caddy-imagefilter
This package can transform images from the file system in various ways.
Supported formats are:
- JPEG
- GIF
- PNG
- BMP
- TIFF
- WEBP (only input)
There is currently no pure go WEBP library, that can encode (not just decode) WEBP images (maybe
someday). Therefore, images in WEBP will be encoded as
PNG as fallback.
It's recommended to keep transformed images in a cache to improve response times and don't do
transformation over and over again.
Changes in v2
The version of the module got some internal refactoring, so the implemented image filters are
actually caddy modules. It makes the whole architecture more in line with how the extensibility
should work in caddy.
If you are using the module the only thing that changes is the installation. The configuration via
Caddyfile is working exactly the same.
Installation
With Default filters
xcaddy build --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/defaults
See Default filters.
With All filters
xcaddy build --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/all
This includes Default filters as well as Additional filters
With Individual filters
xcaddy build --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/fit
or
xcaddy build --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/fit --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/resize
or any other combination.
Configuration
Ordering the directive
{
order image_filter before file_server
}
Syntax
image_filter [<matcher>] {
fs <backend>
root <path>
jpeg_quality <quality>
png_compression <level>
max_concurrent <level>
# included filters
<filters...> <filter-args...>
}
- fs specifies an alternate (perhaps virtual) file system to use. Any Caddy module in the
caddy.fs
namespace can be used here. Any root path/prefix will still apply to alternate file
system modules. By default, the local disk is used.
- root sets the path to the site root for just this file server instance, overriding any other.
Default:
{http.vars.root}
or the current working directory. Note: This subdirective only changes
the root for this directive. For other directives (like try_files
or templates
) to know the
same site root, use the root directive, not this subdirective.
- jpeg_quality determines the quality of jpeg encoding after the filters are applied. It ranges
from 1 to 100 inclusive, higher is better. Default is
75
.
- png_compression determines the compression of png images. Possible values are:
0
: Default compression
-1
: no compression
-2
: fastest compression
-3
: best compression
- max_concurrent determines how many requests can be served concurrently. This is intended to
reduce excessive cpu/memory usage for image transformations by limiting the number of parallel
calculations. Any value less or equal
0
means no limit. Default is 0
.
- <filters...> is a list of filters with their corresponding arguments, that are applied in
order of definition.
- <filter-args...> support caddy
placeholders.
At least one filter has to be configured or this would be just an inefficient file_server
. No
filters configured is therefore considered invalid and will emit an error on start.
Examples
{
order image_filter before file_server
}
:80 {
@thumbnail {
path_regexp thumb /.+\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp|tif|tiff|webp)$
query w=*
query h=*
}
image_filter @thumbnail {
fit {query.w} {query.h}
}
}
Produces are scaled version of an image, that fits within a rectangle with width w
and height h
.
w
and h
are query parameters. For example: http://localhost/image.png?w=400&h=225
{
order image_filter before file_server
}
:80 {
@thumbnail {
path_regexp thumb /w(400|800)(/.+\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp|tif|tiff|webp))$
}
handle @thumbnail {
rewrite {re.thumb.2}
image_filter {
resize {re.thumb.1} 0
}
}
}
This configuration takes a parameter from the path and only allows a limited number of dimensions
(400 or 800) for resizing. For example: http://localhost/w400/image.png. It then resizes the image
down to the width while keeping the aspect ratio preserved (height is 0, see resize). The
rest of the path after w400
is the file path to the image. (/image.png
)
(The internal ordering of directives is important here (global order
directive), image_filter
has to run after rewrite
)
image_filter {
crop 500 500 topleft
rotate 180
flip v
resize 200 400
sharpen
}
You can go crazy and combine many filters. (But no more than 9999, which should quite sufficient, or
you're doing something seriously wrong)
Default filters
crop
Crop produces a cropped image as rectangular region of a specific size.
Syntax:
crop <width> <height> [<anchor>]
Parameters:
- width must be a positive integer and determines the width of the cropped image.
- height must be a positive integer and determines the height of the cropped image.
- anchor determines the anchor point of the rectangular region that is cut out. Possible values
are: center, topleft, top, topright, left, right, bottomleft, bottom, bottomright. Default is
center.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/crop
fit
Fit scales an image to fit to the specified maximum width and height using a linear filter, the
image aspect ratio is preserved. If the image already fits inside the bounds, nothing will be
done.
