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Python open-source tool that generates images with a URL

76 points by rydgel 14y ago

nealabq 14y ago
Link to the project page (nice simple design): http://fakeimg.pl/ http://fakeimg.pl/
DieBuche 14y ago
Older similiar service: http://placehold.it/ http://placehold.it/
- hythloday 14y ago
  There's also the lovely and whimsical http://placekitten.com/ http://placekitten.com/
  - goronbjorn 14y ago
    This is my favorite by far.
  - tiles 14y ago
    Also http://placedog.com/ http://placedog.com/ and for the refined taste, http://placebear.com/ http://placebear.com/ .
- shocks 14y ago
  Something weird is going on with the favicon for me (Chrome 25.0.1323.1 dev-m). It's kind of flashing/glitching. Anyone else?
- jonknee 14y ago
  Interestingly that page never stops loading for me and drives Chrome nuts. It keeps loading tons of different images and the icon for stop/refresh alternates between the two states a couple times per second.
  - rydgel 14y ago
    I saw that too. When looking at the Chrome developer tools you can see a bunch of stuff being loaded.
- prezjordan 14y ago
  Don't forget the infamous CageMe: http://cageme.herokuapp.com/ http://cageme.herokuapp.com/
  - rydgel 14y ago
    I didn’t know that one, haha.
georgebashi 14y ago
I whipped up something similar in Go recently. There's no README yet, but it uses cgo to link to ImageMagick for resizing, and serves up a folder of jpgs. https://github.com/georgebashi/pugholder https://github.com/georgebashi/pugholder (edit: you can see it running at http://pugholder.com/ http://pugholder.com/)
TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago
I have to say, I'm somewhat disappointed that "fakeimg.pl" isn't actually powered by a perl script with the same name, but by Python.
- rydgel 14y ago
  You are not the first one to tell me that.
camus 14y ago
génial ! i was searching for something like that , i'll try to make a django app out of it asap . cheers.
poissonpie 14y ago
nice work. shameless plug for placeguitar that i put together a while ago - also in python. On github https://github.com/poissonpie/Place-Guitar https://github.com/poissonpie/Place-Guitar
kingkool68 14y ago
The one that started them all http://dummyimage.com/ http://dummyimage.com/
zemanel 14y ago
did a fork where i'm adding a "geek mode" for generating images based on the XKCD map http://xkcd.com/1110/ http://xkcd.com/1110/ tiles , but it's gonna take a while

76 points by rydgel 14y ago

nealabq 14y ago

Link to the project page (nice simple design): http://fakeimg.pl/ http://fakeimg.pl/

DieBuche 14y ago

Older similiar service: http://placehold.it/ http://placehold.it/

hythloday 14y ago
There's also the lovely and whimsical http://placekitten.com/ http://placekitten.com/
- goronbjorn 14y ago
  This is my favorite by far.
- tiles 14y ago
  Also http://placedog.com/ http://placedog.com/ and for the refined taste, http://placebear.com/ http://placebear.com/ .
shocks 14y ago
Something weird is going on with the favicon for me (Chrome 25.0.1323.1 dev-m). It's kind of flashing/glitching. Anyone else?
jonknee 14y ago
Interestingly that page never stops loading for me and drives Chrome nuts. It keeps loading tons of different images and the icon for stop/refresh alternates between the two states a couple times per second.
- rydgel 14y ago
  I saw that too. When looking at the Chrome developer tools you can see a bunch of stuff being loaded.
prezjordan 14y ago
Don't forget the infamous CageMe: http://cageme.herokuapp.com/ http://cageme.herokuapp.com/
- rydgel 14y ago
  I didn’t know that one, haha.

georgebashi 14y ago

I whipped up something similar in Go recently. There's no README yet, but it uses cgo to link to ImageMagick for resizing, and serves up a folder of jpgs. https://github.com/georgebashi/pugholder https://github.com/georgebashi/pugholder (edit: you can see it running at http://pugholder.com/ http://pugholder.com/)

TazeTSchnitzel 14y ago

I have to say, I'm somewhat disappointed that "fakeimg.pl" isn't actually powered by a perl script with the same name, but by Python.

rydgel 14y ago
You are not the first one to tell me that.

camus 14y ago

génial ! i was searching for something like that , i'll try to make a django app out of it asap . cheers.

poissonpie 14y ago

nice work. shameless plug for placeguitar that i put together a while ago - also in python. On github https://github.com/poissonpie/Place-Guitar https://github.com/poissonpie/Place-Guitar

kingkool68 14y ago

The one that started them all http://dummyimage.com/ http://dummyimage.com/

zemanel 14y ago

did a fork where i'm adding a "geek mode" for generating images based on the XKCD map http://xkcd.com/1110/ http://xkcd.com/1110/ tiles , but it's gonna take a while