Create Images

Images are generated from Placid templates by filling its layers with your data.

Endpoint

Method URI
POST https://api.placid.app/api/rest/{template_uuid}

Get your {template_uuid} from the template overview in the Templates tab of your Placid API project.

https://placid.app/images/placid-template-id.jpg

Request

{
  "webhook_success": "https://webhook.url",
  "create_now": false,
  "passthrough": null,
  "errors": [],
  "layers": {
      "img": {
          "image": "https://imageurl.jpg"
      },
      "subtitle": {
          "hide": true
      },
      "title": {
          "text": "Lorem Ipsum"
      }
      ...
  },
  "modifications": {
     "width": "<width>",
     "height": "<height>",
     "filename": "<filename>"
  },
  "transfer": {
     "to": "s3",
     "key": "<your key>",
     "secret": "<your secret>",
     "region": "<region name>",
     "bucket": "<bucket name>",
     "visibility": "public",
     "path": "images/image.jpg",
     "endpoint": "https://exampleendpoint.com"
  }
}
Field Values Description
webhook_success Webhook URL After the image is created Placid will POST the response to this Webhook URL
create_now true or false Process the image instantly instead of queueing it. This might fail if your worker is too busy or if you start too many simultaneous requests (check the rate limit)
passthrough string or array Any data added to this parameter will be saved and sent in any subsequent webhooks and requests for this image (max-length is 1024 characters)
layers View Layer Properties Dynamically change the content and properties of your image layers
transfer Additionally transfer the generated image to your storage

Image content

The content of your image will be defined by the data in the layers object. See layer properties for possible modifications.

Export / transfer

To transfer the generated image to your storage use the transfer object.

Field Values
transfer.to s3
transfer.key, transfer.secret Your credentials (Placid never stores them)
transfer.bucket Your bucket name
transfer.visibility public or private
transfer.path File path (Define the full image path starting from the root directory of your bucket, including filename and file extension. Placid will overwrite existing files in the specified directory!)

File modifications

To modify the generated image use the modifications object.

Field Values
modifications.width Image width
Aspect ratio of template will always be kept to fit into your modifications
modifications.height Image height
Aspect ratio of template will always be kept to fit into your modifications
modifications.filename Filename for the generated image

Response

By default all images are created async. Define a webhook_success URL or poll the polling_url of the response until the status of the response is finished.

{
    "id": 1,
    "status": "queued",
    "image_url": null,
    "polling_url": null
}
Field Values
id Unique image id for internal reference
status queued The request has been put into the queue.
finished The image has been created successfully.
error There was an error.
image_url URL to created image or null
polling_url Endpoint that you can GET poll for status updates

{info} We recommend storing created images on your servers, as we only store them for a limited time.