retrieving image URL via API

[norcross]

Is there a way to retrieve the actual image filename that can be used? I'm creating a WordPress plugin that generates test data and I'd like to use this image API if I can, but I would need the actual URL.

example: doing a GET request to https://loremflickr.com/600/600 would return a JSON array of data which would include the https://loremflickr.com/cache/resized/4105_5037255879_a514fdbcfa_b_600_600_nofilter.jpg image URL itself.

For the record, I am not intending on hotlinking images, rather, importing them into the WP database.

[MastaBaba]

Currently not available. Wouldn't be hard to build, but is also the kind of functionality that might as well be picked up straight from the Flickr API.

Buuuuut... is it really practical to use LoremFlickr? Cache gets regularly cleaned, so you might store the URL in your database, but by the time you want to use the URL, the file might be gone.

[norcross]

to clarify: the actual image is stored as though the user uploaded it themselves.

[MastaBaba]

Ah. But then, wouldn't you just be able to pick up the file to which the requested URL redirects to?

[norcross]

that’s where i’m struggling. it’s giving me the actual stream data of the image, which PHP can choke on sometimes and also can get mangled in various escaping / sanitizing functions.

a really simple thing would be just adding a parameter that just returns a raw text URL

[MastaBaba]

Ok. Give me a few days. I've put this on my to do list.

[norcross]

you’re a gentleman and a scholar.

[MastaBaba]

Your words are too kind.

Try this and let me know if it works for you:

https://loremflickr.com/json/g/320/240/paris,girl/all

[norcross]

this is perfect and exactly what i'm looking for. How are the various parameters passed now? Doing some basic testing I can see that https://loremflickr.com/json/g/600/600/all works (which would give me a random image, I think?)

[MastaBaba]

It should be exactly the same as getting a regular image, except that you start with /json/.

So, your example of https://loremflickr.com/json/g/600/600/all should actually return a 'greened' image of 600x600 pixels matching the keyword all.

Try this for a completely random image (of a cat):

https://loremflickr.com/json/600/600

[norcross]

fantastic. thank you so very much.