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cloudinary

Manages images and videos with Cloudinary including upload, transformation, and CDN delivery. Use when building media-rich applications requiring resize, crop, format conversion, and optimization.

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Cloudinary

Image and video management platform with upload, transformation, optimization, and global CDN delivery.

Quick Start

bash
npm install cloudinary

Configuration

javascript
import { v2 as cloudinary } from 'cloudinary';

cloudinary.config({
  cloud_name: process.env.CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME,
  api_key: process.env.CLOUDINARY_API_KEY,
  api_secret: process.env.CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET,
  secure: true
});

Upload

Basic Upload

javascript
// From local file
const result = await cloudinary.uploader.upload('./image.jpg', {
  public_id: 'my-image',  // Optional custom ID
  folder: 'products',     // Optional folder
});

console.log(result.secure_url);
// https://res.cloudinary.com/cloud/image/upload/v1234/products/my-image.jpg

// From URL
const result = await cloudinary.uploader.upload(
  'https://example.com/image.jpg',
  { folder: 'external' }
);

// From base64
const result = await cloudinary.uploader.upload(
  'data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgo...',
  { folder: 'uploads' }
);

Upload Options

javascript
const result = await cloudinary.uploader.upload('./image.jpg', {
  public_id: 'my-image',
  folder: 'products',

  // Transformations on upload
  transformation: [
    { width: 1000, height: 1000, crop: 'limit' },
    { quality: 'auto', fetch_format: 'auto' }
  ],

  // Eager transformations (pre-generate)
  eager: [
    { width: 200, height: 200, crop: 'thumb', gravity: 'face' },
    { width: 800, crop: 'scale' }
  ],

  // Tags for organization
  tags: ['product', 'shoes'],

  // Metadata
  context: 'caption=Nike Shoes|alt=Running shoes',

  // Overwrite existing
  overwrite: true,
  invalidate: true,

  // Resource type
  resource_type: 'image',  // 'image', 'video', 'raw', 'auto'

  // Access control
  type: 'upload',  // 'upload', 'private', 'authenticated'
});

Upload Large Files

javascript
// For files > 100MB
const result = await cloudinary.uploader.upload_large('./large-video.mp4', {
  resource_type: 'video',
  chunk_size: 6000000,  // 6MB chunks
});

URL Transformations

Build URLs with on-the-fly transformations.

javascript
// Using cloudinary.url()
const url = cloudinary.url('products/my-image', {
  width: 400,
  height: 300,
  crop: 'fill',
  gravity: 'auto',
  quality: 'auto',
  fetch_format: 'auto',
});
// https://res.cloudinary.com/cloud/image/upload/w_400,h_300,c_fill,g_auto,q_auto,f_auto/products/my-image

// Manual URL construction
const baseUrl = `https://res.cloudinary.com/${cloudName}/image/upload`;
const transformations = 'w_400,h_300,c_fill,g_auto,q_auto,f_auto';
const publicId = 'products/my-image';
const url = `${baseUrl}/${transformations}/${publicId}`;

Transformation Parameters

Resize & Crop

javascript
{
  width: 400,
  height: 300,
  crop: 'fill',      // fill, fit, scale, thumb, crop, pad
  gravity: 'auto',   // auto, face, center, north, south, east, west
  aspect_ratio: '16:9',
}

Crop Modes

Mode Description
fill Fill dimensions, crop excess
fit Fit within dimensions, maintain ratio
scale Scale to dimensions (may distort)
thumb Thumbnail with smart crop
crop Crop from specified area
pad Add padding to fit dimensions
limit Like fit, but never upscale

Quality & Format

javascript
{
  quality: 'auto',        // auto, auto:low, auto:good, auto:best, 1-100
  fetch_format: 'auto',   // auto, webp, avif, jpg, png
}

Effects

javascript
{
  effect: 'blur:500',
  effect: 'grayscale',
  effect: 'sepia',
  effect: 'brightness:30',
  effect: 'contrast:50',
  effect: 'saturation:70',
  effect: 'sharpen',
  effect: 'vignette',
  effect: 'art:athena',  // Artistic filters
}

Face Detection

javascript
{
  crop: 'thumb',
  gravity: 'face',       // Center on face
  width: 200,
  height: 200,
}

// Multiple faces
{
  crop: 'thumb',
  gravity: 'faces',
  width: 400,
  height: 300,
}

Overlays

javascript
// Text overlay
{
  overlay: {
    font_family: 'Arial',
    font_size: 40,
    text: 'Hello World'
  },
  gravity: 'south',
  y: 20,
  color: 'white',
}

// Image overlay (watermark)
{
  overlay: 'logo',
  gravity: 'south_east',
  x: 10,
  y: 10,
  width: 100,
  opacity: 50,
}

Chained Transformations

javascript
const url = cloudinary.url('products/shoe', {
  transformation: [
    // First: resize
    { width: 800, height: 600, crop: 'fill' },
    // Then: apply effect
    { effect: 'improve' },
    // Finally: optimize
    { quality: 'auto', fetch_format: 'auto' }
  ]
});

