ai.direct-img.link serves images from the AuroraIMG-6M API on our Dokploy
server (github.com/direct-img/AuroraIMG-6M) instead of searching. It takes
?src= (auroraimg-6m, case-insensitive, the default and only source for now)
and ?i=, where each i gets its own seed derived from the query, so it's a
different image of the same prompt. It has its own daily limit
(AI_DAILY_LIMIT) and AI: cache keys / ai/ R2 prefix. Failed generations
aren't cached, since they're likely temporary.
On direct-img.link and free.direct-img.link, a search that finds nothing (or
fewer than i working images) now serves an AI image of the query instead of
bad.webp. It's kept for 24h like failures were, so a later search can still
find a real image; bad.webp is only served if the AI image fails too. Its ttl
is stored in KV and R2 metadata so cache hits and deduped waiters send a
matching max-age.
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Add _routes.json so /, /robots.txt and /assets/* skip the worker and
don't count against the Functions request quota. rate-limit.js moves to
assets/ so the homepage reads it client-side instead of via HTMLRewriter.
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Free searches never spend Brave credits, so they no longer share the
main site's 35/day counter. Main-site rate ids are unchanged.
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- free.direct-img.link serves only unrestricted (public domain/CC0) images
from Openverse (license=cc0,pdm) and Wikimedia Commons
(haslicense:unrestricted), with optional ?src=openverse|wikimedia
- ?i=1..20 picks the i-th working image on both sites; broken links are
skipped so every index is a different image
- Openverse OAuth token is cached in KV and refreshed automatically
- Skip Flickr "photo unavailable" placeholders (served with HTTP 200)
- Free/indexed cache keys use uppercase prefixes; plain main-site keys
are unchanged so existing cache entries stay valid
- Update README, homepage, privacy policy and terms
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- Update AI system prompt example (README + index)
- Add copy button for the prompt on the index page
- Add GoatCounter to homepage; report image hits server-side via
waitUntil (optional GOATCOUNTER_URL/GOATCOUNTER_TOKEN)
- Add TERMS.md and PRIVACY.md, linked in the index footer
- Remove dead c.planetrenox.com tracker
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- New logo (svg + jpg) and multi-size favicon.ico
- /favicon.ico still served at root so direct image views get the icon
- Generated missing bad.webp placeholder
- Moved limit.webp into /assets and routed error images via helper
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