Show HN: I made an API to generate social media images

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11 points·chrisvxd··6 comments

Haven't read it through in detail, but what would be cool is an AI layer that suggests an image automatically. A bit far fetched I agree. Good work!

Thanks!

Something like that could definitely be possible, although it would require a fair bit of work. You can build custom HTML templates for OG IMPACT under the Pro tier, which supports JS.

You could have the template accept the origin URL as a query param, download the page and then do any AI processing using related libraries / APIs. The risk is that this could be quite a heavy template, which could cause timeouts on social media platforms.

Feel free to play around with this using the Editor: http://ogimpacteditor.netlify.com

Hey, thank you for sharing this! `puppeteer-social-image` is perfect for a side project I have where I want to generate images for riddles (both for social media using `og:image` and inline with the content of the page).

This is awesome. Let me know how you get on with it!

Great idea. Several people are tackling this issue.

Can users use their own CDN to host the images?

Sure they can if they'd like to. The public API can either be placed directly in your meta tag, or requested as a GET API via a backend.

What would be the reason for using your own CDN?

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