PLACEHOLD(1) — placehold.cloud

Name

l — generate lorem ipsum placeholder text

Synopsis

GET https://placehold.cloud/l [?paragraphs=n] [&minWords=n] [&maxWords=n] [&format=json|html|text] [&seed=n]

Description

Returns paragraphs of lorem ipsum. With no options you get 3 paragraphs as JSON. Pass a seed to get the same text every time.

Options

paragraphs: Number of paragraphs, 1–100. Default 3.
minWords: Minimum words per paragraph, 1–100. Default 5.
maxWords: Maximum words per paragraph, 1–100. Default 20.
format: json, html or text. Default json.
seed: Seed for repeatable output. Optional.
capitalize: Capitalize the first word of each sentence. Default true.
addPunctuation: Add commas and periods inside paragraphs. Default false.
startWithLoremIpsum: Begin with “Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet”. Default true.

Examples

Three paragraphs as JSON:

$ curl https://placehold.cloud/l

Two 10–15 word paragraphs as HTML, with punctuation:

$ curl "https://placehold.cloud/l?paragraphs=2&minWords=10&maxWords=15&format=html&addPunctuation=true"

Plain text that never changes:

$ curl "https://placehold.cloud/l?format=text&seed=42"

Output

{
  "status": "success",
  "data": [ ... ],
  "metadata": {
    "paragraphs": 3,
    "minWords": 5,
    "maxWords": 20,
    "totalWords": 45,
    "format": "json",
    "seed": 12345
  }
}

Try it

Open https://placehold.cloud/l

Limits

120 requests per minute per IP.

Lorem Ipsum Generator