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ImgBB

ImgBB is a free image hosting and sharing platform with a REST API for uploading images, retrieving shareable links, managing expiration, and accessing image metadata. Supports binary file upload, base64-encoded data, and image URLs up to 32 MB. The API returns direct image links, viewer page URLs, thumbnail URLs, and delete URLs in JSON. No registration is required to use the basic hosting service, but an API key is required for programmatic uploads via the v1 REST API.

ImgBB publishes 1 API on the APIs.io network: Images API. Tagged areas include Image Hosting, Image Upload, File Sharing, Cloud Storage, and Media.

The ImgBB catalog on APIs.io includes 1 Spectral governance ruleset.

ImgBB’s developer surface includes authentication, documentation, pricing, engineering blog, and 10 more developer resources.

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54.4/100 developing ▬ flat Agent 44/100 agent ready Full breakdown ↓
scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
AccessFreemiumOpen⚡ Free to try
1 APIs
Image HostingImage UploadFile SharingCloud StorageMediaREST API

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scored 2026-07-28 · rubric v0.6
Composite quality — 54.4/100 · developing
Contract Quality 18.0 / 25
Developer Ergonomics 4.3 / 20
Commercial Clarity 14.2 / 20
Operational Transparency 2.7 / 13
Governance 8.3 / 12
Discoverability 6.9 / 10
Agent readiness — 44/100 · agent ready
Machine-Readable Contract 18 / 18
Agentic Access Contract 10 / 10
MCP Server 0 / 12
Machine-Readable Auth 10 / 10
Idempotency 0 / 9
Stable Error Semantics 8 / 8
Request/Response Examples 7 / 7
Rate-Limit Signaling 7 / 7
Typed Event Surface 0 / 6
Agent Skills 0 / 5
Well-Known Catalog 0 / 4
Consent & Bot Identity 0 / 3
A2A Agent Card 0 / 8
Dry-Run / Simulate Mode 0 / 4
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APIs 1

Individual APIs this provider publishes, each with its own machine-readable definition.

ImgBB Images API

The Images API from ImgBB — 1 operation(s) for images.

Pricing Plans 1

Published pricing tiers and plan structures.

Imgbb Plans Pricing

4 plans

PLANS

Rate Limits 1

Documented rate limits and quota policies.

Imgbb Rate Limits

1 limits

RATE LIMITS

FinOps 1

Cost, billing, and metering signals for API financial operations.

Imgbb Finops

FINOPS

Spectral Rules 1

Spectral governance rulesets for linting and validating these APIs.

ImgBB API Rules

5 rules · 4 warnings 1 info

SPECTRAL

JSON Schema 2

Standalone JSON Schema definitions for this provider's data models.

ImgBB Upload Request

4 properties

JSON SCHEMA

ImgBB Upload Response

3 properties

JSON SCHEMA

Examples 3

Example request and response payloads for these APIs.

Upload Image Base64

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Upload Image Post

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Upload Image Url

4 fields

EXAMPLE

Security Posture 2

Authentication, domain security, vulnerability disclosure, and trust-center signals.

Imgbb Authentication

apiKey · 1 scheme

SECURITY

Imgbb Domain Security

TLSv1.3 · HSTS · DMARC

SECURITY

Agentic Access 1

Recommended x-agentic-access execution contracts for AI agents.

Imgbb Agentic Access

2 operations · 1 acting

2 operations · 1 acting

AGENTIC

Resources

Documentation 1

Reference material describing how the API behaves

Documentation
Documentation

Agent Surfaces 1

MCP servers, agent skills, and machine-readable catalogs

AgenticAccess
AgenticAccess

Design & Contract 2

Pagination, idempotency, versioning, errors, and events

Vocabulary
Vocabulary
 JSONLD
JSONLD

Access & Security 2

Authentication, authorization, and security posture

DomainSecurity
DomainSecurity
 Authentication
Authentication

Operate 1

Status, limits, changes, and where to get help

RateLimits
RateLimits

Commercial 5

Pricing, plans, and the legal terms of use

Pricing
Pricing
 TermsOfService
TermsOfService
 PrivacyPolicy
PrivacyPolicy
 Plans
Plans
 FinOps
FinOps

Company 2

The organization behind the API

Website
Website
 Blog
Blog

Source (apis.yml)

apis.yml Raw ↑ 
aid: imgbb
name: ImgBB
description: 'ImgBB is a free image hosting and sharing platform with a REST API for uploading images, retrieving shareable
  links, managing expiration, and accessing image metadata. Supports binary file upload, base64-encoded data, and image URLs
  up to 32 MB. The API returns direct image links, viewer page URLs, thumbnail URLs, and delete URLs in JSON. No registration
  is required to use the basic hosting service, but an API key is required for programmatic uploads via the v1 REST API.

  '
type: Index
accessModel:
  pricing: freemium
  onboarding: open
  trial: false
  try_now: true
  public: true
  label: Freemium · Open access
  confidence: high
  source:
  - plans
  - authentication
  generated: '2026-07-22'
  method: derived
image: https://kinlane-images.s3.amazonaws.com/shared/apis-json/icons/imgbb.png
url: https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/imgbb/refs/heads/main/apis.yml
created: '2026-06-13'
modified: '2026-06-13'
specificationVersion: '0.19'
tags:
- Image Hosting
- Image Upload
- File Sharing
- Cloud Storage
- Media
- REST API
apis:
- aid: imgbb:imgbb-images-api
  name: ImgBB Images API
  description: The Images API from ImgBB — 1 operation(s) for images.
  humanURL: https://api.imgbb.com/
  baseURL: https://api.imgbb.com/1
  tags:
  - Images
  properties:
  - type: OpenAPI
    url: openapi/imgbb-images-api-openapi.yml
  - type: Documentation
    url: https://api.imgbb.com/
  - type: Authentication
    url: https://api.imgbb.com/
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/upload-request.json
  - type: JSONSchema
    url: json-schema/upload-response.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/upload-image-post.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/upload-image-url.json
  - type: Examples
    url: examples/upload-image-base64.json
common:
- type: AgenticAccess
  url: agentic-access/imgbb-agentic-access.yml
- type: DomainSecurity
  url: security/imgbb-domain-security.yml
- type: Authentication
  url: authentication/imgbb-authentication.yml
- type: Website
  url: https://imgbb.com/
- type: Documentation
  url: https://api.imgbb.com/
- type: Pricing
  url: https://imgbb.com/
- type: TermsOfService
  url: https://imgbb.com/page/tos
- type: PrivacyPolicy
  url: https://imgbb.com/page/privacy_policy
- type: Plans
  url: plans/imgbb-plans-pricing.yml
- type: RateLimits
  url: rate-limits/imgbb-rate-limits.yml
- type: FinOps
  url: finops/imgbb-finops.yml
- type: Vocabulary
  url: vocabulary/imgbb-vocabulary.yml
- type: JSONLD
  url: json-ld/imgbb-jsonld.json
- type: Blog
  url: blogs/blogs.json
maintainers:
- FN: Kin Lane
  email: kin@apievangelist.com