The latest articles on DEV Community by Azamat Sadykbek (@sadykbek_azamat). https://dev.to/sadykbek_azamat https://media2.dev.to/dynamic/image/width=90,height=90,fit=cover,gravity=auto,format=auto/https:%2F%2Fdev-to-uploads.s3.amazonaws.com%2Fuploads%2Fuser%2Fprofile_image%2F3951455%2F6a1eaca4-f43d-4649-9499-7255f0313aa6.jpeg https://dev.to/sadykbek_azamat en Azamat Sadykbek Mon, 25 May 2026 22:24:48 +0000 https://dev.to/sadykbek_azamat/i-built-a-free-image-compression-api-no-signup-just-curl-bde https://dev.to/sadykbek_azamat/i-built-a-free-image-compression-api-no-signup-just-curl-bde <p>I got tired of paying for image compression services or jumping through OAuth hoops just to resize a JPEG. So I built Beta Compressor — a free REST API that compresses JPEG, PNG, WebP, and AVIF images in one POST request.</p> <p>No credit card. No OAuth. You can try it right now without even creating an account.</p> <p>Free API key — 1000 req/month<br> Sign up at compressor.baidibek.kz, create an API key in the dashboard, and you get 1000 requests/month for free.</p> <p>curl -X POST <a href="https://api.compressor.baidibek.kz/compress" rel="noopener noreferrer">https://api.compressor.baidibek.kz/compress</a> \<br> -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" \<br> -F "image=<a class="mentioned-user" href="https://dev.to/photo">@photo</a>.jpg" \<br> -F "quality=80" \<br> -F "format=webp" \<br> -F "width=1280" \<br> -o compressed.webp</p> api showdev sideprojects webdev