GET picsum.photos HTTP 200332 ms3.5 KB$0.000036 captured Aug 7, 2026
picsum.photos, as data
One API turns any picsum.photos page into markdown, structured JSON, its link graph or a screenshot, and crawls the whole site the same way. The panel shows the real response we captured.
- Render mode
- Plain HTTP, no browser needed
- Response
- HTTP 200 in 332 ms
- Page size
- 3.5 KB of markdown, 100 lines
- Fields
- Title, Photographer, Camera, Resolution and 2 more
- Captured
- Aug 7, 2026
Free balance on signup, no card. This picsum.photos page cost $0.000036 to fetch.
## Easy to use, stylish placeholders## GrayscaleGet a grayscale image by appending `?grayscale` to the end of the url.`https://picsum.photos/200/300?grayscale`## BlurGet a blurred image by appending `?blur` to the end of the url.`https://picsum.photos/200/300/?blur`You can adjust the amount of blur by providing a number between `1` and `10`.`https://picsum.photos/200/300/?blur=2`## Advanced UsageYou may combine any of the options above.For example, to get a specific image that is grayscale and blurred.`https://picsum.photos/id/870/200/300?grayscale&blur=2`To request multiple images of the same size in your browser, add the `random` query param to prevent the images from being cached:If you need a file ending, you can add `.jpg` to the end of the url.`https://picsum.photos/200/300.jpg`To get an image in the WebP format, you can add `.webp` to the end of the url.`https://picsum.photos/200/300.webp`## List ImagesGet a list of images by using the `/v2/list` endpoint.The API will return 30 items per page by default.To request another page, use the `?page` parameter.To change the amount of items per page, use the `?limit` parameter.`https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=2&limit=100`The `Link` header includes pagination information about the next/previous pages"author": "Alejandro Escamilla","download_url": "https://picsum.photos/..."## Image DetailsGet information about a specific image by using the `/id/{id}/info` and `/seed/{seed}/info` endpoints.`https://picsum.photos/id/0/infohttps://picsum.photos/seed/picsum/info`You can find out the ID of an image by looking at the `Picsum-ID` header, or the `User Comment` field in the EXIF metadata.What Spider does on picsum.photos
Same key, five endpoints. The numbers under a cell were measured on this page.
Page to markdown
Clean text for RAG and LLM context, boilerplate removed. The lane that runs without a key.
332 ms · $0.000036Page to JSON
Spider reads the page and names the fields. Pass your own schema when you need exact keys.
Rendered capture
Real Chromium, full-page PNG. The same call also returns the rendered HTML.
The call behind the panel
This request produced the response above. Paste it with your key and you get the same bytes.
curl -X POST https://api.spider.cloud/scrape \
-H "Authorization: Bearer $SPIDER_API_KEY" \
-H "Content-Type: application/json" \
-d '{"url": "https://picsum.photos/", "return_format": "markdown"}'from spider import Spider
app = Spider()
params = {"return_format": "markdown"}
page = app.scrape_url("https://picsum.photos/", params=params)
print(page[0]["content"])import { Spider } from "@spider-cloud/spider-client";
const app = new Spider();
const [page] = await app.scrapeUrl("https://picsum.photos/", {
return_format: "markdown",
});
console.log(page.content);What picsum.photos costs
Multiplied from the measured 3.5 KB page. Estimates round to the cent.
1 GB of transfer costs $1, plus $0.001 per CPU minute, and failed requests cost $0. Crawling daily? The Unlimited plan is a flat monthly rate.
Point this at the rest of picsum.photos.
The capture above took 332 ms and cost $0.000036. The same call takes any URL on picsum.photos.