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The All-Images API allows image generation and downloading. Key endpoints include searching and downloading images. Credits are required for downloads. The REST API base URL is https://api.all-images.ai/v1 and All requests require a Personal Access Token provided in the api-key header.

dlt is an open-source Python library that handles authentication, pagination, and schema evolution automatically. dlthub provides AI context files that enable code assistants to generate production-ready pipelines. Install with uv pip install "dlt[workspace]" and start loading All-Images data in under 10 minutes.


What data can I load from All-Images?

Here are some of the endpoints you can load from All-Images:

ResourceEndpointMethodData selectorDescription
images_fileimages/{format}/{imageId}.jpgGETReturns the image binary (format=preview
api_keys_checkapi-keys/checkGETCheck validity of the API key; returns account info (email, name)
webhook_getapi-keys/webhook/{apiKeyWebhookId}GETRetrieve webhook details for an API key
images_searchimages/searchPOSTimagesSearch images by keywords; response contains images array
images_downloadimages/downloadPOSTDownload image as binary (request body: {"id":"..."})
images_buyimages/buyPOSTPurchase image and return direct URL (body: {"id":"..."})
images_downloadedimages/downladedPOSTimagesList images you have downloaded (filterable by date)

How do I authenticate with the All-Images API?

The All-Images API uses Personal Access Tokens. Include the token in the api-key HTTP header for every request (e.g. api-key: <your_access_token>).

1. Get your credentials

  1. Sign in to your All-Images account.
  2. Open the API Keys page in your account (https://app.all-images.ai/en/api-keys).
  3. Create or copy an existing Personal Access Token.
  4. Keep the token secret and revoke it from the API Keys page if compromised.

2. Add them to .dlt/secrets.toml

[sources.all_images_source] api_key = "your_personal_access_token_here"

dlt reads this automatically at runtime — never hardcode tokens in your pipeline script. For production environments, see setting up credentials with dlt for environment variable and vault-based options.


How do I set up and run the pipeline?

Set up a virtual environment and install dlt:

uv venv && source .venv/bin/activate uv pip install "dlt[workspace]"

1. Install the dlt AI Workbench:

dlt ai init --agent <your-agent> # <agent>: claude | cursor | codex

This installs project rules, a secrets management skill, appropriate ignore files, and configures the dlt MCP server for your agent. Learn more →

2. Install the rest-api-pipeline toolkit:

dlt ai toolkit rest-api-pipeline install

This loads the skills and context about dlt the agent uses to build the pipeline iteratively, efficiently, and safely. The agent uses MCP tools to inspect credentials — it never needs to read your secrets.toml directly. Learn more →

3. Start LLM-assisted coding:

Use /find-source to load data from the All-Images API into DuckDB.

The rest-api-pipeline toolkit takes over from here — it reads relevant API documentation, presents you with options for which endpoints to load, and follows a structured workflow to scaffold, debug, and validate the pipeline step by step.

4. Run the pipeline:

python all_images_pipeline.py

If everything is configured correctly, you'll see output like this:

Pipeline all_images_pipeline load step completed in 0.26 seconds 1 load package(s) were loaded to destination duckdb and into dataset all_images_data The duckdb destination used duckdb:/all_images.duckdb location to store data Load package 1749667187.541553 is LOADED and contains no failed jobs

Inspect your pipeline and data:

dlt pipeline all_images_pipeline show

This opens the Pipeline Dashboard where you can verify pipeline state, load metrics, schema (tables, columns, types), and query the loaded data directly.


Python pipeline example

This example loads images and api-keys from the All-Images API into DuckDB. It mirrors the endpoint and data selector configuration from the table above:

import dlt from dlt.sources.rest_api import RESTAPIConfig, rest_api_resources @dlt.source def all_images_source(api_key=dlt.secrets.value): config: RESTAPIConfig = { "client": { "base_url": "https://api.all-images.ai/v1", "auth": { "type": "api_key", "api_key": api_key, }, }, "resources": [ {"name": "images", "endpoint": {"path": "images/search", "data_selector": "images"}}, {"name": "downloaded_images", "endpoint": {"path": "images/downladed", "data_selector": "images"}} ], } yield from rest_api_resources(config) def get_data() -> None: pipeline = dlt.pipeline( pipeline_name="all_images_pipeline", destination="duckdb", dataset_name="all_images_data", ) load_info = pipeline.run(all_images_source()) print(load_info)

To add more endpoints, append entries from the resource table to the "resources" list using the same name, path, and data_selector pattern.


How do I query the loaded data?

Once the pipeline runs, dlt creates one table per resource. You can query with Python or SQL.

Python (pandas DataFrame):

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("all_images_pipeline").dataset() sessions_df = data.images.df() print(sessions_df.head())

SQL (DuckDB example):

SELECT * FROM all_images_data.images LIMIT 10;

In a marimo or Jupyter notebook:

import dlt data = dlt.pipeline("all_images_pipeline").dataset() data.images.df().head()

See how to explore your data in marimo Notebooks and how to query your data in Python with dataset.


What destinations can I load All-Images data to?

dlt supports loading into any of these destinations — only the destination parameter changes:

DestinationExample value
DuckDB (local, default)"duckdb"
PostgreSQL"postgres"
BigQuery"bigquery"
Snowflake"snowflake"
Redshift"redshift"
Databricks"databricks"
Filesystem (S3, GCS, Azure)"filesystem"

Change the destination in dlt.pipeline(destination="snowflake") and add credentials in .dlt/secrets.toml. See the full destinations list.


Next steps

Continue your data engineering journey with the other toolkits of the dltHub AI Workbench:

  • data-exploration — Build custom notebooks, charts, and dashboards for deeper analysis with marimo notebooks.
  • dlthub-runtime — Deploy, schedule, and monitor your pipeline in production.
dlt ai toolkit data-exploration install dlt ai toolkit dlthub-runtime install

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