Do you need to resize and optimize images for your website, project or even for personal use? Can’t afford a complicated editing program? Don’t worry, we bring you a list of 3 low cost APIs that will meet all your expectations.
Putting pictures everywhere to illustrate everything is something everyone does: it’s more attractive, visual, catches the eye, etc. But these images can be a problem for your website. Nowadays, web pages are viewed on multiple screens, such as large monitors, tablets or small mobile devices. This is important to take into account when preparing a web page.
It is advisable to use different image resolutions for each device, as long as the editing or layout program allows us to do so. This will prevent a mobile device, for example, with a screen resolution of 360 pixels, from loading the same image that we display 1900 pixels on a computer screen.
Why is it important to optimize and resize the images on your website?
Avoid bounces: if the web page goes like a turtle and, therefore, it takes a long time to load, it generates a very high bounce rate. We already know that patience is not our forte, and users abandon the page when they take too long to access the content. And we don’t want to lose users because of slow loading times!
Positioning: Google search engines rank web pages according to loading speeds. Therefore, the less weight the images have, the more good score the web will have and the more good position we will have.
Different devices: the browsing trend is shifting towards mobile devices, which already surpass computer browsing. But the browsing speed from these devices (3G or 4G) is lower than broadband or fiber optic. Therefore, placing images that weigh less will help the loading of the web on mobiles.
So that you can achieve this without worries, here are 3 low cost APIs that you can use for these purposes. Surely they will meet your requirements, what are you waiting for?
Asset Generator for Social Media API
Asset Generator for Social Media is an API that has the ability to resize any image you want to be perfect for any social media service and his integrations. This API works for Instagram, LinkedIn, Facebook, Pinterest, Youtube, Tumblr, and Twitter. The application will receive the image URL that you want to resize, and you can declare the orientation you want to give to it, so you can get the perfect image for different purposes.
JPEG Optimizer
JPEG Optimizer allows you to upload and compress your photos online. This simple tool works, as its name implies, only on JPEG files. What’s great about JPEG Optimizer is that it allows you to resize your images before you optimize. Resizing your images will save you even more loading time, and with this online platform you don’t have to split your workflow into two steps.
Kraken.io
Kraken.io is another bulk image optimizer. With Kraken.io, you can optimize bulk quantities of JPEG, PNG and animated GIF files. With this API, you’ll always get the smallest file-size version of the image you input. Then, you can download the compressed photos one at a time or in a .zip format. It also allows you to export files to Dropbox or import files from Box, Dropbox or Google drive.
Also published on Medium.