Syntax:
fit <width> <height>
Parameters:
- width must be a positive integer and determines the maximum width.
- height must be a positive integer and determines the maximum height.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/fit
flip
Flip flips (mirrors) an image vertically or horizontally.
Syntax:
flip <h|v>
Parameters:
- h|v determines if the image flipped horizontally or vertically.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/flip
resize
Resize can downsize images. If upsizing of an image is detected, nothing will be done and
the input image is returned unchanged.
Syntax:
resize <width> <height>
Parameters:
- width must be a positive integer and determines the maximum width.
- height must be a positive integer and determines the maximum height.
Either width or height can be 0, then the image aspect ratio is preserved.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/resize
rotate
Rotate rotates an image 90, 180 or 270 degrees counter-clockwise.
Syntax:
rotate <angle>
Parameters:
- angle is one of the following: 0, 90, 180, 270 (0 is valid, but nothing will be done to the
image).
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/rotate
sharpen
Sharpen produces a sharpened version of the image.
Syntax:
sharpen [<sigma>]
Parameters:
- sigma must be a positive floating point number and indicates how much the image will be
sharpened. Default is 1.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/sharpen
Additional filters
blur
Blur produces a blurred version of the image.
Syntax:
blur [<sigma>]
Parameters:
- sigma must be a positive floating point number and indicates how much the image will be
blurred. Default is 1.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/blur
grayscale
Grayscale produces a gray scaled version of the image.
Syntax:
grayscale
no parameters.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/grayscale
invert
Invert produces an inverted (negated) version of the image.
Syntax:
invert
no parameters.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/invert
rotate_any
RotateAny rotates an image by a specific angle counter-clockwise. Uncovered areas after the rotation
are filled with the specified color.
Syntax:
rotate_any <angle> <color>
Parameters:
- angle is the angle as floating point number in degrees by which the image is rotated
counter-clockwise.
- color is the color which is used to fill uncovered areas after the rotation. Supported formats
are:
"#FFAADD"
(in quotes because otherwise it will be a comment in a Caddyfile)
rgb(255,170,221)
rgba(255,170,221,0.5)
transparent
, black
, white
, blue
or about 140 more
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/rotate_any
smartcrop
Smartcrop finds good rectangular image crops of a specific size. It uses
https://github.com/muesli/smartcrop
Syntax:
smartcrop <width> <height>
Parameters:
- width must be a positive integer and determines the width of the cropped image.
- height must be a positive integer and determines the height of the cropped image.
Installation: --with github.com/ueffel/caddy-imagefilter/v2/smartcrop
Advanced Configuration
The following configuration uses https://github.com/caddyserver/cache-handler as internal cache,
so image transformations are done once per day and then served from the cache. Beware that this
cache module is not quite ready for production use, it should just serve as an example here.
{
order image_filter before file_server
order cache before rewrite
}
http://:80 {
root .
file_server browse
@thumbnail {
path_regexp thumb /w(400|800)/.+\.(jpg|jpeg|png|gif|bmp|tif|tiff|webp)$
}
reverse_proxy @thumbnail [::1]:9000 {
header_up Cache-Control "max-age=86400" # always use cache, even if requested otherwise
header_down -Server # prevents multiple "Server: Caddy" response header
}
}
http://:9000 { # internal address only accessable from the server itself to transform images
bind ::1 # local ipv6 address (same as 127.0.0.1 for ipv4)
cache {
ttl 24h
}
header Cache-Control "max-age=86400" # keep 1 day in cache
root .
@thumbnail {
path_regexp thumb (?i)/w([0-9]+)(/.+)$
}
handle @thumbnail {
rewrite {re.thumb.2}
image_filter {
resize {re.thumb.1} 0
}
}
}
This could also extended to limit the load because of image filtering by using rate limiting with
this module https://github.com/mholt/caddy-ratelimit
Write your own filter
You can use the base module imagefilter
to implement your own filter. A new
filter modules should be a caddy module and implement the interface
imagefilter.Filter
. The configured Filter
instance then is called at runtime
with an image, where the filter operation has to be applied and the resulting
image returned. It's recommended to have all configure-parameters as strings, so
they can contain caddy placeholders. Before applying the filter the placeholders
should be replaced with caddy.Replacer
's ReplaceAll
.
Take a look at the default filters for implementation pointers.