Imagor
Imagor is a fast, Docker-ready image processing server written in Go.
Imagor uses one of the most efficient image processing library
libvips. It is typically 4-8x faster than using the quickest ImageMagick and GraphicsMagick settings.
Imagor is a Go application that is highly optimized for concurrent requests. It is ready to be installed and used in any Unix environment, and ready to be containerized using Docker.
Imagor adopts the Thumbor URL syntax and covers most of the web image processing use cases. If these fit your requirements, Imagor would be a lightweight, high performance drop-in replacement.
Quick Start
docker run -p 8000:8000 shumc/imagor -imagor-unsafe
Try out the following image URLs:
# original images
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png
https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher-front.png
http://localhost:8000/unsafe/500x500/top/https://raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png
http://localhost:8000/unsafe/fit-in/500x500/filters:fill(white):format(jpeg)/raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png
http://localhost:8000/unsafe/fit-in/-500x500/10x10/filters:hue(290):saturation(100):fill(yellow):format(jpeg):quality(80)/raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png
http://localhost:8000/unsafe/fit-in/800x800/filters:fill(white):watermark(raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher-front.png,repeat,bottom,10):format(jpeg)/raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png
Imagor Endpoint
Imagor endpoint is a series of URL parts which defines the image operations, followed by the image URI:
/HASH|unsafe/trim/AxB:CxD/fit-in/stretch/-Ex-F/GxH/HALIGN/VALIGN/smart/filters:NAME(ARGS):NAME(ARGS):.../IMAGE
HASH
is the URL Signature hash, or unsafe
if unsafe mode is used
trim
removes surrounding space in images using top-left pixel color
AxB:CxD
means manually crop the image at left-top point AxB
and right-bottom point CxD
fit-in
means that the generated image should not be auto-cropped and otherwise just fit in an imaginary box specified by ExF
stretch
means resize the image to ExF
without keeping its aspect ratios
-Ex-F
means resize the image to be ExF
of width per height size. The minus signs mean flip horizontally and vertically
GxH
add horizontal padding G
and vertical padding H
HALIGN
is horizontal alignment of crop. Accepts left
, right
or center
, defaults to center
VALIGN
is vertical alignment of crop. Accepts top
, bottom
or middle
, defaults to middle
smart
means using smart detection of focal points
filters
a pipeline of image filter operations to be applied, see filters section
IMAGE
is the image URI
Imagor provides utilities for previewing and generating Imagor endpoint URI, including the imagorpath Go package and the /params
endpoint:
GET /params
Prepending /params
to the existing endpoint returns the endpoint attributes in JSON form, useful for preview:
curl http://localhost:8000/params/g5bMqZvxaQK65qFPaP1qlJOTuLM=/fit-in/500x400/0x20/filters:fill(white)/raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png
{
"path": "fit-in/500x400/0x20/filters:fill(white)/raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png",
"image": "raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png",
"hash": "g5bMqZvxaQK65qFPaP1qlJOTuLM=",
"fit_in": true,
"width": 500,
"height": 400,
"v_padding": 20,
"filters": [
{
"name": "fill",
"args": "white"
}
]
}
Filters
Filters /filters:NAME(ARGS):NAME(ARGS):.../
is a pipeline of image operations that will be sequentially applied to the image. Examples:
/filters:fill(white):format(jpeg)/
/filters:hue(290):saturation(100):fill(yellow):format(jpeg):quality(80)/
/filters:fill(white):watermark(raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher-front.png,repeat,bottom,10):format(jpeg)/
Imagor supports the following filters:
background_color(color)
sets the background color of a transparent image
color
the color name or hexadecimal rgb expression without the “#” character
blur(sigma)
applies gaussian blur to the image
brightness(amount)
increases or decreases the image brightness
amount
-100 to 100, the amount in % to increase or decrease the image brightness
contrast(amount)
increases or decreases the image contrast
amount
-100 to 100, the amount in % to increase or decrease the image contrast
fill(color)
fill the missing area or transparent image with the specified color:
color
- color name or hexadecimal rgb expression without the “#” character
- If color is "blur" - missing parts are filled with blurred original image.
- If color is "auto" - the top left image pixel will be chosen as the filling color
format(format)
specifies the output format of the image
format
accepts jpeg, png, webp, gif, jp2, tiff
grayscale()
changes the image to grayscale
hue(angle)
increases or decreases the image hue
angle
the angle in degree to increase or decrease the hue rotation
quality(amount)
changes the overall quality of the image, does nothing for png
amount
0 to 100, the quality level in %
rgb(r,g,b)
amount of color in each of the rgb channels in %. Can range from -100 to 100
rotate(angle)
rotates the given image according to the angle value passed
angle
accepts 0, 90, 180, 270
round_corner(rx [, ry [, color]])
adds rounded corners to the image with the specified color as background
rx
, ry
amount of pixel to use as radius. ry = rx if ry is not provided
color
the color name or hexadecimal rgb expression without the “#” character
saturation(amount)
increases or decreases the image saturation
amount
-100 to 100, the amount in % to increase or decrease the image saturation
sharpen(sigma)
sharpens the image
trim([tolerance [, position]])
apply trim operation as part of the filter pipeline
tolerance
the euclidean distance between the colors to get trimmed within the tolerance, default 1
position
default using top-left
pixel color unless specified bottom-right
upscale()
upscale the image if fit-in
is used
watermark(image, x, y, alpha [, w_ratio [, h_ratio]])
adds a watermark to the image. It can be positioned inside the image with the alpha channel specified and optionally resized based on the image size by specifying the ratio
image
watermark image URI, using the same image loader configured for Imagor
x
horizontal position that the watermark will be in:
- Positive numbers indicate position from the left and negative numbers indicate position from the right.
