APIs to generate random user avatars (#blogPost)

I'm a tab hoarder. There you have it! I often discover resources and keep their browser tabs open for months. They might come in handy in the future, right?

Today I'm cleaning up my browser tabs, putting things into my bookmarking system, my blog. So, here are some handy image APIs to generate random user avatars.

DiceBear provides many hash-dependent avatars. Every URL hash (a user id or name) generates a new avatar image.

The service offers many different avatar style options, too.

And they'll get bonus points for serving SVGs! 💯

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RoboHash provides hash-dependent avatars, too. They're not serving SVGs but PNGs. Nevertheless, I'm super into the Futurama style!

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LOREM.SPACE offers more than avatar images. They provide movie and music album covers, pizzas, watches and random face pictures. It's a valuable service if you're building a shop or something!

The service doesn't generate images but redirects you to a different URL when calling their endpoints.

They receive bonus points for their built-in image resize options!

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I just love that we have all these random APIs available these days! 💙

I'll try to extend this post in the future. If you know of more avatar APIs, shoot them my way.