images

Create image collections

This endpoint creates one or more image collections (lightboxes). To add images to the collections, use POST /v2/images/collections/{id}/items.

post/v2/images/collections

Request

Base URL
https://api.shutterstock.com
Auth
OAuth 2
Authorization codehttps://accounts.shutterstock.com/oauth/authorize
Token URLhttps://api.shutterstock.com/v2/oauth/access_token
Scopescollections.edit
TypeScript
https://skmtc.dev/shutterstock/apis/shutterstock-api-explorer/docs/v2/images/collections/post.ts
A function with typed inputs. Its response is checked against the schema.

namestring required

The name of the collection

{
  "name": "Test Collection 19cf"
}

Successfully created image collection

idstring required

ID of the new collection

{
  "id": "48433105"
}

Jul 13, 2026d2e03e7f655d Revision changes
- breaking
  removed the success response with the status
- info
  api operation id createLightbox removed and replaced with createImageCollection