React SDK

bash
npm install @cloudinary/react @cloudinary/url-gen
jsx
import { Cloudinary } from '@cloudinary/url-gen';
import { AdvancedImage } from '@cloudinary/react';
import { fill } from '@cloudinary/url-gen/actions/resize';
import { autoGravity } from '@cloudinary/url-gen/qualifiers/gravity';
import { format, quality } from '@cloudinary/url-gen/actions/delivery';
import { auto } from '@cloudinary/url-gen/qualifiers/format';

// Configure
const cld = new Cloudinary({
  cloud: { cloudName: 'your-cloud-name' }
});

function ProductImage({ publicId }) {
  const image = cld
    .image(publicId)
    .resize(fill().width(400).height(300).gravity(autoGravity()))
    .delivery(format(auto()))
    .delivery(quality('auto'));

  return <AdvancedImage cldImg={image} />;
}

With Placeholder & Lazy Loading

jsx
import { AdvancedImage, lazyload, placeholder } from '@cloudinary/react';

<AdvancedImage
  cldImg={myImage}
  plugins={[
    lazyload(),
    placeholder({ mode: 'blur' })  // blur, pixelate, vectorize
  ]}
/>

Next.js Integration

With next/image

jsx
// next.config.js
module.exports = {
  images: {
    remotePatterns: [
      {
        protocol: 'https',
        hostname: 'res.cloudinary.com',
      },
    ],
  },
};
jsx
import Image from 'next/image';

function CloudinaryImage({ publicId, width, height }) {
  const cloudName = process.env.NEXT_PUBLIC_CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME;

  const src = `https://res.cloudinary.com/${cloudName}/image/upload/c_fill,w_${width},h_${height},q_auto,f_auto/${publicId}`;

  return (
    <Image
      src={src}
      alt=""
      width={width}
      height={height}
    />
  );
}

next-cloudinary Package

bash
npm install next-cloudinary
jsx
import { CldImage, CldUploadWidget } from 'next-cloudinary';

// Display image
<CldImage
  src="products/shoe"
  width="400"
  height="300"
  crop="fill"
  gravity="auto"
  alt="Product"
/>

// Upload widget
<CldUploadWidget
  uploadPreset="my_preset"
  onUpload={(result) => {
    console.log(result.info.secure_url);
  }}
>
  {({ open }) => (
    <button onClick={() => open()}>Upload</button>
  )}
</CldUploadWidget>

Video Transformations

javascript
// Video URL
const videoUrl = cloudinary.url('videos/sample', {
  resource_type: 'video',
  width: 640,
  height: 360,
  crop: 'fill',
  quality: 'auto',
  format: 'mp4',
});

// Thumbnail from video
const thumbnail = cloudinary.url('videos/sample', {
  resource_type: 'video',
  format: 'jpg',
  start_offset: '5',  // 5 seconds in
  width: 400,
  crop: 'fill',
});

// Animated GIF from video
const gif = cloudinary.url('videos/sample', {
  resource_type: 'video',
  format: 'gif',
  start_offset: '2',
  end_offset: '5',
  width: 300,
});

Admin API

javascript
// List resources
const resources = await cloudinary.api.resources({
  type: 'upload',
  prefix: 'products/',
  max_results: 100,
});

// Get resource details
const resource = await cloudinary.api.resource('products/shoe');

// Delete resource
await cloudinary.uploader.destroy('products/old-shoe');

// Rename resource
await cloudinary.uploader.rename('old-name', 'new-name');

// Create folder
await cloudinary.api.create_folder('new-folder');

Upload Presets

Configure in Cloudinary dashboard for unsigned uploads.

javascript
// Unsigned upload (client-side)
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', file);
formData.append('upload_preset', 'my_preset');

const response = await fetch(
  `https://api.cloudinary.com/v1_1/${cloudName}/image/upload`,
  { method: 'POST', body: formData }
);

const data = await response.json();
console.log(data.secure_url);

Signed Uploads (Secure)

javascript
// Server: Generate signature
const timestamp = Math.round(new Date().getTime() / 1000);
const signature = cloudinary.utils.api_sign_request(
  { timestamp, folder: 'uploads' },
  apiSecret
);

// Client: Upload with signature
const formData = new FormData();
formData.append('file', file);
formData.append('api_key', apiKey);
formData.append('timestamp', timestamp);
formData.append('signature', signature);
formData.append('folder', 'uploads');

await fetch(
  `https://api.cloudinary.com/v1_1/${cloudName}/image/upload`,
  { method: 'POST', body: formData }
);

Best Practices

  1. Use auto format and quality - f_auto,q_auto for best optimization
  2. Generate eager transformations - Pre-generate common sizes
  3. Use responsive images - Serve appropriately sized images
  4. Enable lazy loading - With blur placeholder
  5. Use upload presets - For consistent upload settings
  6. Tag and organize - Use folders and tags for management

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