README

A plugin for using ImageBoss as a transformer in Imager X.
Also, an example of how to make a custom transformer for Imager X.

Requirements

This plugin requires Craft CMS 5.0.0-beta.1 or later, Imager X 5.0.0-beta.1 or later, and an account at ImageBoss.

Usage

Install and configure this transformer as described below. Then, in your Imager X config, set the transformer to imageboss, ie:

'transformer' => 'imageboss',

Transforms are now by default transformed with ImageBoss, test your configuration with a simple transform like this:

{% set transform = craft.imagerx.transformImage(asset, { width: 600 }) %}
<img src="{{ transform.url }}" width="600">
<p>URL is: {{ transform.url }}</p>

If this doesn't work, make sure you've configured a defaultProfile, have a profile with the correct name, and that the source is set up to use the same buckets that you assets are on.

Cave-ats, shortcomings, and tips

This transformer only supports a subset of what Imager X can do when using the default craft transformer. All the basic transform parameters are supported, with the following exceptions:

• Only assets can be transformed. If you need to transform external images, you need to switch to the craft transformer for those transforms.
• The cropOnly and stretch resize modes are not supported.
• Opacity for colors on letterbox resize mode is not supported.
• Only the following effects are converted and supported: grayscale, sharpen, blur and gamma. – Watermarks are not translated automatically from Imager syntax to ImageBoss', but you can still add watermarks by manually passing them through the options object (see below).

To pass additional options directly to ImageBoss, you can use the transformerParams transform parameter and pass them in using an options object. Example:

{% set transforms = craft.imagerx.transformImage(asset, 
    [{width: 400}, {width: 600}, {width: 800}], 
    { ratio: 2/1, transformerParams: { options: 'sharpen:6,grayscale:true' } }
) %}

For more information, check out the ImageBoss documentation.

Installation

To install the plugin, follow these instructions:

1. Install with composer via composer require spacecatninja/imager-x-imageboss-transformer from your project directory.
2. Install the plugin in the Craft Control Panel under Settings > Plugins, or from the command line via ./craft plugin/install imager-x-imageboss-transformer.

Configuration

You can configure the transformer by creating a file in your config folder called imager-x-imageboss-transformer.php, and override settings as needed.

profiles [array]

Default: []
Profiles are usually a one-to-one mapping to the image sources you've created in ImageBoss. Which in turn will often map to a Volume in your Craft setup. You set the default profile to use using the defaultProfile config setting, and can override it at the template level by setting profile in your transformerParams.

Example profile:

'profiles' => [
    'default' => [
        'sourceName' => 'imagerx-s3',
        'signToken' => '7a7cc5142212378b435edb18b273bec8799e1270272cc49f34836651cd023a28',
        'useCloudSourcePath' => true,
    ],
    'web' => [
        'sourceName' => 'imagerx-web',
        'signToken' => '1b7ca41421125791a31edb18a273bec8792e1970272ad49f34836631cd023a28',
        'useCloudSourcePath' => false,
    ]
],

Each profile takes three settings:

sourceName: This is the "Source Name" you selected in ImageBoss.

signToken: If you've enabled signed URL's for security, add your sign token here.

useCloudSourcePath: If enabled, Imager will prepend the Craft source path to the asset path, before adding it to the ImageBoss URL. This makes it possible to have one ImageBoss source pulling images from many Craft volumes when they are for instance on the same S3 bucket, but in different subfolder. This only works on volumes that implements a path setting (AWS S3 and GCS does, local volumes does not).

defaultProfile [string]

Default: ''
Sets the default profile to use (see profiles). You can override profile at the transform level by setting it through the transformParams transform parameter. Example:

{% set transforms = craft.imagerx.transformImage(asset, 
    [{width: 800}, {width: 2000}], 
    { transformerParams: { profile: 'myotherprofile' } }
) %}

enableCompression [bool]

Default: true
Set to falseto disable ImageBoss' default auto compression that delivers WebP automatically when the browser supports it.

enableProgressive [bool]

Default: true
Set to falseto disable ImageBoss' default behavior that delivers progressive JPEG's when possible.

enableAutoRotate [bool]

Default: true
Set to falseto disable ImageBoss' default behavior that uses EXIF data in the image to auto rotate it.

Price, license and support

The plugin is released under the MIT license. It requires Imager X, which is a commercial plugin available in the Craft plugin store. If you need help, or found a bug, please post an issue in this repo, or in Imager X' repo (preferably).