Hi,
I’m using this forum to suggest a feature which I miss and of which I feel it would be very useful. It’s about resizing and compressing an image before uploading it to the server.
Problem:
backendless knows the File Upoader Button. A common use case is to let users of an app upload images to the server (images of food, for profiles, selfies, landscapes and cats). As a developer, I’m worrying about the amount of data which could pile up if each user is uploading mobile smartphone photos of 8MB each.
Solution proposal:
For the onBeforeUpload event of the File Uploader Button, introduce a codeless action which can resize a selected image before uploading. Input would be the selected image. Parameters would be the final width xor final heigth (do not change the ratio), and optionally a compression percentage which can be applied for JPEGs and maybe other formats.
Please “Like” this proposal to show that it is relevant for you as well
Regards
Thank you for contacting us.
This is an interesting feature.
I have created an internal ticket (BKNDLSS-24340) to discuss the possibility of adding this functionality.
We apologize for the long delay. We have added the required functionality for image compression. You can find this functionality by installing Image Processor API Service (Marketplace → API Services).
The required method is called compress. You need to specify the source image_path and quality - an integer accepting values from 1 to 100. The value is the number of percent by which the image will be compressed.
This service allows you to manipulate images in many different ways. These include changing the resolution, cropping, rotating, and other basic functions.
Give it a try! We hope it’s exactly what you’ve been waiting for.
@Marina.Kan I looked at the documentation quickly -
This looks like it can manipulate images on the server, which is nice but doesn’t address the need for image re-size before upload. Or am I missing something?
