Template table

Generate a meme image using the imgflip API.

Template table

Match the user's request against this table (case-insensitive, fuzzy). The "Boxes" column indicates how many text arguments the template expects.

ID	Boxes	Name
181913649	2	Drake Hotline Bling
87743020	3	Two Buttons
112126428	3	Distracted Boyfriend
217743513	2	UNO Draw 25 Cards
222403160	2	Bernie I Am Once Again Asking For Your Support
124822590	3	Left Exit 12 Off Ramp
322841258	3	Anakin Padme 4 Panel
252600902	2	Always Has Been
135256802	3	Epic Handshake
131940431	4	Gru's Plan
55311130	2	This Is Fine
80707627	3	Sad Pablo Escobar
97984	2	Disaster Girl
102156234	2	Mocking Spongebob
124055727	2	Y'all Got Any More Of That
4087833	2	Waiting Skeleton
129242436	2	Change My Mind
101470	2	Ancient Aliens
438680	2	Batman Slapping Robin
91538330	2	X, X Everywhere
188390779	2	Woman Yelling At Cat
161865971	2	Marked Safe From
247375501	4	Buff Doge vs. Cheems
195515965	4	Clown Applying Makeup
93895088	4	Expanding Brain
119139145	2	Blank Nut Button
61579	2	One Does Not Simply
178591752	2	Tuxedo Winnie The Pooh
100777631	3	Is This A Pigeon
61544	2	Success Kid
79132341	3	Bike Fall
110163934	2	I Bet He's Thinking About Other Women
180190441	3	They're The Same Picture
84341851	2	Evil Kermit
370867422	2	Megamind peeking
177682295	2	You Guys are Getting Paid
28251713	2	Oprah You Get A
148909805	2	Monkey Puppet
3218037	2	This Is Where I'd Put My Trophy If I Had One
110133729	2	Spiderman Pointing at Spiderman
67452763	2	Squidward window
27813981	2	Hide the Pain Harold
77045868	2	Pawn Stars Best I Can Do
1035805	4	Boardroom Meeting Suggestion
259237855	2	Laughing Leo
61520	2	Futurama Fry
226297822	3	Panik Kalm Panik
89370399	2	Roll Safe Think About It
284929871	2	They don't know
99683372	2	Sleeping Shaq
155067746	3	Surprised Pikachu
137501417	2	Friendship ended
5496396	2	Leonardo Dicaprio Cheers
14371066	2	Star Wars Yoda
196652226	2	Spongebob Ight Imma Head Out
61532	2	The Most Interesting Man In The World
1367068	2	I Should Buy A Boat Cat

Steps

1. Identify the template: Match the user's request against the table above. If no match is found, try fetching from the API:

   curl -s https://api.imgflip.com/get_memes | python3 -c "
   import json, sys
   data = json.load(sys.stdin)
   query = sys.argv[1].lower()
   for m in data['data']['memes']:
       if query in m['name'].lower():
           print(f'{m[\"id\"]}  {m[\"box_count\"]}  {m[\"name\"]}')
   " "SEARCH_TERM"
   

   If still no match, ask the user to clarify.

2. Collect text: Based on the box count for the chosen template, ensure you have the right number of text strings. If the user hasn't provided enough, ask the user for them. Explain what each box represents for the chosen template (e.g. for Drake: box 1 = rejected thing, box 2 = preferred thing).

3. Generate the meme: Run the caption script. Below, $SKILL_DIR is the absolute path to the directory containing this SKILL.md file; expand it to its absolute value before running, since the current working directory is not guaranteed to be the skill directory.

   $SKILL_DIR/scripts/caption.sh TEMPLATE_ID "text for box 0" "text for box 1" ...
   

   Parse the JSON response. On success, extract data.url and data.page_url. On failure, show the error_message to the user.

4. Show the result: Display the image URL to the user and open it:

   open "IMAGE_URL"
   

Notes

• Requires IMGFLIP_USERNAME and IMGFLIP_PASSWORD environment variables. Free accounts work. Sign up at https://imgflip.com/signup
• The free tier adds a small watermark to generated images.
• If the user asks to "pick a template" or "show me templates", print the template table so they can choose.
• If the user describes a concept but doesn't name a template, pick the most fitting one from the table.