Lorem Picsum API

Name: Lorem Picsum API
Availability: InStock

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🔑 Auth: None 🔒 HTTPS: Yes 🌐 CORS: Enabled View Documentation

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Server-measured technical metrics for the Lorem Picsum API
Uptime Status	⬜ Unknown — not yet probed
Server Latency	N/A
Hosting Server	Not disclosed
Content-Type	Not disclosed
Cache-Control	Not set
CORS Support	✅ Enabled — safe for browser fetch()
Authentication	✅ None required — call the API directly without a key
Category	Photography

Endpoint:: https://picsum.photos/

Quick Integration Code

✅ No API key needed

fetch("https://picsum.photos/")
  .then(response => {
    if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`HTTP ${response.status}`);
    return response.json();
  })
  .then(data => console.log(data))
  .catch(error => console.error("Request failed:", error));

import requests

url = "https://picsum.photos/"
headers = {
    "Accept": "application/json",
    # "Authorization": "Bearer YOUR_TOKEN_HERE",
}

response = requests.get(url, headers=headers, timeout=10)
response.raise_for_status()
data = response.json()
print(data)

curl -X GET "https://picsum.photos/" \
  -H "Accept: application/json" \
  -H "User-Agent: MyApp/1.0" \
  --max-time 10 \
  --silent | python3 -m json.tool

Sample JSON Response — Photography

Photography

{
  "id": "abc123xyz",
  "created_at": "2025-01-10T14:22:11Z",
  "width": 5472,
  "height": 3648,
  "description": "A serene mountain lake at golden hour",
  "urls": {
    "raw": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-abc",
    "full": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-abc?w=2048",
    "thumb": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-abc?w=200"
  },
  "likes": 4312,
  "views": 182000,
  "user": {
    "username": "johndoe",
    "name": "John Doe"
  }
}