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("https://filesamples.com/samples/image/heic/sample1.heic")
<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("https://filesamples.com/samples/image/heic/sample1.heic", **options)

CLI

$ filepreviews \
    --api_key=API_KEY_HERE \
    --api_secret=API_SECRET_HERE \
    generate https://filesamples.com/samples/image/heic/sample1.heic
{
  "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
}