Image
Get a specific image by adding /id/{image} to the start of the url.
https://picsum.photos/id/237/200/300You can find a list of all the images here.
Static Random Image
Get the same random image every time based on a seed, by adding /seed/{seed} to the start of the url.
https://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/200/300Grayscale
Get a grayscale image by appending ?grayscale to the end of the url.
https://picsum.photos/200/300?grayscaleBlur
Get a blurred image by appending ?blur to the end of the url.
https://picsum.photos/200/300/?blurYou can adjust the amount of blur by providing a number between 1 and 10.
https://picsum.photos/200/300/?blur=2Advanced Usage
You may combine any of the options above.
For example, to get a specific image that is grayscale and blurred.
https://picsum.photos/id/870/200/300?grayscale&blur=2To request multiple images of the same size in your browser, add the random query param to prevent the images from being cached:
<img src="https://picsum.photos/200/300?random=1">
<img src="https://picsum.photos/200/300?random=2">If you need a file ending, you can add .jpg to the end of the url.
https://picsum.photos/200/300.jpg
To get an image in the WebP format, you can add .webp to the end of the url.
https://picsum.photos/200/300.webp
List Images
Get a list of images by using the /v2/list endpoint.
https://picsum.photos/v2/listThe API will return 30 items per page by default.
To request another page, use the ?page parameter.
To change the amount of items per page, use the ?limit parameter.
https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=2&limit=100The Link header includes pagination information about the next/previous pages
[
{
"id": "0",
"author": "Alejandro Escamilla",
"width": 5616,
"height": 3744,
"url": "https://unsplash.com/...",
"download_url": "https://picsum.photos/..."
}
]Image Details
Get information about a specific image by using the the /id/{id}/info endpoint.
https://picsum.photos/id/0/infoYou can find out the ID of an image by looking at the Picsum-ID header, or the User Comment field in the EXIF metadata.
{
"id": "0",
"author": "Alejandro Escamilla",
"width": 5616,
"height": 3744,
"url": "https://unsplash.com/...",
"download_url": "https://picsum.photos/..."
}