Return the most common colors from an image.

Downloads an image (or accepts an upload), samples it, and returns the top N colors with percentages. Drop this helper wherever you want to return the most common colors from an image with a single HTTP call. Send the documented inputs and the API streams back polished results you can hand directly to your users.

GETPOST/media/color-palette-generator-from-image

Visual example

Sample request

GET https://api.dataczar.com/media/color-palette-generator-from-image?url=https://images.unsplash.com/photo-1498050108023-c5249f4df085?auto=format&fit=crop&w=960&q=80&count=5&ak=demo

Where this helper shines

Return the most common colors from an image. keeps media helpers on autopilot. Use it whenever you need to return the most common colors from an image without pausing a sprint or asking design/dev to jump in.

Trigger this helper whenever you need to return the most common colors from an image without waiting on a full deploy.
Drop it into automations (Zapier, Make, workers) to return the most common colors from an image as part of your workflow.
Share the GET URL so support and success can return the most common colors from an image safely using their Dataczar API key.

Copy & ship snippets

GET

Instant link

GET https://api.dataczar.app/media/color-palette-generator-from-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&count=5&dryrun=true&ak=demo

Open directly in any browser, webhook, or low-code workflow.

curl

curl GET

curl "https://api.dataczar.app/media/color-palette-generator-from-image?url=https%3A%2F%2Fexample.com%2Fsample.png&count=5&dryrun=true&ak=demo"

Swap ak=demo with your Dataczar API key.

curl

curl POST

curl -X POST "https://api.dataczar.app/media/color-palette-generator-from-image?ak=demo" \
  -H 'Content-Type: application/json' \
  -d '{
  "url": "https://example.com/sample.png",
  "count": 20,
  "dryrun": true
}'

Send JSON payloads from back-end jobs, queues, or workers.

Parameters

Query Parameters

Name	Type	Description
url	string	HTTPS URL to the source image (omit when uploading).
count	integer	Number of colors to return (1-10).
dryrun	boolean	When true, skip download and return metadata only.

All helper calls accept your Dataczar key via the ak query parameter. Need one? Create or copy a key on Dataczar Connect and drop it into each request.

Responses

Status 200

Palette generated.

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "palette": [
      {
        "color": "#ff0000",
        "percentage": 42.5
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "dryrun": false
  }
}

Examples

Request

"GET /img/color-palette-generator-from-image?url=https://example.com/cat.jpg&count=4"

Response

{
  "ok": true,
  "data": {
    "palette": [
      {
        "color": "#fed136",
        "percentage": 55.2
      }
    ]
  },
  "meta": {
    "dryrun": false
  }
}

API key

HTTP method

File uploads (multipart form-data)

Attach PDFs or images as multipart fields. We'll fill in the field names for you.

Files

file — Primary image

Query parameters

url optionalcount optionaldryrun optional

Body parameters

We'll send these as JSON for POST/PUT/PATCH requests and as query params for GET.