Crafatar

Attribution

Attribution is not required, but it is encouraged.
If you want to show some support for this (free!) service, place a notice like this somewhere: Thank you to <a href="https://crafatar.com">Crafatar</a> for providing avatars.

URL Parameters

You can tweak images using query string parameters.
Example: https://crafatar.shotbow.eu/avatars/853c80ef3c3749fdaa49938b674adae6?size=4&default=MHF_Steve&overlay

• size: The size for avatars in pixels. 1 - 512
• scale: The scale factor for renders. 1 - 10
• overlay: Apply the overlay to the avatar. Presence of this parameter implies true. This option was previously known as helm.
• default: The fallback to be used when the requested image cannot be served. You can use a custom URL, any uuid, or MHF_Steve/MHF_Alex.
  The option defaults to either MHF_Steve or MHF_Alex, depending on Minecraft's default for the requested UUID.

About UUIDs

UUIDs may be any valid Mojang UUID in the blank or dashed format.

Malformed UUIDs are rejected.

About Usernames

By disabling a legacy API in 2018, Mojang has made it practically impossible for Crafatar to support usernames. Please use UUIDs instead!

All usernames are rejected.

About Caching

Crafatar checks for skin updates every 20 minutes.
Images are also cached in your browser for 60 minutes unless you clear your browser cache.

After changing your Minecraft skin, you can try clearing your browser cache to see the change faster.

CORS

Crafatar supports Cross-Origin Resource Sharing, so you can make AJAX request from other sites!

HTTP Headers

Crafatar always replies with a 200 OK status code when the requested user's skin/cape was found. This is also used in some rare cases when Mojang servers are having issues and the image couldn't be checked for changes, but Crafatar still had a cached version. 502 Bad Gateway and 500 Server Error are used when no skin/cape was found because of Mojang or Crafatar server issues.

Note that requests are usually answered with an image (with Steve/Alex skin), even if an error occured!

Responses come with some HTTP headers that are useful for debugging.

• Warning: When using a cached image after an error occured. One of:
  • 110 Crafatar "Response is Stale"
  • 111 Crafatar "Revalidation Failed"
• X-Storage-Type: Details about how the requested image was stored on the server
  • none: No external requests. Player has no skin (cached)
  • cached: No external requests. (skin cached)
  • checked: Requested skin details, skin cached. (1 external request)
    This happens either when the user removed their skin or when it didn't change.
  • downloaded: Requested skin details, skin downloaded. (2 external requests)
  • server error: This can happen, for example, when Mojang's servers are down.
  • server error;cached: Same as server error, but a cached skin was available.
  • user error: You have done something wrong, such as requesting a malformed uuid.
    Check the response body for details.
• X-Request-ID: The internal ID assigned to this request.
  If you think something is wrong with your request, please contact us and provide this ID.
• Response-Time: How long it took Crafatar to answer the request, in ms.