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Image to ASCII Art API

Turn a picture into ASCII art with width, character set and colour options.

Environment

EnvironmentBase URL
Productionhttps://api.sadafiles.com/v1

There is one environment and no sandbox, so every request here is real and counts toward your limits.

Request

POSThttps://api.sadafiles.com/v1/tools/image-to-ascii
Content type
multipart/form-data
Auth
X-API-Key with tools:run
Accepts
jpg, png, webp, avif, gif, bmp, tiff, heic and 1 more
Files per request
1
Largest file
2 GB
Job timeout
120 s
Rate weight
2 units

Parameters

Send these as a JSON string in the options form field. Anything else is rejected.

NameTypeDefaultAllowed
widthinteger100min 20, max 300
charsetstringstandardstandard, blocks, minimal
colorbooleanfalse—

Response

StatusBodyWhen
201txt, htmlThe run finished within 60 seconds
202Job summary JSONStill running; poll the job
4xx, 5xxError JSONSee error codes

A file response carries X-Sada-Job and X-Sada-Expires-At. For long work, post to /v1/tools/image-to-ascii/jobs instead. See jobs and webhooks.

Also runs on the device

In the web tool and apps, Image to ASCII Art can run locally with no upload. The API always processes on the server.

Try it yourself!

Pick a file, set the options and run a real request with your key. The code follows your changes.

Headers

You need a free key to run this request. Sign in and create a key.

Body

curl -X POST "https://api.sadafiles.com/v1/tools/image-to-ascii" \  -H "X-API-Key: $SADAFILES_API_KEY" \  -F "files[]=@input.jpg" \  -o output.txt

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