Yet another library / CLI tool to batch compress / downscale images.
npm install image-down
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Yet another CLI tool to batch compress / downscale images.
``bash`
npx image-down images/* --width 800 --output compressed
`typescript
import { compressImages } from 'image-down';
// Wildcards are not supported in library usages
await compressImages(['./images/image1.jpg'], {
width: 800,
outputDir: 'compressed',
});
`
`bash
Usage: npx image-down [options]
Commands:
help Display help
version Display version
Options:
-f, --format Convert images to a format.
-h, --height Resize images to a certain height.
-H, --help Output usage information
-o, --output Specify the output directory, default to '.'.
-p, --percentage Resize images according to the width by percentage.
-s, --suffix Adding a suffix to the output filename.
-v, --version Output the version number
-w, --width Resize images to a certain width.
Examples:
- Compressing all files from folder images to jpg with widths of 800px and add '-min' to converted filenames, saving all compressed images to folder compressed.
$ npx image-down images/* --width 800 --format jpg --suffix min --output compressed
`
`typescript`
await compressImages(pathsArray, options);
| Name | Type | Description |
| -------------------- | -------- | -------------------------------------------------------------- |
| percentage | number | Resize images according to the width by percentage. |
| width | number | Resize images to a certain width. |
| height | number | Resize images to a certain height. |
| format | number | Convert images to a format. |
| outputDir | string | Specify the output directory, will not output if not defined. |
| outputFilenameSuffix | string | Adding a suffix to the output filename. |
| returnBuffers | boolean | Returning all converted buffers with corresponding file paths. |
| onProgress | Function | A function that is called when each file is processed. |
#### onProgress
| Name | Type | Description |
| ------------------- | ------ | ------------------------------ |
| filePath | string | The original path to the file. |
| fileBuffer | Buffer | The converted file buffer. |
| progress | Object | The progress object. |
| progress.queueIndex | number | File index. |
| progress.total | number | Queue length. |
| progress.status | string | "success" or "failed. |
| progress.filename | string | The name of the output file. |
`typescript
/**
* Compressing all files from folder images to jpg with widths of 800px
* and add '-min' to converted filenames,
* saving all compressed images to folder compressed.
*/
import { glob } from 'glob';
import { compressImages } from 'image-down';
const filePaths = await glob('images/*');
await compressImages(filePaths, {
width: 800,
format: 'jpg',
suffix: 'min',
output: './compressed',
onProgress({ progress }) {
console.log(Saved ${progress.filename}.);``
},
});