# Discord server icon API

> Get any Discord server icon from one image URL: avatarsapi.com/discord/<handle>. No Discord API key, no scraping code.

Put a Discord Handle in the URL and the response is the server icon as image bytes, ready for an `<img src>`. avatarapi fetches it from Discord, checks it is a real image, and caches it at the edge.

```html
<img src="https://avatarsapi.com/discord/discord-developers" alt="">
```

## What goes in the URL

`https://avatarsapi.com/discord/<handle>`

A server invite code (`abc123`), `discord.gg/abc123`, or a full invite URL.

Discord does not expose user avatars without a bot token, so this Source returns the icon of the server an invite points to.

Percent-encode the Handle if it contains a `/`, a space, or other reserved characters.

## Options

- `?size=16..1000` sets the square size in pixels (default 400): `https://avatarsapi.com/discord/discord-developers?size=64`
- `?json` returns the resolved image URL instead of the bytes:

```json
{ "version": 1, "data": { "url": "https://…", "source": "discord", "kind": "username" } }
```

Starter Projects can also set `?ttl=1h..28d` for the cache lifetime (default 7 days).

## When there is no picture

If the account does not exist or has no server icon, the response is a 404 with a JSON body whose `code` is `ENOTFOUND`. That makes `onerror` a reliable fallback:

```html
<img
  src="https://avatarsapi.com/discord/discord-developers"
  onerror="this.onerror=null; this.src='/default-avatar.svg'"
  alt="">
```

`EUPSTREAM` (502) means Discord itself failed or changed; it is usually transient. All codes are in the [error table](https://avatarsapi.com/docs#errors).

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