We are a Swiss Army knife for your files
Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. We handle their file uploads and media processing. This means that they can save on development time and the heavy machinery that is required to handle big volumes in an automated way.
We pioneered with this concept in 2009 and have made our customers happy ever since. We are still actively improving our service in 2026, as well as our open source projects uppy.io and tus.io, which are changing how the world does file uploading.
Detect explicit content in images (NSFW)
🤖/image/describe can return only explicit labels
(nudity and other NSFW signals) when you enable explicit_descriptions. In this demo,
we pass those labels to 🤖/file/filter and reject
files that match our criteria. Update the decline list to match the explicit labels you want to
block, and the Assembly will fail with a clear error message when explicit content is
detected.
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(ab)using our demos in other websites.
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Step 1:
Handle uploads
We can handle uploads of your users directly. Learn more ›
⚠️ It seems your browser does not support the codec used in this video of the
page.
For demo simplicity we'll link you to the original file, but you may also want to
learn how to make videos compatible for all browsers.
Step 2:
Recognize objects in images
We offer Artificial Intelligence as a service, so you don't have to run your own AI models or install complicated software. Learn more ›
⚠️ It seems your browser does not support the codec used in this video of the
page.
For demo simplicity we'll link you to the original file, but you may also want to
learn how to make videos compatible for all browsers.
Step 3:
Exclude files whose descriptions include nudity
We let you reject, or direct files against different encoding Steps. Learn more ›
⚠️ It seems your browser does not support the codec used in this video of the
page.
For demo simplicity we'll link you to the original file, but you may also want to
learn how to make videos compatible for all browsers.
Step 4:
Export files to Amazon S3
We export to the storage platform of your choice. Learn more ›
Once all files have been exported, we can ping a URL of your choice with the Assembly status JSON.
Build this in your own language
// implementation 'com.transloadit.sdk:transloadit:1.0.0'
import com.transloadit.sdk.Assembly;
import com.transloadit.sdk.Transloadit;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.LocalOperationException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.RequestException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.response.AssemblyResponse;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
public class Main {
public static void main(String[] args) {
// Initialize the Transloadit client
Transloadit transloadit = new Transloadit("YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY", "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET");
Assembly assembly = transloadit.newAssembly();
// Set Encoding Instructions
Map<String, Object> _originalStepOptions = new HashMap();
assembly.addStep(":original", "/upload/handle", _originalStepOptions);
Map<String, Object> describedStepOptions = new HashMap();
describedStepOptions.put("use", ":original");
describedStepOptions.put("provider", "aws");
describedStepOptions.put("explicit_descriptions", true);
describedStepOptions.put("format", "meta");
describedStepOptions.put("granularity", "list");
describedStepOptions.put("result", true);
assembly.addStep("described", "/image/describe", describedStepOptions);
Map<String, Object> filteredStepOptions = new HashMap();
filteredStepOptions.put("result", true);
filteredStepOptions.put("use", "described");
filteredStepOptions.put("declines", new String[] { new String[] { "${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}", "includes", "nudity" } });
filteredStepOptions.put("error_on_decline", true);
filteredStepOptions.put("error_msg", "One file contains explicit content!");
assembly.addStep("filtered", "/file/filter", filteredStepOptions);
Map<String, Object> exportedStepOptions = new HashMap();
exportedStepOptions.put("use", "filtered");
exportedStepOptions.put("credentials", "demo_s3_credentials");
exportedStepOptions.put("url_prefix", "https://demos.transloadit.com/");
assembly.addStep("exported", "/s3/store", exportedStepOptions);
// Add files to upload
assembly.addFile(new File("joe-gardner-149699.jpg"));
// Start the Assembly
try {
AssemblyResponse response = assembly.save();
// Wait for Assembly to finish executing
while (!response.isFinished()) {
