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Lorem Picsum
Placeholder photos straight from a URL, zero signup, infinite mockups
Lorem Picsum is a free placeholder image service that returns real stock photographs at any requested size directly from the URL. No API key, account, or library is needed; the URL itself is the request, so it drops straight into an img tag. Supports seeds for deterministic images plus grayscale and blur filters.
Free tier
Free, no key, no published quotaRate limits
Not publishedAuth
No keyBase URL
https://picsum.photosWhat you'd build with it
- Fill mockups and prototypes with realistic photos during UI generation
- Deterministic placeholder avatars/covers via the seed endpoint
- Quick test fixtures for image-handling code without bundling assets
Key endpoints
- GET
/{width}/{height}Return a random photo at the given dimensions - GET
/seed/{seed}/{width}/{height}Return a deterministic photo for a given seed - GET
/id/{id}/infoGet metadata (author, dimensions, source URL) for a specific image - GET
/v2/listList available images with metadata and pagination (30/page default)
Members
Members get the runnable recipe
Sign in free to copy the example request, see a sample response, and read the gotchas.
Tags
imagesplaceholderphotosmockup