Issue with Imgur API through RapidAPI
I’ve been using the Imgur API via RapidAPI for my project and everything was working perfectly until recently. About 48 hours ago, the upload functionality suddenly broke.
When I try to upload images using the https://imgur-apiv3.p.rapidapi.com/3/image endpoint, I’m getting a 404 error response. No additional error messages or details are provided.
The same code that was working fine before is now failing. I haven’t changed anything on my end, so it seems like something changed on Imgur’s side.
Has anyone else experienced this issue? Are there any workarounds or alternative endpoints I should try? I’m not sure if this is a temporary outage or a permanent change to their API structure.
Any help would be appreciated as this is affecting my website’s core functionality.
check if ur rapidapi subscripton expired - mine did without warning and started throwing 404s everywhere. try a simple GET request first to see if the whole endpoint’s down or just POST uploads are broken. imgur’s been doing maintenance lately, so it might be temporary.
Had this exact issue last week. It’s definitely RapidAPI’s problem, not Imgur’s. Their proxy service has been flaky lately - random 404s on different endpoints. I switched to another RapidAPI Imgur provider and it worked. There are several alternatives in their marketplace. Parameters might be slightly different but they do the same thing. You should add retry logic with exponential backoff since these proxy services are unreliable. For high volume uploads, go straight to Imgur’s API. For smaller projects, the alternative RapidAPI providers work fine as a quick fix.
Had the same issue last week. The RapidAPI wrapper for Imgur was acting up - kept having random failures. I ditched it and went straight to Imgur’s API instead. You’ll need to register your app with Imgur directly for credentials, but it’s way more reliable. The endpoints are a bit different - you’ll hit https://api.imgur.com/3/image instead. Also check Imgur’s status page and dev forums - they post about outages there. Third-party wrappers breaking without notice is annoying, but going direct fixed it for me.