icodein / memegen-1

The free and open source API to generate memes.

An API to programmatically generate memes based solely on requested URLs.

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Images

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.png produces:

Available Formats

Clients can request .jpg instead of .png for smaller files:

Format	Example
PNG	/images/ds/small_file/high_quality.png
JPEG	/images/ds/high_quality/small_file.jpg

Custom Dimensions

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://api.memegen.link/images/both/width_or_height/why_not_both~q.png?height=350&width=600 produces:

Special Characters

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 (\)
• 2 single quotes ('') → double quote (")

For example, https://api.memegen.link/images/doge/~hspecial_characters~q/underscore__-dash--.png produces:

All of the POST endpoints will return image URLs with speical characters replaced with these alternatives.

Templates

The list of predefined meme templates is available here: https://api.memegen.link/templates/

Alternate Styles

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

For example, the https://api.memegen.link/templates/ds/ template provides these styles:

/images/ds.png	/images/ds.png?style=maga

Custom Backgrounds

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:

Sample Code

Here are some popular apps and integrations to check out:

Platforms	Language	Website
Slack	Python	https://github.com/nicolewhite/slack-meme
Slack	Go	https://github.com/CptSpaceToaster/slackbot
Slack	--	http://www.memetizer.com
Hain	JavaScript	https://github.com/Metrakit/hain-plugin-meme
Web	Clojure	https://github.com/jasich/mighty-fine-memes
Web & Slack	--	https://memecomplete.com
Discord	JavaScript	https://github.com/parshsee/discordbot

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

Ready to build your own? Check out the clients page.