The image is cached for 4 hours after a visit on the server. After those 240 minutes, the cache file is deleted, and so, the image will have to be re-generated. This also means that even if you update your list, the image will not change for another couple of hours.
HTTPS
Only HTTPS is supported, served by CloudFlare.
https://www.malembed.tk/...
Type (embed_type)
This parameter is case-insensitive.
There are two types available. They are Anime and Manga. Anime was made back in October 2016, and Manga was added on the 4th of March, 2017, due to a request from
@Half_Bl00d. They behave the same way, only display different information.
You can use this by adding a parameter called "type" into the request, like the following:
https://www.malembed.tk/FoxInFlametype=manga
Mode (mode)
There are two modes available. Full and Minimum. Full is the original version (400x128px) and the Minimum is the compact version that came afterwards (256x40px).
The Full version is used by default, however, if you want to set it to Minimum mode, there are two ways to do this.
The first way is to use "min" in the URL, like so:
https://www.malembed.tk/FoxInFlame/min
Parameters can be applied the same way as Full mode. It is case-insensitive.
The second way is to add a parameter by the name of "mode", like so:
https://www.malembed.tk/FoxInFlame?mode=min
This parameter only accepts the values full or min. It is case-insensitive.
Characters (character)
This parameter is case-insensitive.
You can have a picture of an anime character at the corner of your MALembed. The available characters are as the following:
You can also use your own character if you want. I don't know, maybe you want simpsons as a character, maybe you want the MAL logo to show people it's your anime profile. Whatever. To do this,
follow these steps.
Own Image
You can choose your own character at the corner of your MALembed instead of the ones on the server. To do this, follow these steps:
- Go to imgur.com.
- Upload the image that you want to have as your character. It will be scaled down (keeping the ratio) to fit the size on the embed.
- Get the link of the image. It doesn't have to be direct.
- Get the image id, which is the part after the slash, where random numbers and digits are put together into a 5-8 character word.
You could also use pre-made ones that are already uploaded. This album by shishimage contains over 200 transparent png characters that you can use. To use these:
- Right click on the image you want.
- Click on "Open Image in New Tab"
- Copy the part of the URL between the last slash and the dot.
- If it was https://i.imgur.com/abc.png, abc is what you would copy.
Once you know your image id, you can now have it as the parameter value.
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?character=z1m1ytp
Imgur URL: https://imgur.com/z1m1ytp
The image will be scaled to fit a 100x100 space. It will be aligned to the bottom right corner. If you have an image that is tall, the height will become 100px and the width will become shorter. If it is wide and long, the width will become 100px and the height will become shorter. If the image is smaller than 100x100, it will be scaled as high as possible without going out of the area.
You can use these characters by appending a parameter at the end of your request. Let's say you want the Noragami characters. You would then use this URL for the image:
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?character=noragami
Fonts
You can use some predefined fonts for your embed!
Title Font (title_font):
This parameter is case-insensitive.
This is the font that will be used for the title, which is your MyAnimeList name. If the given username is not valid, the image will show an error, and that error will also be made from this title font. Available fonts are listed below.
For example, if you wanted to set your title font to Lobster, this will be the URL:
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?title_font=lobster
Body Font (body_font):
This parameter is case-insensitive.
This is the font that will be used for the body, which contains your anime stats (watching, completed, etc). Available fonts are listed below.
For example, if you wanted to set your body font to MetalMacabre, this will be the URL:
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?body_font=metalmacabre
Background
You can set custom backgrounds for your MALembed. There are two options, a solid color and an image.
Solid Colors (bg_color):
This parameter is case-insensitive.
You can use hex codes without the # character. They can be 3 or 6 in length. The default is set to 2e51a2 if you don't specify this paramter.
If you don't know the hex code for your favourite color, go
here, select the color by dragging, and then copy the Hex code at the top
(without the #).
You can use these custom color parameters by appending them after the request URL. If you want the background color to be red, you would you use this URL for the image:
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?bg_color=ff0000
Custom Image (bg_image):
This parameter is case-insensitive.
You can use custom images uploaded to Imgur as your background, or choose any of the default backgrounds. This paramter
will override the color parameter if both are present.
Using pictures
could also potentially slow down the loading time. This is because the script needs to call to that image and get the contents. It won't be that big of a problem if the internet is speedy, however, if you have a slow network, loading this picture could take some time (but still max 5 seconds or so).
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default1: Click to view.
default1

https://www.malembed.tk/MALembed/USERNAME?bg_image=default1
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default2: Click to view.
default2

https://www.malembed.tk/MALembed/USERNAME?bg_image=default2
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default3: Click to view.
default3

https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?bg_image=default3
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default4: Click to view.
default4

https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?bg_image=default4
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Own Image: Click for details.
Own Image
You can choose your own image as well. To do this, follow these steps:
- Go to imgur.com.
- Upload the image that you want to have as background. It will be stretched later on to fit the embed, and since the embed has a size of 400x128, the best size would be 400x128 or a multiple of that. Images that are very big (or take long to load) are not usable.
- Get the link of the image. It doesn't have to be direct.
- Get the image id, which is the part after the slash, where random numbers and digits are put together into a 5-8 character word.
Once you know your image id, you can now have it as the parameter value.
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?bg_image=AM4hYkj
Imgur URL: https://imgur.com/AM4hYkj
This looks horrible right now, so you probably want to add shadows, but yeah. This is how it works.
Shadows
Sometimes, the background is too light, and the text cannot be seen. If you are in that situation, you can add shadows to your text!
Shadow Color (shadow):
This parameter is case-insensitive.
You can add shadows by adding the shadow parameter to your URL. If the parameter is set, it defaults to 2px shadow, however, if the parameter is not at all set, shadow will be off.
You can set the shadow parameter to something like 1 if you just want to enable black shadow, however, you are also free to assign a hex color code to the shadow parameter. This will make your shadows colored!
To enable shadows, you can simply use this URL for the image:
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?shadow=1
To enable shadows, and to set the color of the shadow:
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?shadow=b25400
Shadow Amount
Case does not matter in this parameter.
Maybe you want more shadows? Come on... You know you want it more deep... The text, I mean.
You can shift your shadow by a few pixels as well, to create more depth. The shadow will shift towards the bottom right as the values go up, and towards the top left as it goes down to the negative.
Without the parameter set, the default shift is 2. However, all of this requires the shadow parameter to be there as well.
The shadow amount was changed on the 4th of March. Previously, it was just a black version of the text that shifted diagonally, but now it blurs out. The higher the value entered for shadow_amount, the more blurred the shadow will look.
- shadow_amount: Amount to blur the shadow by. Probably no unit.
Combining Parameters
If you want to combine parameters, all you need is an URL request like the following:
https://www.malembed.tk/USERNAME?character=noragami&shadow=ff0000&bg_image=default3