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Asked: 2026-06-13T22:06:36+00:00

so am having a little trouble with the anonymous imgur API. If I go

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so am having a little trouble with the anonymous imgur API.

If I go to http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json – this clearly returns JSON.

If I go to http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json?key=ANONAPIKEY&image=http:/ – this also returns a JSON formatted error.

However, If I actually try and upload a valid image, say :

http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json?key=ANONAPIKEY&image=http://www.utra.ca/Pictures/Projects/reprap.jpg

this now returns XML.

Could anyone explain this ? Am I doing something wrong ?

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  1. Editorial Team

    Encode your URL before sending it over. This should work, for example:

    http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json?key=ANONAPIKEY&image=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.utra.ca%2FPictures%2FProjects%2Freprap.jpg

    You can encode your URL in Javascript using encodeURIComponent()

    Example:

    var url = "http://api.imgur.com/2/upload.json?key=ANONAPIKEY&image=" + encodeURIComponent("http://www.utra.ca/Pictures/Projects/reprap.jpg")
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