This is a command-line tool to compress a directory of png/jpg files using TinyPNG's compression API.
I love TinyPNG's web-based image compression service, but it found it tedious to upload and download files for compression. I wrote this program to use their API to compress a directory of images, ideally for deployment purposes.
Though this program is written with TinyPNG in mind, I imagine it could easily be swapped for another service such as Kraken.io.
Sign up for a free API key from TinyPNG
Set the API key in settings.py or via an environment variable (preferred).
Usage: compressor.py [-h] -i INPATH [-o OUTPATH] [filename [filename ...]]
Required arguments:
filename: list of files to compress within a specified directory-i INPATH, --i INPATH: path to directory containing files to compress
Optional arguments:
-h, --help: show this help message and exit-o OUTPATH, --o OUTPATH: optional path for output directory
Example: python compress.py largefile.png -i /Users/patrickbeeson/desktop/test or python compress.py largefile.png -i /Users/patrickbeeson/desktop/test -o /Users/patrickbeeson/desktop/compressed
If no outpath argument is used, your compressed images are created in the same directory with "compressed" appended to the file name.
The service works with either png or jpg files.
Note: Tests require the Pillow module: pip install Pillow
Run: python test_compressor.py
Feel free to open a pull request or contact me at [email protected] with questions.