An API to generate meme images based solely on requested URLs.

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Visit https://memegen.link/api to browse the API and view examples.

The URLs contain all the information necessary to generate the image. For example, https://memegen.link/buzz/memes/memes-everywhere.jpg produces:

But, the site can also produce masked URLs to conceal the joke:

https://memegen.link/_YnV6egltZW1lcy9tZW1lcy1ldmVyeXdoZXJl.jpg

For any image, lose the extension to see a list of all format options:

https://memegen.link/buzz/memes/memes-everywhere

In URLs, spaces can be inserted using dashes or underscores:

• dash (-) → space ( )
• underscore (_) → space ( )
• 2 dashes (--) → dash (-)
• 2 underscores (__) → underscore (_)

Reserved URL characters can be escaped:

• tilde + Q (~q) → question mark (?)
• tilde + P (~p) → percentage (%)
• tilde + H (~h) → hashtag/pound (#)
• tilde + S (~s) → slash (/)
• 2 single qutoes ('') → double quote (")

For example, https://memegen.link/doge/~hspecial-characters~q/underscore__-dash--.jpg produces:

Some memes come in multiple forms, which can be selected via ?alt=<style>:

For example: https://memegen.link/sad-biden/sad-joe-biden/doesn't-think-you'll-vote.jpg?alt=scowl

Or, you can use your own image URL as the style. For example, https://memegen.link/custom/my-pretty/background.jpg?alt=http://www.gstatic.com/webp/gallery/1.jpg produces:

Additional fonts are available (see: https://memegen.link/api/fonts) and can be selected via ?font=<name>.

For example, https://memegen.link/joker/pick-a-different-font/people-lose-their-minds.jpg?font=typoline-demo produces:

Images can be scaled to a specific width via ?width=<int> or a specific height via ?height=<int>. If both parameters are provided (?width=<int>&height=<int>), the image will be padded to the exact dimensions.

For example, https://memegen.link/both/width-or-height/why-not-both~q.jpg?height=350&width=600 produces:

API clients that want to show a preview of an image while the user is still typing should disable caching and analytics via ?preview=true.

Add ?share=true to optimize images sizes for sharing on social media.

To add a new template, please follow the contributor instructions.

Thanks go to danieldiekmeier/memegenerator for the inspiration!

Additional clients can be found by searching for code examples on GitHub.