Bannerbear

What is Bannerbear?

Who created Bannerbear?

Bannerbear was founded by Jon in January 2020. The company is headquartered in Singapore but operates as a 100% remote team worldwide. In addition to Jon, the team includes members like Rayon, Jeffrey, Nia, Josephine, Julianne, and Dhea, with each contributing to different areas such as support, design, and marketing.

What is Bannerbear used for?

• Delivering image/video assets via a Content Delivery Network (CDN) for hotlinking
• Integration with external services or own app via REST API
• Integration with Zapier for automated workflows
• Integration with Make.com/Integromat for automated workflows
• Generating images from Airtable data
• Creating secure URLs for on-demand image generation
• Generating dynamic URLs for on-demand image generation on external platforms
• Creating HTML forms for on-demand image generation
• Data pulling from public websites for on-demand image generation
• Adding multiple team members with different roles for collaboration
• Generate images from Airtable data
• Create secure URLs that generate images on demand
• Create dynamic URLs to generate images on demand on any external platform
• Generate images and social media graphics on demand from public websites
• Create HTML forms to generate images on demand
• Add multiple team members to one account with different roles for designing templates and managing API keys
• Use Two Factor Authentication for account protection
• Control when data expires and is deleted from servers
• Integrate with Zapier for automated workflows
• Connect directly to AWS S3 Bucket for BYOS
• Integrating Bannerbear with external services or your own app
• Creating automated workflows for image and video generation using Zapier integration
• Creating secure URLs for generating images on demand inside applications
• Generating dynamic URLs for images on demand on external platforms
• Creating HTML forms to interact and generate images on demand
• Using Crawlers integration to pull data from websites for on-demand images and graphics generation
• Adding multiple team members to one account with different roles for collaboration
• Enabling Two Factor Authentication and data expiration control for security
• Connecting to organization's AWS S3 Bucket for managed media storage

Who is Bannerbear for?

• Designers
• Developers

How to use Bannerbear?

To use Bannerbear effectively, follow these steps:

1. Sign up for a free trial on Bannerbear's website without the need for a credit card.
2. Begin by automating marketing tasks such as generating social media visuals and ecommerce banners with the API and integrations.
3. Get familiar with the API by creating images and videos using the REST API or official libraries in Ruby, Node, and PHP.
4. Utilize the multiple integrations available, such as Zapier, Make.com/Integromat, Airtable, and Signed URLs, to connect Bannerbear with other apps without coding.
5. Benefit from features like Team Members to add multiple team members, defined roles, and optional Two Factor Authentication for security.
6. Explore the Projects feature to keep templates organized into different workspaces with unique API keys.
7. Leverage the Forms integration to create HTML forms for generating images on demand within your team or for users.
8. Use the Crawlers integration to fetch data from public websites and create images and social media graphics instantly.
9. Hotlink to your image/video assets delivered via a global CDN to save bandwidth if needed.
10. Email support is available, and priority support ensures quicker responses for any assistance needed.

By following these steps, you can efficiently harness the power of Bannerbear for automating marketing tasks and creating engaging visuals for your projects.