PlaceKeanu vs ReSmush.it

PlaceKeanu generates novelty placeholder images of Keanu Reeves sized entirely from the request path (/[width]/[height]/[options]), with no signup or API key needed. Each photo is served as an inline base64-encoded SVG and cached client-side for a day, so repeat requests at the same dimensions return the same image rather than a fresh random one. Optional y and g path suffixes request a younger-Keanu or grayscale variant.

ReSmush.it is a free, keyless image-optimization API — best known as the backend behind the ReSmush.it WordPress plugin — that accepts a source image URL and returns a JSON payload with the compressed image's URL plus original size, compressed size, and percent reduction. A live call against api.resmush.it needed no credentials and returned Access-Control-Allow-Origin: *, so it works directly from browser JavaScript. The plain http:// endpoint immediately redirects to https, so the service is https-only despite requiring no API key.