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Wikimedia Commons media in Duaer

In Duaer: Wikimedia Commons: free images, audio, and video with file links, license, and author. One successful search uses 1 credit.

What you get

Duaer Wikimedia Commons media searches Wikimedia Commons for freely licensed images, audio, and video, with the file link, license, and author for attribution.

Pick Duaer Data → Wikimedia Commons media in the node creator, or open the data market. Related: Pexels photos and videos, Icons.

When to use it

Find a freely licensed photo for an article.
Find a public-domain audio clip.

When not to use it

Stock photos with a single simple license. Use Pexels photos and videos.
Icons. Use Icons.

Search on the canvas

Open the node creator and pick Duaer Data → Wikimedia Commons media.
Fill Words (such as coffee beans). Optional: Type (audio).
Limit defaults to 10, max 20. Execute.

A search uses 1 credit only when it returns rows. No rows, wrong input, or an upstream failure uses 0.

Call the API

GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/commons-media?words=coffee%20beans
Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>

The call skill below matches Copy skill in the Duaer data market, with parameters, examples, and result fields.

Call skill

Same text as Copy skill.

---
name: duaer-commons-media
description: >-
  Duaer Wikimedia Commons media. Wikimedia Commons: free images, audio, and video with file links, license, and author.
  One successful search uses 1 Duaer credit.
---

# Duaer Wikimedia Commons media

Duaer Wikimedia Commons media searches Wikimedia Commons for freely licensed images, audio, and video, with the file link, license, and author for attribution.

## When to use

- Find a freely licensed photo for an article.
- Find a public-domain audio clip.

## When not to use

- Stock photos with a single simple license. Use https://skills.duaer.com/pexels.md.
- Icons. Use https://skills.duaer.com/icons.md.

## Call

`GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/commons-media?words=coffee%20beans`

Header: `Authorization: Bearer <Duaer key>`

Use an account key or a model API key.

Get a Duaer key: https://skills.duaer.com/keys.md

## Parameters

Provide `words`.

- `words` — Words describing the file, such as coffee beans.
- `type` — Optional. `image`, `audio`, or `video`. Default `image`.
- `limit` — Optional. Rows to return, from 1 to 20. Default 10.

## Examples

- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/commons-media?words=coffee%20beans` — photos of coffee beans.
- `GET https://api.duaer.com/v1/data/commons-media?words=rain&type=audio` — audio recordings of rain.

## Result

The response is `{ "items": [...] }`. Each item has `source`, `title`, `url`, and `summary`, plus:

- `fileUrl`, `thumbnailUrl`, `mime` — file, 640-pixel thumbnail, and media type.
- `width`, `height`, `durationSeconds`, `sizeBytes` — size, and length for audio and video.
- `license`, `licenseUrl`, `artist`, `description` — license and attribution.

Follow each file license; many require crediting the artist.

Fields without a value are left out.

## Credits

A search that returns at least one row uses 1 credit.
An empty search, a search that finds nothing, or a failed search uses 0.
Wrong input returns 400 with a message and uses 0.
No remaining credits returns 402 and does not search.
A missing key returns 401.

## Related

- https://skills.duaer.com/pexels.md — Duaer Pexels photos and videos
- https://skills.duaer.com/icons.md — Duaer Icons

Questions

How many credits does a Wikimedia Commons media search use in Duaer?

One credit when Duaer returns rows. A search with no rows or an error uses 0.

Can I use Duaer Wikimedia Commons media commercially?

Check each file license. CC0 and public domain need nothing; CC BY and CC BY-SA need credit to the artist. Duaer returns the license and artist.

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