image8

image8 resizes images on-the-fly and stores them in couchdb for later retrival and easy replication. image8 should be used behind a varnish or squid. image8 uses rmagick. must be served with thin, because of its async nature.

config.ru

require "image8"
Image8.couchdb = "http://127.0.0.1:5984/image8"
run Image8

usage

the url

http://image8/200x250/http://ny.ti/some/image.jpg

produces an image no larger than 200x250 pixels in size. scales proportionality.

misc

this has only been tested on ruby 1.9.1.

image8 is released under the mit license. © 2010 harry vangberg <harry@vangberg.name>, memolane <info@memolane.com>.

image8 is inspired by imagery <github.com/tobi/imagery>