Pexels

Learn how to use Pexels with Composio

Overview

SLUG: PEXELS

Description

Template description for Pexels

Authentication Details

api_key
stringRequired

Connecting to Pexels

Create an auth config

Use the dashboard to create an auth config for the Pexels toolkit. This allows you to connect multiple Pexels accounts to Composio for agents to use.

1

Select App

Navigate to Pexels.

2

Configure Auth Config Settings

Select among the supported auth schemes of and configure them here.

3

Create and Get auth config ID

Click “Create Pexels Auth Config”. After creation, copy the displayed ID starting with ac_. This is your auth config ID. This is not a sensitive ID — you can save it in environment variables or a database. This ID will be used to create connections to the toolkit for a given user.

Connect Your Account

Using API Key

1from composio import Composio
2
3# Replace these with your actual values
4pexels_auth_config_id = "ac_YOUR_PEXELS_CONFIG_ID" # Auth config ID created above
5user_id = "0000-0000-0000" # UUID from database/app
6
7composio = Composio()
8
9def authenticate_toolkit(user_id: str, auth_config_id: str):
10 # Replace this with a method to retrieve an API key from the user.
11 # Or supply your own.
12 user_api_key = input("[!] Enter API key")
13
14 connection_request = composio.connected_accounts.initiate(
15 user_id=user_id,
16 auth_config_id=auth_config_id,
17 config={"auth_scheme": "API_KEY", "val": {"generic_api_key": user_api_key}}
18 )
19
20 # API Key authentication is immediate - no redirect needed
21 print(f"Successfully connected Pexels for user {user_id}")
22 print(f"Connection status: {connection_request.status}")
23
24 return connection_request.id
25
26
27connection_id = authenticate_toolkit(user_id, pexels_auth_config_id)
28
29# You can verify the connection using:
30connected_account = composio.connected_accounts.get(connection_id)
31print(f"Connected account: {connected_account}")

Tools

Executing tools

To prototype you can execute some tools to see the responses and working on the Pexels toolkit’s playground

Python
1from composio import Composio
2from openai import OpenAI
3import json
4
5openai = OpenAI()
6composio = Composio()
7
8# User ID must be a valid UUID format
9user_id = "0000-0000-0000" # Replace with actual user UUID from your database
10
11tools = composio.tools.get(user_id=user_id, toolkits=["PEXELS"])
12
13print("[!] Tools:")
14print(json.dumps(tools))
15
16def invoke_llm(task = "What can you do?"):
17 completion = openai.chat.completions.create(
18 model="gpt-4o",
19 messages=[
20 {
21 "role": "user",
22 "content": task, # Your task here!
23 },
24 ],
25 tools=tools,
26 )
27
28 # Handle Result from tool call
29 result = composio.provider.handle_tool_calls(user_id=user_id, response=completion)
30 print(f"[!] Completion: {completion}")
31 print(f"[!] Tool call result: {result}")
32
33invoke_llm()

Tool List

Tool Name: Get Collection Media

Description

Tool to get all media within a collection by its id. use when you need to fetch paginated media from a specific collection.

Action Parameters

id
stringRequired
page
integerDefaults to 1
per_page
integerDefaults to 15

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get Curated Photos

Description

Tool to get real-time curated photos. use when you need to fetch curated photos with pagination support.

Action Parameters

page
integer
per_page
integer

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get Photo

Description

Tool to retrieve detailed information about a specific photo. use when you have a valid photo id to fetch metadata including dimensions, photographer details, and image urls. use after confirming the photo id from search or curated endpoints.

Action Parameters

id
integerRequired

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Get My Collections

Description

Tool to get all of the user's collections on pexels. use when you need to list a user's collections with pagination support.

Action Parameters

page
integerDefaults to 1
per_page
integerDefaults to 15

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Search Photos

Description

Tool to search for photos on pexels. use when you need to retrieve photos by a search term and optional filters. call after confirming you have a valid pexels api key.

Action Parameters

color
string
locale
string
orientation
string
page
integerDefaults to 1
per_page
integerDefaults to 15
query
stringRequired
size
string

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired

Tool Name: Search Videos

Description

Tool to search for videos on pexels by query and optional filters. use when you need to find relevant video assets.

Action Parameters

orientation
string
page
integerDefaults to 1
per_page
integerDefaults to 15
query
stringRequired
size
string

Action Response

data
objectRequired
error
string
successful
booleanRequired