donaldwasserman/filepreviews-python

Python client library and CLI tool for FilePreviews.io

FilePreviews.io

Python client library and CLI tool for the FilePreviews.io service. Generate image previews and metadata from almost any kind of file.

Installation

Using pip:

$ pip install filepreviews

Using easy_install:

$ easy_install filepreviews

Usage

>>> from filepreviews import FilePreviews
>>> fp = FilePreviews(api_key='API_KEY_HERE', api_secret='API_SECRET_HERE')
>>> fp.generate('http://www.getblimp.com/images/screenshot1.png')
<PreviewResult at 4497022216> JSON: {
  "id": "220214ec-17ec-4f37-a790-eaea64522bf2",
  "original_file": null,
  "preview": null,
  "status": "pending",
  "thumbnails": null,
  "url": "https://api.filepreviews.io/v2/previews/220214ec-17ec-4f37-a790-eaea64522bf2/",
  "user_data": null
}

Options

Check out the endpoint docs for all available options.

>>> options = {
...   'sizes': ['200x200'],
...   'format': 'png',
...   'metadata': ['exif'],
...   'pages': '1',
...   'data': {
...     'content_id': '1234'
...   }
... }
>>> fp.generate('http://www.getblimp.com/images/screenshot1.png', **options)

CLI

$ filepreviews \
    --api_key=API_KEY_HERE \
    --api_secret=API_SECRET_HERE \
    generate http://www.getblimp.com/images/screenshot1.png
{
  "id": "e48c645d-8c02-40ab-9f11-2b3f2316be15",
  "original_file": null,
  "preview": null,
  "status": "pending",
  "thumbnails": null,
  "url": "https://api.filepreviews.io/v2/previews/e48c645d-8c02-40ab-9f11-2b3f2316be15/",
  "user_data": null
}

$ filepreviews \
    --api_key=API_KEY_HERE \
    --api_secret=API_SECRET_HERE \
    retrieve e48c645d-8c02-40ab-9f11-2b3f2316be15
{
  "id": "e48c645d-8c02-40ab-9f11-2b3f2316be15",
  "original_file": null,
  "preview": null,
  "status": "pending",
  "thumbnails": null,
  "url": "https://api.filepreviews.io/v2/previews/e48c645d-8c02-40ab-9f11-2b3f2316be15/",
  "user_data": null
}