- Number followed by a
p
e.g. 20p means calculating the value from the image width as percentage
left
,right
,center
positioned left, right or centered respectively
repeat
the watermark will be repeated horizontally
y
vertical position that the watermark will be in:
- Positive numbers indicate position from the top and negative numbers indicate position from the bottom.
- Number followed by a
p
e.g. 20p means calculating the value from the image height as percentage
top
,bottom
,center
positioned top, bottom or centered respectively
repeat
the watermark will be repeated vertically
alpha
watermark image transparency, a number between 0 (fully opaque) and 100 (fully transparent).
w_ratio
percentage of the width of the image the watermark should fit-in
h_ratio
percentage of the height of the image the watermark should fit-in
Loader, Storage and Result Storage
Imagor Loader
, Storage
and Result Storage
are the building blocks for loading and saving images from various sources:
Loader
loads image. Enable Loader
where you wish to load images from, but without modifying it e.g. static directory.
Storage
loads and saves image. This allows subsequent requests for the same image loads directly from the storage, instead of HTTP source.
Result Storage
loads and saves the processed image. This allows subsequent request of the same parameters loads from the result storage, saving processing resources.
Imagor provides built-in adaptors that support HTTP, proxy, file system and AWS S3. By default, HTTP Loader
is used as fallback. You can choose to enable additional adaptors that fit your use cases.
Docker Compose Example
Imagor with file system, using mounted volume:
version: "3"
services:
imagor:
image: shumc/imagor:latest
volumes:
- ./:/mnt/data
environment:
PORT: 8000
IMAGOR_UNSAFE: 1 # unsafe URL for testing
FILE_LOADER_BASE_DIR: /mnt/data # enable file loader by specifying base dir
FILE_STORAGE_BASE_DIR: /mnt/data # enable file storage by specifying base dir
FILE_RESULT_STORAGE_BASE_DIR: /mnt/data/result # enable file result storage by specifying base dir
ports:
- "8000:8000"
Imagor with AWS S3:
version: "3"
services:
imagor:
image: shumc/imagor:latest
environment:
PORT: 8000
IMAGOR_SECRET: mysecret # secret key for URL signature
AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID: ...
AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY: ...
AWS_REGION: ...
S3_LOADER_BUCKET: mybucket # enable S3 loader by specifying bucket
S3_LOADER_BASE_DIR: images # optional
S3_STORAGE_BUCKET: mybucket # enable S3 storage by specifying bucket
S3_STORAGE_BASE_DIR: images # optional
S3_RESULT_STORAGE_BUCKET: mybucket # enable S3 result storage by specifying bucket
S3_RESULT_STORAGE_BASE_DIR: images/result # optional
ports:
- "8000:8000"
URL Signature
In production environment, it is highly recommended turning off IMAGOR_UNSAFE
and setup IMAGOR_SECRET
to avoid DDoS attacks that abuse multiple image operations.
The hash is based on HMAC SHA1 digest, created by taking the URL path (excluding /unsafe/) with secret. The hash is then base64url-encoded.
An example in Node.js:
var hmacSHA1 = require("crypto-js/hmac-sha1")
var Base64 = require("crypto-js/enc-base64")
function sign(path, secret) {
var hash = hmacSHA1(path, secret)
hash = Base64.stringify(hash).replace(/\+/g, '-').replace(/\//g, '_')
return hash + '/' + path
}
console.log(sign('500x500/top/raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png', 'mysecret'))
// cST4Ko5_FqwT3BDn-Wf4gO3RFSk=/500x500/top/raw.githubusercontent.com/cshum/imagor/master/testdata/gopher.png
Configurations
Imagor supports command-line arguments, see available options imagor -h
. You may check main.go for better understanding the initialization sequences.
