/pied-piper

Minimal image compression application inspired by TinyJPG, with better compression factor.

Primary LanguageJavaScriptMIT LicenseMIT

Pied Piper

Minimal image compression application inspired by tinyjpg, with better compression factor

Netlify Status

live @ https://piedpiperhub.netlify.app/

Stack

Features

  • Drag and Drop upto 20 images (max size: 4 MB)

  • Links to download individual compressed files

  • Zip and download multiple files

    ToDo:

    • File/s upload indicator for better user experience.
    • Allow user to click/tap in the dropzone to upload files.
    • Refactor error handling and code in general

Learnings

  • Got to know how Base64 encoding converts images into a readable string for lossless data transfer.
  • Worked with FileSaver pacakge to generate zipped files.
  • Learned about Netlify Serverless Functions.

Challenges

  • Customizing error handling logic of unsupported files.
  • Integrating FileSaver package multiple files zip feature.

Prospective

  • Expand the scope to compress PDF files as well.

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