From 671d927f63feaa90dc3bb7253c69a6181d5e2a11 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: "planetrenox@protonmail.com" Date: Wed, 21 Oct 2026 17:11:17 +0000 Subject: [PATCH] Docs: Note that ?i= reuses a search for an hour and doesn't count toward the limit Also bump the main site ?i= max to 40 (free stays 20). Co-Authored-By: Claude Opus 5.5 --- direct-img/SKILL.md | 4 +++- 1 file changed, 3 insertions(+), 1 deletion(-) diff --git a/direct-img/SKILL.md b/direct-img/SKILL.md index 0b0de5b..8d4db6e 100644 --- a/direct-img/SKILL.md +++ b/direct-img/SKILL.md @@ -11,7 +11,7 @@ description: Embed images anywhere with direct-img.link URLs, where https://dire - Words are joined with `+`: `https://direct-img.link/golden+retriever+puppy` - Literal `.` and `/` are rejected; encode them as `%2E` and `%2F`. Other special characters are percent-encoded as usual. Max 200 characters; case and extra spaces are ignored. -- `?i=N` (1–20, default 1) returns the N-th working image for the query. Each `i` is a different image. +- `?i=N` (1–40, default 1; 1–20 on free) returns the N-th working image for the query. Each `i` is a different image. - A URL keeps returning the same image for 90 days, then may return a different one. - With no result or an invalid parameter, a placeholder [bad image](https://direct-img.link/assets/bad.webp) is returned. - Any URL can be downloaded and viewed to see what it returns. @@ -25,4 +25,6 @@ description: Embed images anywhere with direct-img.link URLs, where https://dire - `direct-img.link`: 35 new searches per day per IP - `free.direct-img.link`: 100 new searches per day per IP +- Only new searches count. Cached URLs keep loading after the limit is hit. +- A search's results are kept for 1 hour, so other `?i=` values of a query searched in the last hour don't count either. If an image is wrong, try `?i=2`, `?i=3`… right away before rewording the query, since a reworded query is a new search. - Burst: ~10 requests per 10 seconds per IP