Imgur

Imgur Image API

Image upload, retrieval, deletion, favorite, and update operations.

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Operations 5

POST /3/image Upload Image #

GET /3/image/{imageHash} Get Image #

DELETE /3/image/{imageHash} Delete Image #

POST /3/image/{imageHash} Update Image Information #

POST /3/image/{imageHash}/favorite Favorite Image #

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OpenAPI Specification

openapi: 3.2.0
info:
  title: Imgur Image API
  version: '3.0'
  description: Imgur is an online image and album hosting platform. The Imgur API (v3) is a RESTful HTTP/JSON API that exposes the platform — uploading, retrieving, voting, commenting, galleries, accounts, and tags. Anonymous reads/writes are supported with a Client-ID, and per-user actions require OAuth2 access tokens.
  contact:
    name: Imgur API Support
    url: https://help.imgur.com/
  license:
    name: Imgur API Terms
    url: https://imgur.com/tos
servers:
- url: https://api.imgur.com
  description: Imgur API root
security:
- ClientId: []
- OAuth2: []
tags:
- name: Image
  description: Image upload, retrieval, deletion, favorite, and update operations.
paths:
  /3/image:
    post:
      tags:
      - Image
      summary: Upload Image
      operationId: uploadImage
      description: Upload an image (binary, base64, or URL).
      requestBody:
        required: true
        content:
          multipart/form-data:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                image:
                  type: string
                  format: binary
                type:
                  type: string
                  enum:
                  - file
                  - base64
                  - url
                title:
                  type: string
                description:
                  type: string
                album:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Image Uploaded.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BasicResponse'
  /3/image/{imageHash}:
    get:
      tags:
      - Image
      summary: Get Image
      operationId: getImage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ImageHash'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Image Metadata.
          content:
            application/json:
              schema:
                $ref: '#/components/schemas/BasicResponse'
    delete:
      tags:
      - Image
      summary: Delete Image
      operationId: deleteImage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ImageHash'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Image Deleted.
    post:
      tags:
      - Image
      summary: Update Image Information
      operationId: updateImage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ImageHash'
      requestBody:
        content:
          application/x-www-form-urlencoded:
            schema:
              type: object
              properties:
                title:
                  type: string
                description:
                  type: string
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Image Updated.
  /3/image/{imageHash}/favorite:
    post:
      tags:
      - Image
      summary: Favorite Image
      operationId: favoriteImage
      parameters:
      - $ref: '#/components/parameters/ImageHash'
      responses:
        '200':
          description: Favorite Toggled.
components:
  schemas:
    BasicResponse:
      type: object
      properties:
        data:
          description: Operation-specific payload.
        success:
          type: boolean
        status:
          type: integer
  parameters:
    ImageHash:
      name: imageHash
      in: path
      required: true
      description: The image's seven-character hash (e.g. "AbCdEfG").
      schema:
        type: string
  securitySchemes:
    ClientId:
      type: apiKey
      in: header
      name: Authorization
      description: 'Anonymous access. Header value: `Client-ID <CLIENT_ID>`.'
    OAuth2:
      type: oauth2
      description: Per-user OAuth2 authorization.
      flows:
        authorizationCode:
          authorizationUrl: https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/authorize
          tokenUrl: https://api.imgur.com/oauth2/token
          scopes: {}

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