X-Auth-Token: <your_api_key>

https://api.poly.pizza/v1/

GET /search/{query}

GET https://api.poly.pizza/v1/search/tree?limit=5
X-Auth-Token: your_key_here

{
  "cursor": "some_cursor_string_or_null",
  "results": [
    {
      "ID": "5EGWBMpuXq",
      "Title": "Oak Tree",
      "Description": "A simple low poly oak tree",
      "Creator": {
        "Username": "someartist",
        "PURL": "https://poly.pizza/u/someartist"
      },
      "Thumbnail": "https://...jpg",
      "Download": "https://...glb",
      "DownloadFBX": "https://...fbx",
      "Licence": "CC-BY 4.0",
      "Tags": ["nature", "tree", "foliage"],
      "TriangleCount": 320,
      "Animated": false,
      "PublishedAt": "2021-08-15T04:32:11.000Z"
    }
    // ... more results
  ]
}

GET /popular

GET https://api.poly.pizza/v1/popular?limit=10
X-Auth-Token: your_key_here

GET /model/{id}

GET https://api.poly.pizza/v1/model/5EGWBMpuXq
X-Auth-Token: your_key_here

import requests

# First, search for the model
headers = {"X-Auth-Token": api_key}
resp = requests.get("https://api.poly.pizza/v1/search/chair", headers=headers, params={"limit": 1})
model = resp.json()["results"][0]

# Then download the .glb directly
glb_bytes = requests.get(model["Download"]).content
with open(f"{model['Title']}.glb", "wb") as f:
    f.write(glb_bytes)

"Oak Tree" by someartist (https://poly.pizza/u/someartist) CC-BY 4.0

results = []
cursor = None
while True:
    params = {"limit": 24}
    if cursor:
        params["cursor"] = cursor
    data = requests.get(url, headers=headers, params=params).json()
    results.extend(data["results"])
    cursor = data.get("cursor")
    if not cursor:
        break

import requests, os

def fetch_model(api_key: str, keyword: str, out_dir: str) -> dict:
    headers = {"X-Auth-Token": api_key}
    r = requests.get(
        f"https://api.poly.pizza/v1/search/{keyword}",
        headers=headers,
        params={"limit": 1}
    )
    r.raise_for_status()
    results = r.json().get("results", [])
    if not results:
        raise ValueError(f"No models found for '{keyword}'")
    
    model = results[0]
    glb = requests.get(model["Download"])
    glb.raise_for_status()
    
    safe_name = model["Title"].replace(" ", "_")
    path = os.path.join(out_dir, f"{safe_name}.glb")
    with open(path, "wb") as f:
        f.write(glb.content)
    
    attribution = None
    if "CC-BY" in model.get("Licence", ""):
        attribution = (
            f'"{model["Title"]}" by {model["Creator"]["Username"]} '
            f'({model["Creator"]["PURL"]}) {model["Licence"]}'
        )
    
    return {"path": path, "model": model, "attribution": attribution}