Find and retrieve files
Search, filter and list files, or retrieve a file by ID. Use the returned metadata, file URLs and previews in your application.
Pickit API
Build with your
Pickit content.
Connect your own applications and services to Pickit. Find files, work with collections, upload content and update metadata through the Pickit Public API.
Your application or service
Pickit Public APIGET POSTFiles · Collections · Metadata
What you can build
Make the library part of your workflow.
Use the API for a custom content experience, an import process or a connection to another business system. Choose the operations your workflow needs.
Work with collections
Retrieve collections and use collection filters to find the files for a particular audience or content experience.
Upload content from a URL
Import a file from a reachable URL into the configured Pickit account and library, with its metadata. Uploads require administrator permissions on the API account.
Update file metadata
Update names, descriptions, tags, attributes and collection membership. Metadata writes require administrator permissions on the API account.
Authentication & scope
Credentials plus the right content context.
The Public API uses an API key and secret. Requests also identify the Pickit account and library they operate on. Configure access with Pickit before building the integration.
Read access follows the API user’s permissions in the configured account. Upload and update operations require account administrator access.
Read the authentication documentationPickit-Api-Key- Identifies your API credentials.
Pickit-Api-Secret- Authenticates the API key.
Pickit-Api-Account- Identifies the configured Pickit account.
Pickit-Api-Library- Selects the library for the operation.
Keep the API secret in your server-side application or service. It should never be exposed in browser code or a public repository.
Getting started
Start with one useful operation.
The documentation is the reference for base URLs, request parameters and response formats. Validate the account and permission model before expanding the workflow.
Agree access
Define the content, account, library and read or write operations your application needs. Arrange the API credentials with Pickit.
Check the connection
Use the documented credential-check endpoint, then list or retrieve a file from the intended library.
Build and validate
Test with representative files and user permissions. Handle pagination and error responses, and validate any writes in a controlled library.
Two ways to connect
An API for your application. MCP for AI clients.
Pickit Public API
Your application calls REST endpoints with an API key and secret. You define the interface, data handling and workflow.
Pickit MCP
An AI client connects through MCP with user authorization. It can use the tools available to that client within the authorized user’s Pickit access.
Explore MCP & AI integrationsWhat would you like to connect?
Tell us about your application, content and intended workflow. We’ll help you define the API access it needs.