An API to programmatically generate memes based solely on requested URLs.
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The API is stateless so URLs contain all the information necessary to generate meme images. For example, https://api.memegen.link/images/buzz/memes/memes_everywhere.webp produces:
Clients can request .jpg instead of .png for smaller files. The .gif and .webp extensions can be used if an animated background is available or to animate text on static backgrounds:
| Format | Example |
|---|---|
| PNG | /images/ds/small_file/high_quality.png |
| JPEG | /images/ds/high_quality/small_file.jpg |
| GIF (animated background) | /images/oprah/you_get/animated_text.gif |
| GIF (static background) | /images/iw/animates_text/in_production.gif |
| WebP (animated background) | /images/oprah/you_get/animated_text.webp |
| WebP (static background) | /images/iw/animates_text/in_production.webp |
Images can be scaled to a specific width or height using the width=<int> and height=<int> query parameters. If both are provided (width=<int>&height=<int>), the image will be padded to the exact dimensions.
For example, https://api.memegen.link/images/both/width_or_height/why_not_both~q.png?height=450&width=800 produces:
In URLs, spaces can be inserted using underscores or dashes:
- underscore (
_) → space ( - dash (
-) → space ( - 2 underscores (
__) → underscore (_) - 2 dashes (
--) → dash (-) - tilde + N (
~n) → newline character
Reserved URL characters can be included using escape patterns:
- tilde + Q (
~q) → question mark (?) - tilde + A (
~a) → ampersand (&) - tilde + P (
~p) → percentage (%) - tilde + H (
~h) → hashtag/pound (#) - tilde + S (
~s) → slash (/) - tilde + B (
~b) → backslash (\) - tilde + L (
~l) → less-than sign (<) - tilde + G (
~g) → greater-than sign (>) - 2 single quotes (
'') → double quote (")
Emojis are also supported, both as characters (👍) and aliases (:thumbsup:).
For example, https://api.memegen.link/images/ugandanknuck/~hspecial_characters~q/underscore__-dash--_:thumbsup:.png produces:
All of the POST endpoints will return image URLs with special characters replaced with these alternatives.
The list of predefined meme templates is available here: https://api.memegen.link/templates/
Some memes come in multiple forms, which can be selected using the style=<str> query parameter.
For example, the https://api.memegen.link/templates/ds/ template provides these styles:
/images/ds.png |
/images/ds.png?style=maga |
|---|---|
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The style=<str> query parameter can also be an image URL to overlay on the default background image.
For example, https://api.memegen.link/images/pigeon/Engineer/_/Is_this_Photoshop~q.png?style=https://i.imgur.com/W0NXFpQ.png produces:
The overlay image can be customized with the following additional query parameters:
| Name | Type | Description |
|---|---|---|
center |
<float>,<float> |
Position of overlay relative to the top-left corner |
scale |
<float> |
Ratio of the background image's dimensions |
You can also use your own image URL as the background.
For example, https://api.memegen.link/images/custom/_/my_background.png?background=http://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery/1.png produces:
This can be combined with custom overlays to augment the background image.
Add the layout=<str> query parameter to switch between the default and top text positioning.
For example, https://api.memegen.link/images/rollsafe/When_you_have_a_really_good_idea.webp?layout=top produces:
The list of fonts is available here: https://api.memegen.link/fonts/
Add the font=<str> query parameter to customize the look of your meme:
| Name | ID | Alias |
|---|---|---|
| Titillium Web Black | font=titilliumweb |
font=thick |
| Kalam Regular | font=kalam |
font=comic |
| Impact | font=impact |
- |
| Noto Sans Bold | font=notosans |
- |
| HG Mincho B | font=hgminchob |
font=jp |
Explore the full API here: https://api.memegen.link/docs/