
"photoId": "Photo ID",
})API PROXY
Call the Unsplash API directly
For an endpoint with no pre-built tool, the Connect proxy forwards your request to the Unsplash API with the connected user's credentials attached. You store no tokens and write no refresh logic.
const resp = await pd.proxy.get({
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
accountId: "apn_xxxxxxx",
url: "https://api.unsplash.com/me",
})
// Any allowed Unsplash endpoint works here. Pipedream attaches the
// connected account's credentials to the outgoing request.# The path segment is the target URL, URL-safe base64 encoded:
# https://api.unsplash.com/me
curl "https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/proxy/aHR0cHM6Ly9hcGkudW5zcGxhc2guY29tL21l?external_user_id={external_user_id}&account_id=apn_xxxxxxx" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-H "x-pd-environment: production"SDK
Run Unsplash actions from your backend
Connect a user's Unsplash account once, then run Get Photo on their behalf from your own code — TypeScript, Python, or plain HTTP.
import { PipedreamClient } from "@pipedream/sdk"
const pd = new PipedreamClient({
projectId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_PROJECT_ID!,
clientId: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_ID!,
clientSecret: process.env.PIPEDREAM_CLIENT_SECRET!,
projectEnvironment: "production",
})
const result = await pd.actions.run({
id: "unsplash-get-photo",
externalUserId: "{external_user_id}", // any stable ID for this user in your system
configuredProps: {
unsplash: { authProvisionId: "apn_xxxxxxx" },
photoId: "Photo ID",
},
})from pipedream import Pipedream
pd = Pipedream(
client_id="{oauth_client_id}",
client_secret="{oauth_client_secret}",
project_id="{project_id}",
project_environment="production",
)
result = pd.actions.run(
id="unsplash-get-photo",
external_user_id="{external_user_id}", # any stable ID for this user in your system
configured_props={
"unsplash": {"authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx"},
"photoId": "Photo ID",
},
)curl -X POST https://api.pipedream.com/v1/connect/{project_id}/actions/run \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-H "X-PD-Environment: production" \
-H "Authorization: Bearer {access_token}" \
-d '{
"external_user_id": "{external_user_id}",
"id": "unsplash-get-photo",
"configured_props": {
"unsplash": { "authProvisionId": "apn_xxxxxxx" },
"photoId": "Photo ID"
}
}'TOOLS
Unsplash actions
On-demand operations your product or agent can configure and run on behalf of a connected user.
EVENTS
Unsplash triggers
Event sources your backend can deploy for users and receive through a webhook.
No Unsplash triggers are available yet.
MULTI-APP
Use Unsplash with other popular apps
Most products don't stop at one integration. Pair Unsplash with the other apps your users rely on, and ship use cases that span both.
- App slug
- unsplash
- Authentication
- OAuth
- Categories
- File Storage
- Actions
- 3
- Triggers
- 0
- API proxy
- Available
OAuth scopes
These are the scopes Pipedream's managed Unsplash OAuth client requests when one of your users connects an account. Supply your own OAuth client to request a different set.
- public
- read_user
- write_user
- read_photos
- write_photos
- write_likes
- write_followers
- read_collections
- write_collections