PlaceBear API

Beginner's Pick Animals / No Auth Required Beginner HTTPS CORS

Free to Use

92 A+

Metadata Score Metadata estimate · not endpoint-tested

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Overview

PlaceBear generates placeholder bear images at any pixel dimensions you specify, making it easy to fill wireframes and mockups with visually interesting content during development. To use it, you simply embed a URL like https://placebear.com/200/300 as an img src — no API key, no JSON parsing, and no JavaScript required. It is one of the simplest possible APIs for front-end beginners learning HTML layout.

Beginner Tip

The URL format is https://placebear.com/WIDTH/HEIGHT — just swap in pixel values, e.g. https://placebear.com/400/200 gives you a 400x200 bear image ready to use in any img tag.

Available Data

The kind of data this API exposes, based on its documentation. We could not call the endpoint to confirm the exact field names.

randomly generated data

customizable output format

Use case: Integrate placeholder bear pictures data into web and mobile applications

Example Response

Illustrative shape only — we were not able to call this endpoint (it requires credentials or exposes no public sample URL), so the fields below show the kind of data this API returns rather than a recorded response.

JSON Response · Illustrative

{
  "image_url": "https://api.example.com/placebear/random.jpg",
  "status": "success"
}

Field Reference

(binary image) Returns a JPEG bear image directly, not JSON. Use the URL as the src of an img tag.

width (URL segment) Desired image width in pixels, specified as the first path segment in the URL.

height (URL segment) Desired image height in pixels, specified as the second path segment in the URL.

Implementation Example

Calls a real endpoint of this API. Replace any placeholder credentials with your own key.

Request

const url = "https://placebear.com/400/300";
const response = await fetch(url);
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

Generated guidance based on this API's documentation, not observed by us. Treat it as a starting point and check against the provider's own error reference.

Broken image icon The width or height value is 0, negative, or missing from the URL

✓ Ensure both dimensions are positive integers: https://placebear.com/300/200

Stretched or distorted image Setting both CSS width/height and URL dimensions simultaneously

✓ Control size in one place only — either set dimensions in the URL or in CSS, not both

CORS error when using fetch() Trying to read binary image data cross-origin with JavaScript fetch()

✓ Use an img tag directly instead — browsers load cross-origin images in img tags without CORS restrictions

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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