response = transloadit.getAssemblyByUrl(response.getSslUrl());
}
System.out.println(response.getId());
System.out.println(response.getUrl());
System.out.println(response.json());
} catch (RequestException | LocalOperationException e) {
// Handle exception here
}
}
}
// go get gopkg.in/transloadit/go-sdk.v1
package main
import (
"context"
"fmt"
"github.com/transloadit/go-sdk"
)
func main() {
// Create client
options := transloadit.DefaultConfig
options.AuthKey = "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
options.AuthSecret = "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"
client := transloadit.NewClient(options)
// Initialize new Assembly
assembly := transloadit.NewAssembly()
// Set Encoding Instructions
assembly.AddStep(":original", map[string]interface{}{
"robot": "/upload/handle",
})
assembly.AddStep("described", map[string]interface{}{
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/image/describe",
"provider": "aws",
"explicit_descriptions": true,
"format": "meta",
"granularity": "list",
"result": true,
})
assembly.AddStep("filtered", map[string]interface{}{
"result": true,
"use": "described",
"robot": "/file/filter",
"declines": [["${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}", "includes", "nudity"]],
"error_on_decline": true,
"error_msg": "One file contains explicit content!",
})
assembly.AddStep("exported", map[string]interface{}{
"use": "filtered",
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
})
// Add files to upload
assembly.AddFile("joe-gardner-149699.jpg"))
// Start the Assembly
info, err := client.StartAssembly(context.Background(), assembly)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
// All files have now been uploaded and the Assembly has started but no
// results are available yet since the conversion has not finished.
// WaitForAssembly provides functionality for polling until the Assembly
// has ended.
info, err = client.WaitForAssembly(context.Background(), info)
if err != nil {
panic(err)
}
fmt.Printf("You can check some results at: ")
fmt.Printf(" - %s\n", info.Results[":original"][0].SSLURL)
fmt.Printf(" - %s\n", info.Results["described"][0].SSLURL)
fmt.Printf(" - %s\n", info.Results["filtered"][0].SSLURL)
fmt.Printf(" - %s\n", info.Results["exported"][0].SSLURL)
}
# pip install pytransloadit
from transloadit import client
tl = client.Transloadit('YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY', 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET')
assembly = tl.new_assembly()
# Set Encoding Instructions
assembly.add_step(":original", "/upload/handle", {})
assembly.add_step("described", "/image/describe", {
'use': ':original',
'provider': 'aws',
'explicit_descriptions': True,
'format': 'meta',
'granularity': 'list',
'result': True
})
assembly.add_step("filtered", "/file/filter", {
'result': True,
'use': 'described',
'declines': [['${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}', 'includes', 'nudity']],
'error_on_decline': True,
'error_msg': 'One file contains explicit content!'
})
assembly.add_step("exported", "/s3/store", {
'use': 'filtered',
'credentials': 'demo_s3_credentials',
'url_prefix': 'https://demos.transloadit.com/'
})
# Add files to upload
assembly.add_file(open('joe-gardner-149699.jpg', 'rb'))
# Start the Assembly
assembly_response = assembly.create(retries=5, wait=True)
print(assembly_response.data.get('assembly_ssl_url'))
# or:
print(assembly_response.data['assembly_ssl_url'])
# gem install transloadit
# $ irb -rubygems
# >> require 'transloadit'
# => true
transloadit = Transloadit.new([
:key => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
])
# Set Encoding Instructions
_original = transloadit.step(":original", "/upload/handle", {})
described = transloadit.step("described", "/image/describe", [
:use => ":original",
:provider => "aws",
:explicit_descriptions => true,
:format => "meta",
:granularity => "list",
:result => true
])
filtered = transloadit.step("filtered", "/file/filter", [
:result => true,
:use => "described",
:declines => [["${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}", "includes", "nudity"]],
:error_on_decline => true,
:error_msg => "One file contains explicit content!"
])
exported = transloadit.step("exported", "/s3/store", [
:use => "filtered",
:credentials => "demo_s3_credentials",
:url_prefix => "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
])
transloadit.assembly([
:steps => [_original, described, filtered, exported]
])
# Add files to upload
files = []
files.push("joe-gardner-149699.jpg")
# Start the Assembly
response = assembly.create! *files
until response.finished?
sleep 1; response.reload!
end
if !response.error?
