Cloudinary

Cloudinary

What is Cloudinary ?

• Cloudinary's Node.js SDK provides simple, yet comprehensive image and video upload, transformation, optimization, and delivery capabilities that you can implement using code that integrates seamlessly with your existing Node.js application.

Set up and configure the SDK

Install the SDK

• In a terminal in your Node.js environment run:

   npm install cloudinary

Set your API environment variable

• In a terminal, set your CLOUDINARY_URL environment variable.

• Replace CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://API_KEY:API_SECRET@CLOUD_NAME with the API environment variable copied from your account credentials:

  • On Mac or Linux:

    export CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://API_KEY:API_SECRET@CLOUD_NAME
  

  • On Windows:

    set CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://API_KEY:API_SECRET@CLOUD_NAME
  

Cloudinary features and capabilities:

• Media upload guide: Provides details and examples of the upload options.
• Image transformations guide: Provides details and examples of the transformations you can apply to image assets.
• Video transformations guide: Provides details and examples of the transformations you can apply to video assets.
• Transformation URL API Reference: Provides details and examples of all available transformation parameters.
• Admin API guide: Provides details and examples of the methods available for managing and organizing your media assets.