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Lorem Picsum

Placeholder photos, plus a JSON catalog of them

🎬 MediaHEALTHYchecked 12h ago
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Best known for serving random placeholder images, Lorem Picsum also exposes a JSON list endpoint describing available photos with author, dimensions, and download URLs. The images themselves come from Unsplash. Great for mocking up galleries without hardcoding assets.

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Uptime history
100%90 days
100%30 days
193P50 · ms
904P95 · ms
operationalpartialdownno data
Response time · last 48 checks
Fastest 30 ms, slowest 596 ms, most recent 52 ms.
Live response samplecaptured by our last successful check
GET https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=1&limit=2

[
  {
    "id": "0",
    "author": "Alejandro Escamilla",
    "width": 5000,
    "height": 3333,
    "url": "https://unsplash.com/photos/yC-Yzbqy7PY",
    "download_url": "https://picsum.photos/id/0/5000/3333"
  }
]
Call itcurl · fetch · python
curl "https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=1&limit=2"
const res = await fetch("https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=1&limit=2");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);
import requests

res = requests.get("https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=1&limit=2")
print(res.json())
Endpoints · 6HealthyFULL DOCS ↗
Monitored path responding — GET /v2/list?page=1&limit=2193 mschecked 12h ago
GET/v2/list?page=1&limit=2PROBED

Placeholder photos, plus a JSON catalog of them

GET/random

Random item from the collection.

GET/v2

V2 — documented GET route.

GET/v2/1

V2 details by ID (example: 1).

GET/v2?limit=10

V2 — documented GET route.

GET/v2/search?q=test

Search by query parameters.

Machine-readable spec

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Export includes every documented route below.

Response-shape history

Stable. No schema drift observed since monitoring began — the response shape has not changed under our checks.

Lorem Picsum: common questions

Is Lorem Picsum free to use?

Yes — Lorem Picsum is a free media API. Free tier: Free — limits not published. Whether the free tier allows commercial use is unclear — check the provider docs.

Does Lorem Picsum need an API key?

No — Lorem Picsum needs no API key or signup. You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).

Can I call Lorem Picsum from the browser?

Yes — Lorem Picsum returns CORS headers over HTTPS, so front-end code can fetch it directly with no backend proxy. Use the fetch snippet on this page, or hit "Run live" to try it now.

Is Lorem Picsum up right now?

As of our last scheduled check, Lorem Picsum is healthy with 100% uptime over 90 days and a 193 ms median response. We re-probe it every sweep — the status badge and uptime chart above always show the latest.