# handle success
end
// composer require transloadit/php-sdk
use transloadit\Transloadit;
$transloadit = new Transloadit([
"key" => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
"secret" => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET",
]);
// Start the Assembly
$response = $transloadit->createAssembly([
"files" => ["joe-gardner-149699.jpg"],
"params" => [
"steps" => [
":original" => [
"robot" => "/upload/handle",
],
"described" => [
"use" => ":original",
"robot" => "/image/describe",
"provider" => "aws",
"explicit_descriptions" => true,
"format" => "meta",
"granularity" => "list",
"result" => true,
],
"filtered" => [
"result" => true,
"use" => "described",
"robot" => "/file/filter",
"declines" => [["${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}", "includes", "nudity"]],
"error_on_decline" => true,
"error_msg" => "One file contains explicit content!",
],
"exported" => [
"use" => "filtered",
"robot" => "/s3/store",
"credentials" => "demo_s3_credentials",
"url_prefix" => "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
],
],
],
]);
# [sudo] npm install transloadify -g
# Auth
export TRANSLOADIT_KEY="YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
export TRANSLOADIT_SECRET="YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"
# Save Encoding Instructions
echo '{
"steps": {
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
},
"described": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/image/describe",
"provider": "aws",
"explicit_descriptions": true,
"format": "meta",
"granularity": "list",
"result": true
},
"filtered": {
"result": true,
"use": "described",
"robot": "/file/filter",
"declines": [["${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}", "includes", "nudity"]],
"error_on_decline": true,
"error_msg": "One file contains explicit content!"
},
"exported": {
"use": "filtered",
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}
}
}' > ./steps.json
# Execute
transloadify \
--input "joe-gardner-149699.jpg" \
--steps "./steps.json" \
--output "./output.example"
// yarn add transloadit || npm i transloadit
// Import
import { Transloadit } from 'transloadit'
const main = async () => {
// Init
const transloadit = new Transloadit({
authKey: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
authSecret: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET',
})
// Set Encoding Instructions
const options = {
files: {
myfile_1: './joe-gardner-149699.jpg',
},
params: {
steps: {
':original': {
robot: '/upload/handle',
},
described: {
use: ':original',
robot: '/image/describe',
provider: 'aws',
explicit_descriptions: true,
format: 'meta',
granularity: 'list',
result: true,
},
filtered: {
result: true,
use: 'described',
robot: '/file/filter',
declines: [['${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}', 'includes', 'nudity']],
error_on_decline: true,
error_msg: 'One file contains explicit content!',
},
exported: {
use: 'filtered',
robot: '/s3/store',
credentials: 'demo_s3_credentials',
url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
},
},
},
}
// Execute
const result = await transloadit.createAssembly(options)
// Show results
console.log({ result })
}
main().catch(console.error)
<!-- This pulls Uppy from our CDN -->
<!-- For smaller self-hosted bundles, install Uppy and plugins manually: -->
<!-- npm i --save @uppy/core @uppy/dashboard @uppy/remote-sources @uppy/transloadit ... -->
<link
href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v5.1.1/uppy.min.css"
rel="stylesheet"
/>
<button id="browse">Select Files</button>
<script type="module">
import {
Uppy,
Dashboard,
ImageEditor,
RemoteSources,
Transloadit,
} from 'https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v5.1.1/uppy.min.mjs'
const uppy = new Uppy()
.use(Transloadit, {
waitForEncoding: true,
alwaysRunAssembly: true,
assemblyOptions: {
params: {
// To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication:
// https://transloadit.com/docs/api/authentication/
auth: {
key: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
},
// It's often better store encoding instructions in your account
// and use a `template_id` instead of adding these steps inline
steps: {
':original': {
robot: '/upload/handle',
},
described: {
use: ':original',
robot: '/image/describe',
provider: 'aws',
explicit_descriptions: true,
format: 'meta',
granularity: 'list',
result: true,
},
filtered: {
result: true,
use: 'described',
robot: '/file/filter',
declines: [['${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}', 'includes', 'nudity']],
error_on_decline: true,
error_msg: 'One file contains explicit content!',
},
exported: {
use: 'filtered',
robot: '/s3/store',
credentials: 'demo_s3_credentials',
url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
},
},
},
},
})
.use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#browse' })
.use(ImageEditor, { target: Dashboard })
.use(RemoteSources, {
companionUrl: 'https://api2.transloadit.com/companion',
})
.on('complete', ({ transloadit }) => {
// Due to `waitForEncoding:true` this is fired after encoding is done.
