# Bannerbear integrations: images and animations

> Create an image, create an animation and create an image template in Bannerbear, and start a workflow when Bannerbear sends “Image completed”.

**Canonical page:** https://tray.ai/connectors/bannerbear-integrations/
**Categories:** Design and creative
**Connects through:** HTTP Connector

## Overview

Bannerbear generates images, animations, videos and PDFs from design templates, so teams can produce social graphics and marketing visuals automatically from their own data. Tray.ai connects to Bannerbear through the HTTP Connector, so your workflows can call the Bannerbear API alongside the rest of your stack.

## Use cases

### Images

Read and create images in Bannerbear from any Tray.ai workflow. The Bannerbear API covers calls such as create an image and list images.

- Create an image
- List images
- Retrieve an image

### Animations

Read and create animations in Bannerbear from any Tray.ai workflow. The Bannerbear API covers calls such as create an animation and list animations.

- Create an animation
- List animations
- Retrieve an animation

### Image templates

Read, create, update, and delete image templates in Bannerbear from any Tray.ai workflow. The Bannerbear API covers calls such as list image templates and create an image template.

- List image templates
- Create an image template
- Update an image template

### Workflows

Read and create workflows in Bannerbear from any Tray.ai workflow. The Bannerbear API covers calls such as list workflows and create a workflow.

- List workflows
- Create a workflow
- Start a workflow run

### Tool jobs

Read and create tool jobs in Bannerbear from any Tray.ai workflow. The Bannerbear API covers calls such as run a tool and list tool jobs.

- Run a tool
- List tool jobs
- Retrieve a tool job

### Bannerbear events

Start a Tray.ai workflow the moment something happens in Bannerbear. Bannerbear sends events such as image completed and image failed to a Tray.ai webhook trigger.

- Image completed
- Image failed
- Batch completed

## Challenges Tray.ai solves

### Keeping Bannerbear credentials out of logs

A raw API call usually means pasting a key or token into the request, where it ends up in step inputs, logs, and screenshots.

**How Tray.ai helps:** Store Bannerbear credentials once as a Tray.ai authentication and reference them from the HTTP Connector. Tray.ai masks authentication values in logs, so the secret never shows up in a step's input or output.

### Going from the Bannerbear API docs to a working call

Translating an example request from API docs into a workflow step means copying the method, URL, headers, and body by hand.

**How Tray.ai helps:** Paste a cURL example from the Bannerbear API docs into the HTTP Connector and Tray.ai fills in the method, URL, headers, and body for you.

### Handling files and non-JSON responses

Not every API answers in JSON. Some return XML, files, or binary data, or expect a multipart upload.

**How Tray.ai helps:** The HTTP Connector parses JSON and XML responses, returns files you can pass to the next step, and sends multipart form data for uploads.

## Frequently asked questions

### Does Tray.ai connect to Bannerbear?

Yes. Tray.ai connects to Bannerbear through the HTTP Connector, which calls the Bannerbear API directly. Any call the Bannerbear API documents can run as a step in a Tray.ai workflow.

### How does Tray.ai authenticate with Bannerbear?

The Bannerbear API uses a bearer token. You save it once as a Tray.ai authentication, and the HTTP Connector adds it to every request.

### Can I get a dedicated Bannerbear connector?

Bannerbear runs through the HTTP Connector rather than a dedicated connector. If your team wants one, the Tray.ai connector SDK can build a dedicated Bannerbear connector from the Bannerbear API.

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