The Image Proxy Server is a web application built with Flask that serves as a proxy for fetching and resizing images from remote URLs. It allows you to download images from URLs, store them locally, and resize them based on provided dimensions.
- Download images from remote URLs
- Store downloaded images locally
- Resize images based on provided dimensions
- Serve resized or original images via HTTP
- Python 3.x
- pip package manager
- Clone the repository:
git clone <repository_url> - Navigate to the project directory:
cd image-proxy-server - Create a virtual environment (optional but recommended):
python -m venv venv - Activate the virtual environment (optional):
source venv/bin/activate - Install the required dependencies:
pip install -r requirements.txt
- Create a
.envfile in the root directory of the project. - Specify the required configuration variables in the
.envfile. For example:
PORT=3000
Adjust the port number according to your preference.
- Start the server:
python main.py - The server will be running at
http://localhost:3000(or the specified port). - Make HTTP requests to the server endpoints to proxy and resize images. See the API documentation for details.
Endpoint: /proxy?url=<image_url>&width=<width>&height=<height>
image_url(required): The URL of the image to proxy and resize.width(optional): The desired width of the resized image.height(optional): The desired height of the resized image.
Example: GET /proxy?url=https://example.com/image.jpg&width=400&height=300
The server will download the image from the specified URL, resize it to the provided dimensions (if specified), and return the resized or original image.
Endpoint: /heartbeat
A simple endpoint to check if the server is running. It returns an "Alive" response.
GET /heartbeat
This project is licensed under the MIT License.