Imagor also supports environment variables or .env
file for the arguments equivalent in capitalized snake case. For instances -imagor-secret
would become IMAGOR_SECRET
:
# both are equivalent
imagor -debug -imagor-secret=1234
DEBUG=1 IMAGOR_SECRET=1234 imagor
Available options:
imagor -h
Usage of imagor:
-debug
Debug mode
-port int
Sever port (default 8000)
-version
Imagor version
-imagor-secret string
Secret key for signing Imagor URL
-imagor-unsafe
Unsafe Imagor that does not require URL signature. Prone to URL tampering
-imagor-cache-header-ttl duration
Imagor HTTP cache header ttl for successful image response. Set -1 for no-cache (default 24h0m0s)
-imagor-load-timeout duration
Timeout for Imagor Loader request, should be smaller than imagor-request-timeout (default 20s)
-imagor-process-timeout duration
Timeout for image processing (default 20s)
-imagor-request-timeout duration
Timeout for performing Imagor request (default 30s)
-imagor-save-timeout duration
Timeout for saving image to Imagor Storage (default 20s)
-server-address string
Server address
-server-cors
Enable CORS
-server-strip-query-string
Enable strip query string redirection
-server-path-prefix string
Server path prefix
-server-access-log
Enable server access log
-http-loader-allowed-sources string
HTTP Loader allowed hosts whitelist to load images from if set. Accept csv wth glob pattern e.g. *.google.com,*.github.com.
-http-loader-accept string
HTTP Loader set request Accept header and validate response Content-Type header. Supports HTTP Accept header input e.g. image/*
-http-loader-forward-headers string
Forward request header to HTTP Loader request by csv e.g. User-Agent,Accept
-http-loader-forward-all-headers
Forward all request headers to HTTP Loader request
-http-loader-insecure-skip-verify-transport
HTTP Loader to use HTTP transport with InsecureSkipVerify true
-http-loader-max-allowed-size int
HTTP Loader maximum allowed size in bytes for loading images if set
-http-loader-proxy-urls string
HTTP Loader Proxy URLs. Enable HTTP Loader proxy only if this value present. Accept csv of proxy urls e.g. http://user:pass@host:port,http://user:pass@host:port
-http-loader-proxy-allowed-sources string
HTTP Loader Proxy allowed hosts that enable proxy transport, if proxy URLs are set. Accept csv wth glob pattern e.g. *.google.com,*.github.com.
-http-loader-default-scheme string
HTTP Loader default scheme if not specified by image path. Set "nil" to disable default scheme. (default "https")
-http-loader-disable
Disable HTTP Loader
-file-safe-chars string
File safe characters to be excluded from image key escape
-file-loader-base-dir string
Base directory for File Loader. Enable File Loader only if this value present
-file-loader-path-prefix string
Base path prefix for File Loader
-file-storage-base-dir string
Base directory for File Storage. Enable File Storage only if this value present
-file-storage-path-prefix string
Base path prefix for File Storage
-file-storage-mkdir-permission string
File Storage mkdir permission (default "0755")
-file-storage-write-permission string
File Storage write permission (default "0666")
-aws-access-key-id string
AWS Access Key ID. Required if using S3 Loader or S3 Storage
-aws-region string
AWS Region. Required if using S3 Loader or S3 Storage
-aws-secret-access-key string
AWS Secret Access Key. Required if using S3 Loader or S3 Storage
-s3-endpoint string
Optional S3 Endpoint to override default
-s3-safe-chars string
S3 safe characters to be excluded from image key escape
-s3-loader-bucket string
S3 Bucket for S3 Loader. Enable S3 Loader only if this value present
-s3-loader-base-dir string
Base directory for S3 Loader
-s3-loader-path-prefix string
Base path prefix for S3 Loader
-s3-storage-bucket string
S3 Bucket for S3 Storage. Enable S3 Storage only if this value present
-s3-storage-base-dir string
Base directory for S3 Storage
-s3-storage-path-prefix string
Base path prefix for S3 Storage
-s3-storage-acl string
Upload ACL for S3 Storage (default "public-read")
-file-result-storage-base-dir string
Base directory for File Result Storage. Enable File Result Storage only if this value present
-file-result-storage-mkdir-permission string
File Result Storage mkdir permission (default "0755")
-file-result-storage-path-prefix string
Base path prefix for File Result Storage
-file-result-storage-write-permission string
File Storage write permission (default "0666")
-s3-result-storage-bucket string
S3 Bucket for S3 Result Storage. Enable S3 Result Storage only if this value present
-s3-result-storage-base-dir string
Base directory for S3 Result Storage
-s3-result-storage-path-prefix string
Base path prefix for S3 Result Storage
-s3-result-storage-acl string
Upload ACL for S3 Result Storage (default "public-read")
-vips-concurrency int
VIPS concurrency. Set -1 to be the number of CPU cores (default 1)
-vips-max-animation-frames int
VIPS maximum of animated image frames to be processed. Set 1 to disable animation, -1 for unlimited. (default -1)
-vips-disable-blur
VIPS disable blur operations for vips processor
-vips-disable-filters string
VIPS disable filters by csv e.g. blur,watermark,rgb
-vips-max-cache-files int
VIPS max cache files
-vips-max-cache-mem int
VIPS max cache mem
-vips-max-cache-size int
VIPS max cache size
-vips-max-filter-ops int
VIPS maximum number of filter operations allowed (default 10)
-vips-max-height int
VIPS max image height
-vips-max-width int
VIPS max image width