Placeholder Images On-The-Fly

No signup required. Just build the URL. Custom sizes, colors, text, SVG output. Completely free.

<img src="https://placeholderapi.celpippractice.workers.dev/800/600">

Features

Any Size

Specify width and height in the URL path. From 1px to 4000px.

Custom Colors

Set background and text color via query params. Use any hex color.

Custom Text

Add overlay text to label your placeholders. Great for wireframes.

SVG Output

Get lightweight SVG by default. Add ?format=png for raster output.

Usage Reference

GET /:width/:height

Generate a placeholder image with the given dimensions.

Param	Type	Description
width	int (path)	Image width in pixels (required)
height	int (path)	Image height in pixels (required)
bg	string (query)	Background hex color without # (default cccccc)
color	string (query)	Text hex color without # (default 666666)
text	string (query)	Custom overlay text (default WxH)
format	string (query)	svg or png (default svg)

Examples

https://placeholderapi.celpippractice.workers.dev/400/300
https://placeholderapi.celpippractice.workers.dev/200/200?bg=1a1a2e&color=6ee7b7
https://placeholderapi.celpippractice.workers.dev/600/400?text=Hero+Image
https://placeholderapi.celpippractice.workers.dev/100/100?format=png