ImageHost.ing

Minimal image hosting with burn-after-reading support. Images expire automatically after 24 hours.

Live at imagehost.ing

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API

Base URL: https://api.imagehost.ing

Upload an image

POST /upload
Content-Type: multipart/form-data

Field	Type	Required	Default
file	image file	yes	—
burn	true / false	no	false

curl:

# Plain upload — persists for 24h
curl -X POST https://api.imagehost.ing/upload \
  -F "file=@photo.jpg"

# Burn after reading — deleted on first view
curl -X POST https://api.imagehost.ing/upload \
  -F "file=@photo.jpg" \
  -F "burn=true"

Response 201:

{
  "id": "abc123...",
  "url": "https://imagehost.ing/abc123....jpg",
  "burnOnRead": false,
  "expiresAt": "2024-01-17T10:30:00.000Z",
  "sizeBytes": 204800
}

Error responses:

Status	Meaning
400	Missing or invalid form data
401	Wrong or missing Authorization header
413	File too large (max 5 MB)
415	Unsupported file type
429	Daily upload limit reached — try again tomorrow

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Fetch an image

GET https://imagehost.ing/:id
GET https://imagehost.ing/:id.jpg

Returns the raw image. If burnOnRead was set on upload, the image is permanently deleted after this request. Subsequent requests return 410 Gone.

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Status

GET https://api.imagehost.ing/

{
  "status": "ok",
  "maxFileSizeMB": 5,
  "allowedTypes": ["image/jpeg", "image/png", "image/gif", "image/webp"],
  "ttlHours": 24
}

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Supported formats

JPEG, PNG, GIF, WEBP — max 5 MB per file.

Limits

• All images expire and are permanently deleted after 24 hours
• Burn-after-reading images are deleted immediately on first view