KLIPY is a media API that lets your Lovable app search and embed GIFs, stickers, and short clips, and generate AI emojis on demand. It’s a drop-in media layer for chat, social, and commenting features.
With KLIPY, your app can:
- Search and embed GIFs, stickers, and short clips
- Generate AI emojis on demand
- Add a trending media picker to chat and social features
Reach for the KLIPY connector when your app needs a media picker, reaction stickers, or generated emojis. For a handful of static images you ship yourself, keep them in your app’s assets instead.
Common use cases and example apps
How to connect KLIPY
Who can create KLIPY connections depends on your plan and workspace settings. See Who can create connections. When adding a connection, you can choose between:
- Managed by Lovable (no KLIPY account or API key required)
- Bring Your Own Key (connect with your own KLIPY API key)
When the connection is created, you can link it to the projects where you want to use it. Anyone building in a project can ask Lovable in chat to link their project to it.
Follow the setup steps below based on how you want to connect KLIPY.
Managed by Lovable
Bring Your Own Key
Choose this option if you want the fastest setup. You don’t need to create a KLIPY account or API key. Lovable provides and manages the credentials for you.You can create only one managed KLIPY connection per workspace.
Open KLIPY in Connectors
Go to Connectors → App connectors and select KLIPY.
Add a connection
Click Add connection.
Name the connection
In Display name, name the connection (for example, KLIPY Prod).
Choose Managed by Lovable
Under Authentication, select Managed by Lovable.
Choose who can use this connection
Managed connections are shared with the entire workspace by default. To limit who can use the connection, click Restrict to specific people under Who can use this connection.See Who can manage connections for more information. Bring your own API key if you want to manage your KLIPY account, content, usage limits, and account settings directly in the KLIPY partner dashboard.All media requests made through this connector count toward your KLIPY account’s limits. Billing and quotas are handled directly by KLIPY, not Lovable.
Prerequisites
Before connecting KLIPY, make sure you have:Step 1: Get your KLIPY API key
Open the KLIPY partner dashboard
Create or copy your API key
Generate an API key for your app, or copy an existing one. With your own key you manage your KLIPY account, content, and usage limits directly.Your KLIPY API key functions like a password. Keep it secure and never share it publicly. You’ll need it in the next step.
Step 2: Connect KLIPY to Lovable
Open KLIPY in Connectors
Go to Connectors → App connectors and select KLIPY.
Add a connection
Click Add connection.
Name the connection
In Display name, name the connection (for example, KLIPY Prod).
Choose Bring Your Own Key
Under Authentication, select Bring Your Own Key.
Enter your API key
In API key, paste your KLIPY API key. Use Open KLIPY below the field to jump to the partner dashboard if you need to generate one.
Choose who can use this connection
Under Who can use this connection, decide who in your workspace can use the connection. You start as the only person with access:
- Only you (default): leave the access list as is; only you can use the connection and its associated data.
- Invite specific people: add workspace members by email; only you and the people you add can use the connection and its associated data.
- Invite entire workspace: click Invite entire workspace to make the connection available to everyone in your Lovable workspace.
See Who can manage connections for more information. Connect
Click Connect. Lovable verifies the key against KLIPY before saving the connection.
Limitations
The KLIPY connector cannot:
- Refresh or rotate API keys automatically. For Bring Your Own Key connections, generate a new key in the KLIPY partner dashboard and update the Lovable connection to rotate
- Support per-end-user KLIPY login. Each connection represents a single KLIPY key shared across all projects linked to it
- Manage your KLIPY account, content settings, or usage limits for Bring Your Own Key connections. Configure those in the KLIPY partner dashboard
How to unlink projects from a connection
Editors and above can remove specific projects from a connection without deleting the connection entirely. The connection will remain available for other projects.
To unlink projects:
Open Connectors
Open Connectors, then go to App connectors, and select .
Open the connection
Open the connection you want to manage.
Select projects
Under Linked projects, check the projects you want to unlink.
Confirm
Click Unlink projects and confirm.
How to delete a connection
Workspace admins and owners can delete connections. Other members can delete a connection if they created it, or if they have been explicitly granted access to it.
Deleting a connection is permanent and cannot be undone. It will remove the credentials from all linked projects, and any apps using this connection will stop working until a new connection is added.
Open Connectors
Open Connectors, then go to App connectors, and select .
Open the connection
Open the connection you want to remove.
Review linked projects
Review the Linked projects section.
Delete
Under Delete this connection, click Delete and confirm.
