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Lorem Picsum

Placeholder photos, plus a JSON catalog of them

🎬 MediaUNMONITORED
AUTH NONECORS ✓AGENT ?HTTPS ✓COMMERCIAL ?

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.

—HOW IT'S SCORED ⓘ
▶ Run liveDocs ↗
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ON PROBE SCHEDULE

We probe a documented GET and expect 2xx JSON — full uptime and health score. Open provider docs ↗

Uptime historystarts after first probe

On our probe schedule. Uptime charts appear after the first check lands.

Example responsefrom provider docs — not verified by us
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 · 6On scheduleFULL DOCS ↗
On schedule — GET /v2/list?page=1&limit=2 awaits first probe
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

Not tracked yet. Shape-change history starts once this API joins our probe schedule.

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 You can call it straight away; rate limits still apply (Unpublished).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?

Lorem Picsum is catalogued but not yet on our probe schedule, so we don't publish a live status for it. Check the provider's own status page or docs for its current state.