express-thumbnail

Express framework middleware for creation of thumbnails on the fly

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import expressThumbnail from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/express-thumbnail';
</script>

README

Express Thumbnail

Express thumbnail is a Express framework middleware for creation of thumbnails on the fly. It automatically creates a thumbnails by adding query parameters onto a image url.

Overview

This module use lwip, which didn't require external runtime dependencies for image processing. It means you don't have to install anything else on your system.

Install

$ npm install express-thumbnail

Examples

var express = require('express');
var expressThumbnail = require('express-thumbnail');
var app = express();
...
app.use(expressThumbnail.register(__dirname + '/images'));

<img src="foo.png?thumb=50x50">

Docs.

expressThumbnail.register(rootDir, [options])

rootDir path to images root directory.

options (optional) an object of options. Available options:

  • cacheDir The location where converted images will be stored. Default is [rootDir]/.thumb.