Random Image API

The Random Image API generates random images for all your placeholder and design needs. It supports custom sizes as well as custom image categories.

/v1/randomimage GET

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/randomimage

Returns a random, base64-encoded image in JPEG format.

Parameters

  • category  optionalpremium only

    Image category. If set, must be one of the following: nature, city, technology, food, still_life, abstract, wildlife.

  • width  optionalpremium only

    Width of the image to generate. Must be between 1 and 5000. Default value is 640.

  • height  optionalpremium only

    Height of the image to generate. Must be between 1 and 5000. Default value is 480.

Headers

  • X-Api-Key  required

    API Key associated with your account.

  • Accept  required

    Header indicating the content type to accept in the result. Must be set to the following: image/jpg.

Sample Request Live Demo!

https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/randomimage

Headers

X-Api-KeyLog in or sign up to get your API Key

Sample Response

IMAGE

Code Examples

1 2 3 curl -X GET "https://api.api-ninjas.com/v1/randomimage?category=animals" \ -H "X-Api-Key: YOUR_API_KEY" \ --output random_image.jpg

If your programming language is not listed in the Code Example above, you can still make API calls by using a HTTP request library written in your programming language and following the above documentation.