imgbb-uploader

imgbb-uploader

Lightweight Nodejs module to upload local pictures files to imgbb API and get display URLs in response.
Primary use is letting imgBB handle the hosting & serving of images.

Compatibility:

Node >= 8 ( this module uses async/await )
Care: this module uses fs under the hood. It means it WON'T work outside the node environment !
To upload pictures from your frontend please check the File API instead

Install

npm install imgbb-uploader

Use

• I) Get a free API key from imgbb ( estimated time ~1 minute )
• II) (facultative) Put that in an environment variable
• III) imgbbUploader takes exactly two String arguments : your API key, and the absolute path of your image :

var imgbbUploader = require('imgbb-uploader');

imgbbUploader("your-imgbb-api-key-string", "home/absolute/path/to/your/image/image.png")
  .then(response => console.log(response))
  .catch(error => console.error(1))

.then(response => console.log(response)) output example :

{
  id: '5jKj6XV',
  url_viewer: 'https://ibb.co/5jKj6XV',
  url: 'https://i.ibb.co/94Z4Nmj/test.jpg',
  display_url: 'https://i.ibb.co/94Z4Nmj/test.jpg',
  title: 'test',
  time: '1574431312',
  image: {
    filename: 'test.jpg',
    name: 'test',
    mime: 'image/jpeg',
    extension: 'jpg',
    url: 'https://i.ibb.co/94Z4Nmj/test.jpg',
    size: 91264
  },
  thumb: {
    filename: 'test.jpg',
    name: 'test',
    mime: 'image/jpeg',
    extension: 'jpg',
    url: 'https://i.ibb.co/5jKj6XV/test.jpg',
    size: '12875'
  },
  delete_url: 'https://ibb.co/5jKj6XV/ffd8ef0b1c803f02443553535cf4a5f4'
}

This async function returns a promise, so this is normal :
console.log(imgbbUploader(myKey, myPath)) // output : Promise { <pending> }
Your data is available in .then(response => response) as shown above.

This module is tiny & totally unlicensed: to better fit your need, feel free to fork !
Basic instructions for tweaking

Learn more

This module doesn't support array uploads. For heavy duty, you'll probably have to work with fs.readdir and async forEach (you may also be interested in path ).

For example, you can create a baseDir.js file wherever it suits you:

// baseDir.js
const path = require('path');
const dirPath = path.join(__dirname);
module.exports = dirPath;

Then you can require this file elsewhere and use something like path.join(myDirpath, "subfolder", subsubfolder) to dig into directories programmatically. Once there, you can f.e. fs.readdir and iterate forEach file of that directory.
See fs documentation and Stack Overflow for more inspiration on the matter.

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