Show HN: Validating an OG-image API before I build the back end

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OG Image API — Auto-generate social share images with one API call

For developers shipping content, blogs & SaaS<br>Auto-generate social share images<br>with one API call

Design a template once. Pass your title, author and colors as URL params. Get back a pixel-perfect Open Graph & Twitter card image — no headless Chrome to run, cache or babysit.

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Render an image — one GET request

# Design "blog" template in the dashboard, then:<br>GET https://api.ogimage.dev/v1/render/blog<br>?title=Ship+faster+with+the+OG+Image+API<br>&author=Jane+Dev<br>&theme=midnight

# → 1200×630 PNG, edge-cached, ready for

Stop maintaining a screenshot service

The boring, breakable part of dynamic social images — solved.

Templates, not code<br>Build your card layout visually once. Swap text, images and colors per request with URL params.

Edge-cached URLs<br>Every image is a plain cacheable URL. Drop it straight into your og:image meta tag.

No infra to run<br>No Puppeteer, no Lambda cold starts, no font wrangling. One call, one image, every time.

Dynamic everything<br>Blog titles, author avatars, product names, pricing, dates — anything you can pass in a URL.

Fast & predictable<br>Rendered at the edge and cached, so shares and previews load instantly.

Built for developers<br>REST API, sensible params, and a live template preview. Ship it in an afternoon.

One simple price

Less than Bannerbear ($49/mo). On par with Placid's entry tier — with a cleaner API.

$19/mo

Comparable tools: Placid $19 · Bannerbear $49

Unlimited templates

10,000 image renders / month

Edge caching & fast delivery

REST API + API key

Email support

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