// Alternatively, set `waitForEncoding` to `false` and provide a `notify_url`
console.log(transloadit) // Array of Assembly Statuses
for (const assembly of transloadit) {
console.log(assembly.results) // Array of all encoding results
}
})
.on('error', (error) => {
console.error(error)
})
</script>
// Install via Swift Package Manager:
// dependencies: [
// .package(url: "https://github.com/transloadit/TransloaditKit", .upToNextMajor(from: "3.0.0"))
// ]
// Or via CocoaPods:
// pod 'Transloadit', '~> 3.0.0'
// Auth
let credentials = Credentials(key: "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY", secret: "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET")
// Init
let transloadit = Transloadit(credentials: credentials, session: "URLSession.shared")
// Add files to upload
let filesToUpload: [URL] = ...
// Execute
let assembly = transloadit.assembly(steps: [_originalStep, describedStep, filteredStep, exportedStep], andUpload: filesToUpload) { result in
switch result {
case .success(let assembly):
print("Retrieved (assembly)")
case .failure(let error):
print("Assembly error (error)")
}
}.pollAssemblyStatus { result in
switch result {
case .success(let assemblyStatus):
print("Received assemblystatus (assemblyStatus)")
case .failure(let error):
print("Caught polling error (error)")
}
# Prerequisites: brew install curl jq || sudo apt install curl jq
# To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication
echo '{
"auth": {
"key": "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
},
"steps": {
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
},
"described": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/image/describe",
"provider": "aws",
"explicit_descriptions": true,
"format": "meta",
"granularity": "list",
"result": true
},
"filtered": {
"result": true,
"use": "described",
"robot": "/file/filter",
"declines": [["${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}", "includes", "nudity"]],
"error_on_decline": true,
"error_msg": "One file contains explicit content!"
},
"exported": {
"use": "filtered",
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}
}
}' | curl \
--request POST \
--form 'params=<-' \
--form myfile1=@./joe-gardner-149699.jpg \
https://api2.transloadit.com/assemblies | jq
{
"steps": {
":original": {
"robot": "/upload/handle"
},
"described": {
"use": ":original",
"robot": "/image/describe",
"provider": "aws",
"explicit_descriptions": true,
"format": "meta",
"granularity": "list",
"result": true
},
"filtered": {
"result": true,
"use": "described",
"robot": "/file/filter",
"declines": [["${file.meta.descriptions.join(', ').toLowerCase()}", "includes", "nudity"]],
"error_on_decline": true,
"error_msg": "One file contains explicit content!"
},
"exported": {
"use": "filtered",
"robot": "/s3/store",
"credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
"url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}
}
}
So many ways to integrate
Transloadit is a service for companies with developers. And there are many ways developers can
put Transloadit to good use inside your company to automate media processing.
-
Bulk imports
Add one of our import Robots to acquire and transcode massive media libraries. -
Handling uploads
We are the experts at reliably handling uploads. We wrote the protocol for it. -
Front-end integration
We integrate with web browsers via our next-gen file uploader Uppy and SDKs for Android and iOS. -
Back-end integration
-
Pingbacks
Configure anotify_urlto let your server receive transcoding results JSON in thetransloaditPOST field. -
On-demand
Use our Smart CDN to adapt files on-demand and stream them directly to your users.
