browser-image-resizer

A tiny (~7kb uncompressed, ~1kb compressed) browser-based library to downscale and/or resize images using <canvas>.

Introduction

The code was part of Ross Turner's HTML5-ImageUploader. Note that this is meant to be a browser-only utility and will not work in Node.js.

Demo

• Code Sandbox - NPM
• Code Sandbox - In-Browser

Installation

NPM/Yarn

• npm install browser-image-resizer
• yarn add browser-image-resizer

Browser

<script src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/gh/ericnograles/browser-image-resizer@2.4.0/dist/index.js"></script>

Usage

NPM/Yarn

Promises

import { readAndCompressImage } from 'browser-image-resizer';

const config = {
  quality: 0.5,
  maxWidth: 800,
  maxHeight: 600,
  debug: true
};

// Note: A single file comes from event.target.files on <input>
readAndCompressImage(file, config)
  .then(resizedImage => {
    // Upload file to some Web API
    const url = `http://localhost:3001/upload`;
    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('images', resizedImage);
    const options = {
      method: 'POST',
      body: formData
    };

    return fetch(url, options);
  })
  .then(result => {
    // TODO: Handle the result
    console.log(result);
  });

Async/Await

import { readAndCompressImage } from 'browser-image-resizer';

const config = {
  quality: 0.7,
  width: 800,
  height: 600
};

// Note: A single file comes from event.target.files on <input>
async function uploadImage(file) {
  try {
    let resizedImage = await readAndCompressImage(file, config);

    const url = `http://localhost:3001/upload`;
    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('images', resizedImage);
    const options = {
      method: 'POST',
      body: formData
    };

    let result = await fetch(url, options);

    // TODO: Handle the result
    console.log(result);
    return result;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    throw(error);
  }
}

Browser

Promises

const config = {
  quality: 0.5,
  maxWidth: 800,
  maxHeight: 600,
  debug: true
};

// Note: A single file comes from event.target.files on <input>
BrowserImageResizer.readAndCompressImage(file, config)
  .then(resizedImage => {
    // Upload file to some Web API
    const url = `http://localhost:3001/upload`;
    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('images', resizedImage);
    const options = {
      method: 'POST',
      body: formData
    };

    return fetch(url, options);
  })
  .then(result => {
    // TODO: Handle the result
    console.log(result);
  });

Async/Await

const config = {
  quality: 0.7,
  width: 800,
  height: 600
};

// Note: A single file comes from event.target.files on <input>
async function uploadImage(file) {
  try {
    let resizedImage = await BrowserImageResizer.readAndCompressImage(file, config);

    const url = `http://localhost:3001/upload`;
    const formData = new FormData();
    formData.append('images', resizedImage);
    const options = {
      method: 'POST',
      body: formData
    };

    let result = await fetch(url, options);

    // TODO: Handle the result
    console.log(result);
    return result;
  } catch (error) {
    console.error(error);
    throw(error);
  }
}

readAndCompressImage(file, config) => Promise

Inputs

• file: A File object, usually from an <input>
• config: See below

Outputs

A Promise that yields an Image Blob

Contributing

The fastest way to contribute back is to fork the repl.it of this repo (https://replit.com/@grales/browser-image-resizer). Please open any Issues if you have trouble spinning it up.

repl.it First-time Setup

Upon forking of the repl.it, open a new Shell and follow these instructions:

1. Execute npm link at the top ~/browser-image-resizer folder
2. Execute cd tests/bir-vue
3. Execute npm i && npm link browser-image-resizer && npm run serve
4. Your repl.it should automatically boot to a webview of a Vue 3 CLI SPA
   • This SPA will point to your built copy of browser-image-resizer that runs automatically when the repl.it boots
5. Modify any code at the top level src/ and it will reflect on your Vue 3 CLI SPA test app

repl.it Specifics

• The repl.it above is configured to run the dev script of the library, which is a webpack-dev-server that auto-generates the dist/ library which is the entry point of this library
• The subsequent commands gives you an actual web application on which to verify your changes
• If you prefer, you can do this locally as well, but the repl.it ensures a faster and more consistent onboarding