---
name: "xpay-jina-search-images"
description: "Search for images across the web, similar to Google Images. Use this when you need to find photos, illustrations, diagrams, charts, logos, or any visual content. Perfect for finding images to illustrate concepts, locating specific pictures, or discovering visual resources. Images are returned by default as small base64-encoded JPEG images."
version: "1.0.0"
price: "$0.01/call"
provider: "Jina AI"
---

# Search Images

Search for images across the web, similar to Google Images. Use this when you need to find photos, illustrations, diagrams, charts, logos, or any visual content. Perfect for finding images to illustrate concepts, locating specific pictures, or discovering visual resources. Images are returned by default as small base64-encoded JPEG images.

**Provider:** Jina AI
**Price:** $0.01/call
**Pricing model:** Flat rate per call

## When to Use

Use this tool when you need to search for images across the web, similar to google images. use this when you need to find photos, illustrations, diagrams, charts, logos, or any visual content. perfect for finding images to illustrate concepts, locating specific pictures, or discovering visual resources. images are returned by default as small base64-encoded jpeg images.. This is part of the Jina AI provider on xpay✦.

## MCP Connection

Connect to xpay✦ to access this tool (and 19+ others):

```json
{
  "mcpServers": {
    "xpay": {
      "url": "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
    }
  }
}
```

For Claude Code:
```bash
claude mcp add --transport http xpay "https://mcp.xpay.sh/mcp?key=YOUR_API_KEY"
```

## How to Execute

Use the xpay✦ meta-tools to run this tool:

1. **`xpay_details`** — Get full input schema: `xpay_details("jina/search_images")`
2. **`xpay_run`** — Execute: `xpay_run("jina/search_images", { ...inputs })`

## Input Parameters

| Parameter | Type | Required | Description |
|-----------|------|----------|-------------|
| `return_url` | boolean | No | Set to true to return image URLs, title, shapes, and other metadata. By default, images are downloaded as base64 and returned as rendered images. |
| `location` | string | No | Location for search results, e.g., 'London', 'New York', 'Tokyo' |
| `tbs` | string | No | Time-based search parameter, e.g., 'qdr:h' for past hour, can be qdr:h, qdr:d, qdr:w, qdr:m, qdr:y |
| `hl` | string | No | Language code, e.g., 'zh-cn' for Simplified Chinese |
| `gl` | string | No | Country code, e.g., 'dz' for Algeria |
| `query` | string | Yes | Image search terms describing what you want to find (e.g., 'sunset over mountains', 'vintage car illustration', 'data visualization chart') |

## Pricing

- **Cost:** $0.01/call
- **Balance check:** Use `xpay_balance` to check remaining credits
- Get your API key at [xpay.tools](https://xpay.tools/account/settings/api-keys/) — $5 free credits included

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- [Show Api Key](https://xpay.tools/skills/jina/show-api-key/SKILL.md) — $0.01/call
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- [Guess Datetime Url](https://xpay.tools/skills/jina/guess-datetime-url/SKILL.md) — $0.01/call
- [Capture Screenshot Url](https://xpay.tools/skills/jina/capture-screenshot-url/SKILL.md) — $0.01/call
- [Read Url](https://xpay.tools/skills/jina/read-url/SKILL.md) — $0.01/call

## Links

- Tool page: https://xpay.tools/jina/search-images/
- Provider: https://xpay.tools/jina/
- All tools: https://xpay.tools/explore