Code Examples

rpicx API Usage Examples

GET/v1/healthHealth Check

Service health check, returns total image count and running status.

curl 'https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/health'
<script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/health')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
</script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/health')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
use reqwest;
use serde_json::Value;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let resp: Value = reqwest::Client::new()
        .get("https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/health")
        .send().await?
        .json().await?;
    println!("{:?}", resp);
    Ok(())
}

Response 200:

{
  "status": "ok",
  "image_count": 100000
}

GET/v1/randomGet Random Image

Randomly selects an image and returns a 302 redirect.

curl 'https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/random'
<img src="https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/random" alt="Random image" />
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/random')
  .then(res => res.blob())
  .then(blob => {
    const img = document.createElement('img')
    img.src = URL.createObjectURL(blob)
    document.body.appendChild(img)
  })
use reqwest;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let resp = reqwest::get("https://api.rpicx.com/v1/random").await?;
    let bytes = resp.bytes().await?;
    println!("Downloaded {} bytes", bytes.len());
    Ok(())
}

Success (302):

Location: {siteConfig.image_url}/xxx.webp

GET/v1/categoriesGet Categories

Returns total image count. Currently flat index, categories is always empty.

curl 'https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/categories'
<script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/categories')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
</script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/categories')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
use reqwest;
use serde_json::Value;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let resp: Value = reqwest::Client::new()
        .get("https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/categories")
        .send().await?
        .json().await?;
    println!("{:?}", resp);
    Ok(())
}

Response 200:

{
  "total_images": 100000,
  "categories": []
}

GET/v1/statsGet Stats

Returns aggregated service statistics. (IP rate limit 10 QPS, response cache 3h)

curl 'https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/stats'
<script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/stats')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
</script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/stats')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
use reqwest;
use serde_json::Value;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let resp: Value = reqwest::Client::new()
        .get("https://api.rpicx.com/v1/v1/stats")
        .send().await?
        .json().await?;
    println!("{:?}", resp);
    Ok(())
}

Response 200:

{
  "requests_total": 1000000,
  "requests_today": 5000,
  "avg_hour_requests": 200.0,
  "uv_today": 1200,
  "top_referer": [{ "name": "github.com", "count": 300 }],
  "top_ua": [{ "name": "Chrome", "count": 500 }],
  "status": { "code_200": 900000, "code_302": 50000, "code_404": 20, "code_429": 10, "code_500": 0 },
  "sync_count": 30
}

GET/metricsPrometheus Metrics

Prometheus metrics endpoint, returns text/plain formatted metrics.

curl 'https://api.rpicx.com/v1/metrics'
<script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/metrics')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
</script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/metrics')
  .then(res => res.text())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
use reqwest;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let resp = reqwest::get("https://api.rpicx.com/v1/metrics").await?;
    let text = resp.text().await?;
    println!("{}", text);
    Ok(())
}

Response 200:

# HELP rpicx_requests_total Total requests
# TYPE rpicx_requests_total counter
rpicx_requests_total 1000000
# HELP rpicx_images_total Total images
# TYPE rpicx_images_total gauge
rpicx_images_total 100000

GET/openapi.jsonOpenAPI Spec

Returns OpenAPI 3.0 specification document (JSON format).

curl 'https://api.rpicx.com/v1/openapi.json'
<script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/openapi.json')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
</script>
fetch('https://api.rpicx.com/v1/openapi.json')
  .then(res => res.json())
  .then(data => console.log(data))
use reqwest;
use serde_json::Value;

#[tokio::main]
async fn main() -> Result<()> {
    let resp: Value = reqwest::Client::new()
        .get("https://api.rpicx.com/v1/openapi.json")
        .send().await?
        .json().await?;
    println!("{:?}", resp);
    Ok(())
}

Response 200:

{ "openapi": "3.0.0", "info": { "title": "rpicx API", "version": "1.0.0" } }