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CONNECT APP

Build with Unsplash

Beautiful Free Images & Pictures

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",
  },
})

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.

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",
  },
})

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.

REFERENCE

App details

Reference metadata for the Unsplash connector in the Pipedream registry.

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