PLACEHOLD(1)

NAME

placehold — generate stand-in images, text, data and documents

placehold.cloud/600x400
[/bg[/fg]] [?text=str] [&format=png|jpg|webp|svg]

Every endpoint is a plain URL. No keys, no accounts. Image responses are cached for a day, so repeat requests are fast. Free for any use.

/image any size, color, text, effect; svg png jpg gif webp

/avatar deterministic identicon from a seed

/qrcode encode text or a url as svg or png

/favicon-generator letter or emoji favicon, svg

/pdf-generator dummy pdf, configurable page count

/video-generator solid-color mp4, any resolution

/holdicon robot, cat and dog icons

/icons curated icon library

/lorem-ipsum paragraphs or words; json, html, text

/markdown-generator documents with headings, lists, code

/csv-generator 5 presets, 35+ column types

/json-placeholder fake rest: users, posts, comments, todos

/colors palettes and hex codes

/quotes random or by category

/jokes programming and dad jokes

/weather current conditions for a city

/recipes ingredients and instructions

/base64-tool encode, decode

/hash-tool sha-256, md5 and 14 more

/uuid-tool v4 and v7, bulk

/color-converter hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, contrast

A social card with a caption:

$ curl -O placehold.cloud/1200x630?text=Launch

Three paragraphs of filler, as JSON:

$ curl placehold.cloud/l?paragraphs=3

Ten v7 UUIDs:

$ curl "placehold.cloud/uuid?version=7&count=10"