Connect your app to KLIPY

Connect your app to KLIPY to search and embed GIFs, stickers, and clips, and generate AI emojis.

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.

KLIPY is available as an app + chat connector: one shared connection that works in the chat while you build and in your published apps.

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

Example app	Example prompt	Description
Chat with GIF picker	Use KLIPY and add a GIF picker to my chat app so users can search and send GIFs inline.	Let users react and reply with GIFs. The app adds a searchable GIF picker to the message composer and embeds the selected GIF in the conversation.
Sticker reactions	Use KLIPY and let users react to posts with stickers from a searchable picker.	Add expressive sticker reactions. The app surfaces a sticker search and attaches the chosen sticker as a reaction.
Meme / clip feed	Use KLIPY and build a trending feed of GIFs and clips users can browse and share.	Surface trending media in a feed. The app pulls trending GIFs and clips and renders a browsable, shareable feed.
Custom emojis tool	Use KLIPY and build a tool that generates custom AI emojis from a text prompt.	Generate custom emojis on demand. The app sends a prompt to KLIPY and renders the generated AI emojis for the user to download or send.
Social composer	Use KLIPY and add GIFs, stickers, and emojis to my social post composer.	Enrich a post composer with media. The app lets users search GIFs, stickers, and emojis so they can drop media into posts.

How to connect KLIPY

Who can create KLIPY connections depends on your plan and workspace settings. See Who can create connections and clients. 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

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.

1. Open KLIPY in Connectors

   Go to Connectors and select KLIPY.

2. Add a connection

   Click Add connection.

3. Name the connection

   In Display name, name the connection (for example, KLIPY Prod).

4. Choose Managed by Lovable

   Under Authentication, select Managed by Lovable.

5. 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 use connections and clients for more information.

6. Connect

   Click Connect.

Bring Your Own Key

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.

You can create multiple KLIPY connections using different API keys, which is useful for separating environments (for example, development and production) or managing rate limits.

Prerequisites

Before connecting KLIPY, make sure you have:

• A KLIPY account and API key
• Permission to create connections in your Lovable workspace (see Who can create connections and clients)

Step 1: Get your KLIPY API key

1. Open the KLIPY partner dashboard

   Sign in to the KLIPY partner dashboard.

2. 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

1. Open KLIPY in Connectors

   Go to Connectors and select KLIPY.

2. Add a connection

   Click Add connection.

3. Name the connection

   In Display name, name the connection (for example, KLIPY Prod).

4. Choose Bring Your Own Key

   Under Authentication, select Bring Your Own Key.

5. 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.

6. 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 use connections and clients for more information.

7. Connect

   Click Connect. Lovable verifies the key against KLIPY before saving the connection.

When connected, anyone building in a project can ask Lovable in chat to link their project to KLIPY (based on configured connection-level access). Your Lovable apps can then search and embed media and generate AI emojis through the connector.

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

Manage your connection

Connections are managed from Connectors: select , then open the connection.

• Unlink projects to remove access from specific projects while keeping the connection available for others. See Unlink projects from a connection for the steps.
• Delete the connection to remove it from the workspace entirely. Deleting is permanent. It removes the credentials from all linked projects, and app features that use stop working until a new connection is added. See Delete a connection for the steps and who can delete.