Image URL generator

Developers, testers and designers often just need an image URL: something to drop into an <img src>, a JSON fixture, a CMS field or an API request. Upload a file and copy the direct URL — it’s served from a global CDN with the correct content type.

How to get a URL for an image

1. Upload the image (or paste it).
2. Copy the Direct link — it ends in the real file extension.
3. Use it anywhere an image URL is accepted. It keeps working until the expiry you chose.

Upload with curl

Send a multipart request with a file field and an optional expiry of 1h, 1d, 7d or 30d:

curl -F "file=@screenshot.png" -F "expiry=1d" https://imgdrop.dev/api/img/upload

Response (HTTP 201):

{
  "id": "aB3dE5gH7k",
  "url": "https://….public.blob.vercel-storage.com/i/aB3dE5gH7k-….png",
  "page": "https://imgdrop.dev/i/aB3dE5gH7k",
  "deleteKey": "…24 characters…",
  "expiresAt": "2026-10-19T12:00:00.000Z",
  "width": 1280, "height": 720, "bytes": 182044, "mime": "image/png"
}

Errors return JSON with an error message: 413 for files over 10 MB, 415 for unsupported or mislabeled files, 422 when the safety review blocks the image, 429 for rate limits and 503 if the safety check is temporarily unavailable (nothing is published in that case).

Need a placeholder instead?

If you don’t have an image yet, the placeholder image generator builds a URL like /api/placeholder/600x400 that returns an image of any size — no upload needed.

Safe, temporary and private by default

• Automated safety review. Every image is checked before it goes live; anything against the content rules never gets a link.
• Links expire. Choose 1 hour to 30 days. Expired images are deleted from storage, not just hidden.
• Metadata removed. GPS location, camera serial numbers and editing history are stripped before upload.
• Unlisted. Viewer pages aren’t indexed by search engines and image IDs can’t be guessed — only people you share the link with can find it.

Related tools

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• Images for DiscordLinks that embed in chats and bots.
• Images for forumsReady-made [img] BBCode.
• Temporary image hostingLinks that delete themselves.
• Placeholder imagesDummy images by URL, any size.