Sirv API

Photography / API Key Intermediate HTTPS

Varies by plan (check documentation)

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Overview

Sirv is an image management API that lets you upload, optimize, resize, and serve images from a CDN through simple URL parameters. You can transform images on-the-fly — cropping, converting formats, adding watermarks — just by changing the URL. It is useful for developers who want to automate image workflows without a dedicated media server.

Beginner Tip

Image transformations are controlled by URL query parameters (e.g., ?w=300&h=200&format=webp), so you can test transformations directly in a browser before writing any code.

Available Data

image URLs in multiple sizes

photographer credit

image dimensions

download link

color data

Example Response

JSON Response

{
  "id": "Dwu85P9SOIk",
  "urls": {
    "full": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-...",
    "regular": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-...?w=1080",
    "thumb": "https://images.unsplash.com/photo-...?w=200"
  },
  "width": 4000,
  "height": 3000,
  "user": {
    "name": "John Doe",
    "username": "johndoe"
  }
}

Field Reference

filename The full path of the file stored in your Sirv account.

size File size in bytes of the stored image or asset.

contentType MIME type of the file, such as image/jpeg or image/png.

meta.width Original pixel width of the uploaded image.

meta.height Original pixel height of the uploaded image.

Implementation Example

Request

const url = "https://apidocs.sirv.com/";
// Replace headers or query params with the values required by this API.
const response = await fetch(url, {
  headers: {
  "X-API-Key": "YOUR_API_KEY"
  }
});
if (!response.ok) throw new Error(`Request failed: ${response.status}`);
const data = await response.json();
console.log(data);

What Can You Build?

Note: These code examples are AI-generated and unverified. Always refer to the official API documentation for accurate usage.

Common Errors & Troubleshooting

HTTP 401 Unauthorized The API token is missing or has expired.

✓ Generate a new token using your Sirv client ID and client secret via the /v2/token endpoint.

HTTP 413 Payload Too Large The file being uploaded exceeds the allowed size limit for your plan.

✓ Compress the file before uploading or upgrade your Sirv plan for higher limits.

Image transformation not applied URL parameters may be misspelled or conflicting transformations were provided.

✓ Refer to the Sirv URL parameters documentation and apply one transformation at a time to isolate the issue.

Metadata Score Breakdown

Estimated from metadata — endpoint not independently tested

This score is estimated from observable metadata — HTTPS support, authentication model, declared CORS, and documentation reachability — because the API requires authentication or exposes no publicly testable endpoint. The five-signal breakdown is only shown for live-tested APIs.

Metadata estimate · endpoint not independently tested

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