This page describes all the features of the current version: v1 online since
26/Jul/2012
All requests start with http://api.rethumb.com/v1/ and have the following format:
http://api.rethumb.com/v1/<parameter_1>/<value_1>/<url> http://api.rethumb.com/v1/<parameter_1>/<value_1>/<parameter_2>/<value_2>/<url>
The url parameter must be the last and, at least, one more parameter is necessary.
This specifies the URL of the original image (HTTPS is supported).
Value: URL of the image to process (this paramter doesn't have a name, only value).
http://api.rethumb.com/v1/width/250/http://factor45.org/images/beach.jpg
This will create a thumbnail of the given width (image ratio is kept).
Value: width of the thumbnail in pixels.
http://api.rethumb.com/v1/width/250/http://factor45.org/images/beach.jpg
This will create a thumbnail of the given height (image ratio is kept).
Value: height of the thumbnail in pixels.
http://api.rethumb.com/v1/height/250/http://factor45.org/images/beach.jpg
This will create a centered square thumbnail from the original image, cropping when needed.
Value: width of the thumbnail in pixels (height and width will be equal).
http://api.rethumb.com/v1/square/175/http://factor45.org/images/beach.jpg
HTTP requests to api.rethumb.com always return an image.
The thumbnail have the same MIME Type as the original image (JPG, PNG or GIF).
Execution errors will return a PNG image with a small description (example).
This service only processes JPG, PNG, GIF and TIFF images.
TIFF images are converted to PNG (feature in beta).
Using width and height at the same time might disform the thumbnail (example).
Maximum width or height is 512px.
