Picsum Photos

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Not a mockup — this is what Picsum Photos actually returned when we verified it on 23 Oct 2026 (in 913 ms).

[
  {
    "id": "0",
    "author": "Alejandro Escamilla",
    "width": 5000,
    "height": 3333,
    "url": "https://unsplash.com/photos/yC-Yzbqy7PY",
    "download_url": "https://picsum.photos/id/0/5000/3333"
  },
  {
    "id": "1",
    "author": "Alejandro Escamilla",
    "width": 5000,
    "height": 3333,
    "url": "https://unsplash.com/photos/LNRyGwIJr5c",
    "download_url": "https://picsum.photos/id/1/5000/3333"
  },
  {
    "id": "2",
    "author": "Alejandro Escamilla",
    "width": 5000,
    "height": 3333,
    "url": "https://unsplash.com/photos/N7XodRrbzS0",
    "download_url": "https://picsum.photos/id/2/5000/3333"
  }
]

💻 Copy-paste code

Three ways to call Picsum Photos — pick your weapon.

// Picsum Photos — no build step, no library. Just fetch.
const res = await fetch("https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=1&limit=3");
const data = await res.json();
console.log(data);

# Picsum Photos with Python requests
import requests

r = requests.get("https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=1&limit=3")
print(r.status_code)
print(r.json())

# Picsum Photos from your terminal
curl "https://picsum.photos/v2/list?page=1&limit=3"

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