Shadertoy API for Python

shadertoy-api is a library for easily accessing the Shadertoy API.
For more info about the Shadertoy API, refer to shadertoy.com/howto
Note: only shaders listed as Public+API are available through the Shadertoy API.
Also, I (the author of this library) don't have any connections with the shadertoy development team, in case you are wondering.

Using the Shadertoy API

To start using the Shadertoy API you first need to create an instance of the App class provided by shadertoy-api

>>> import shadertoy
>>> app = shadertoy.App(api_key)

To get an API key for your application you must have an account on shadertoy (go to shadertoy.com/signin).
Once logged in, you can create an API key at shadertoy.com/myapps

The App class provides access to all documented features of the Shadertoy API as of the time this was written.

Search the Shadertoy database

query(keywords=[], sort_by=None, filter=None, start_index=0, num_shaders="all")

Queries the shadertoy database for shaders matching the given filter and returns a list with the given number of their IDs, starting at the given index and sorted by the given classifier.

Classifiers: "name", "love", "popular", "newest", "hot"
Filters: "vr", "soundoutput", "soundinput", "webcam", "multipass", "musicstream"

A list of all classifiers and filters is provided by shadertoy-api

>>> shadertoy.classifiers
('name', 'love', 'popular', 'newest', 'hot')
>>> shadertoy.filters
('vr', 'soundoutput', 'soundinput', 'webcam', 'multipass', 'musicstream')

Example

>>> app.query(keywords=["fluid", "simulation"], sort_by="newest", num_shaders=10)
['DsSSzm', 'fdcyzr', 'NldXWf', 'ftySzR', 'NtKGRc', '7tKGzK', '7tyGW1', 'slKGRw', '7ttGR4', 'sdd3zj']

Get shader data (name, creator, description, likes, views, code, input media...)

get_shader(shader_id)

Returns a dictionary containing data about the shader with the given ID.

Example

>>> shader = app.get_shader("WdVXWy")
>>> shader["info"]["name"]
'molten bismuth'

Get all available shader IDs

get_all_shaders()

Returns a list of the IDs of all available shaders.

Example

>>> all_shaders = app.get_all_shaders()
>>> len(all_shaders)
25859

Non-API features

shadertoy-api also provides some non-API utilities through the App class including downloading shadertoy media files and shader icons, getting URLs for embedding shaders in webapps, and possibly more in the future!

Download Shadertoy media files

download_media_file(path)

Downloads a shadertoy media file from the given path (relative to shadertoy.com) and returns it as a file-like io.BytesIO object.

Example

>>> Image_input0 = shader["renderpass"][0]["inputs"][0]
>>> media = app.download_media_file(Image_input0["src"])
>>> type(media)
<class '_io.BytesIO'>

If you have pillow installed, try this as well:

>>> from PIL import Image
>>> img = Image.open(media)
>>> img.show()

Download shader icons

download_shader_icon(shader_id)

Downloads the icon for the shader with the given id and returns it as a file-like io.BytesIO object (note that shader icons are in JPEG format).

Example

>>> icon = app.download_shader_icon("WdVXWy")
>>> type(icon)
<class '_io.BytesIO'>

With pillow installed, try this:

>>> from PIL import Image
>>> img = Image.open(icon)
>>> img.show()

Get embeddable shader URLs

get_embeddable_url(shader_id, enable_gui=True, start_time=10, paused=True, muted=False)

Returns an embeddable URL for the shader with the given id, and configures it with the given initial settings.

Example

>>> embeddable_url = app.get_embeddable_url("WdVXWy")
>>> embeddable_url
'https://www.shadertoy.com/embed/WdVXWy?gui=true&t=10&paused=true&muted=false'