Generate Image Thumbnails API

About Generate Image Thumbnails API

Thumbnail Generator is a hosted API that creates a thumbnail from either an uploaded image or a remote image URL. Requests specify the desired output width and height as query parameters, with the source image supplied as a multipart file upload or as a URL in a JSON body. Optional parameters allow setting a named output file, preserving the original image format, and applying automatic orientation correction based on image metadata.

The API exposes four POST endpoints covering combinations of input method (file upload or URL fetch) and response type (binary thumbnail data or a JSON object containing a data URI/signed URL). File uploads are capped at 100MB total per request. The service is intended for resizing images for use cases such as listings, previews, email attachments, CMS pipelines, product galleries, and user-generated content moderation.

The listing is version 1.0, published by ApyHub, and marked verified.

Key features

• Generates thumbnails from an uploaded image (multipart) or a remote image URL
• Custom output size via required width and height query parameters
• Returns either binary thumbnail data or a JSON object with a data URI, depending on the endpoint
• Optional preserve_format parameter to keep the original image format
• Optional auto_orientation parameter to correct images with orientation metadata before generating the thumbnail
• 4 POST endpoints covering multipart upload and URL-fetch, with binary-download or signed-URL response variants

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