imgur URLs

[Yves Dorfsman]

When finding imgur URLs in the wild, before I can use the API to retrieve metadata, I need to figure out if the links is for an image, an album or a gallery. Can I rely on the URL for this? Are URLs always following these patterns:

imgur.com/{id}             (image)
imgur.com/a/{id}          (album)
imgur.com/gallery/{id}  (gallery)


Would it make sense to add an API call to return the type based on an id?

Thanks.

[@jasdev]

Yep! That URL schema is correct!

It is actually difficult to make an endpoint to return the type based on id. This is because the set of possible IDs (refer to them as hashes internally) is split across two different tables (e.g. it is possible to have an album and image with the same hash).

Hope this clears up things, let me know if you have any additional questions!

Best,

Jasdev

[Yves Dorfsman]

Thanks.

[Yves Dorfsman]

One more question. Is the fragment only valid in the case of a link to a picture inside an album:

imgur.com/a/{album_id}/#{image_id}

Or can a fragment be used with a gallery or an image as well?

[@jasdev]

Only valid when encountering a link to a picture inside an album!

[Yves Dorfsman]

Thanks @jasdev.

Recapitulating, for reference:

imgur.com/{image_id}                       (image inside html)
imgur.com/{image_id}.extension        (direct link to image)
imgur.com/a/{album_id}                    (album)
imgur.com/a/{album_id}#{image_id}   (single image from an album)
imgur.com/gallery/{image_id}            (gallery)

Any way to add something like this to the API doc?

[RepostStatistics]

I know it is an old post, but just for future readers:
imgur.com/{image_id}.extension works but is a redirect to
i.imgur.com/{image_id}.extension

[Yves Dorfsman]

You should create a Pull Request to add it to https://github.com/Imgur/imgurpython/blob/master/README.md