With millions of images being uploaded to the internet every day, finding the right photo for a digital project seems like a simple task. However, something that becomes increasingly difficult is searching for similar images.
Whether it’s because we want to find the same image in different sizes and resolutions or because we want to find where a photo was first uploaded, finding several sources of the same image is not an easy task. It may be that the same image has been uploaded with different names or extensions or that different search engines assign different priorities to them.
Luckily, there are some APIs that, instead of searching based on archive names or keywords, surf through different search engines based on the image that you want to find. Through an algorithm that recognizes the most distinctive parts of a photograph, these tools constitute a kind of fingerprint of the same to search through the web for all the images that resemble it.
One of these tools is Reverse Image Search API, which was designed by Zyla Labs specifically to identify how many times a specific image has been used on the web back to the first time it was uploaded.
The Reverse Image Search API is becoming very popular with community managers who need to find the first source of an image and make sure they are not copyrighted before sharing them on their clients’ websites.
Marketers, meanwhile, are finding this tool very useful when evaluating the results of a campaign. By performing a reverse search of the flyers and posters used to promote their latest products, they can gather all the places where similar images were shared, including social media accounts.
But besides that, there are many situations where a quick reverse image search can come in handy. Every time a journalist or influencer wants to fact-check a publication before sharing it, they can just carry out a reverse search of the image to check if it truly matches what the post says. Thus, using Reverse Image Search API one can avoid sharing fake-news.
In the same way, it can be known if a profile picture belongs to the person who is speaking to us. Many scammers use fake photos that they found in some image bank to hide their identities. A quick search of their profile picture through this API will help you know if the person you are talking to is trying to hide something.
Reverse Image Search API is very easy to use. By simply uploading the image or copying its URL in the search engine, the tool will show the different places where the same photograph was used. In this way you can find similar images of different resolutions, exemptions and sizes without having to know how to use design softwares.
Reverse Image Search API has several plans depending on the amount of search that is intended to be carried out per month. The most first-time users can start with a reduced plan to gradually incorporate this tool into their activities and learn how to make better use of it. As they learn to get the most out of it, they can upgrade to a higher plan where they will have the ability to perform more searches and better options to filter the results.