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.

Specify multiple encoding Steps for a single file

Step 1:

Handle uploads

We can handle uploads of your users directly.Learn more

surf.mp4

Video – 32 MB

22s · 1280 × 720

":original": {
  "robot": "/upload/handle"
}

Step 2:

Transcode, resize, or watermark videos

We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos.Learn more

surf.mp4

Video – 3.6 MB

22s · 1024 × 768

"ipad_encoded": {
  "use": ":original",
  "robot": "/video/encode",
  "result": true,
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v7",
  "preset": "ipad-high",
  "turbo": true
}

Step 3:

Transcode, resize, or watermark videos

We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos.Learn more

surf.mp4

Video – 1.8 MB

22s · 480 × 320

"iphone_encoded": {
  "use": ":original",
  "robot": "/video/encode",
  "result": true,
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v7",
  "preset": "iphone",
  "turbo": true
}

Step 4:

Extract thumbnails from videos

We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos.Learn more

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Image – 52 KB

1280 × 720

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Image – 48 KB

1280 × 720

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Image – 47 KB

1280 × 720

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Image – 46 KB

1280 × 720

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Image – 42 KB

1280 × 720

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Image – 46 KB

1280 × 720

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Image – 46 KB

1280 × 720

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Image – 42 KB

1280 × 720

"thumbnailed": {
  "use": ":original",
  "robot": "/video/thumbs",
  "result": true,
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v7"
}

Step 5:

Convert, resize, or watermark images

We can resize, crop, and (auto-)rotate images, or apply watermarks and other effects, and much more.Learn more

surf_0.jpg

Image – 3.6 KB

130 × 73

surf_1.jpg

Image – 3.9 KB

130 × 73

surf_2.jpg

Image – 3.5 KB

130 × 73

surf_3.jpg

Image – 3.4 KB

130 × 73

surf_4.jpg

Image – 3.2 KB

130 × 73

surf_5.jpg

Image – 3.3 KB

130 × 73

surf_6.jpg

Image – 3.3 KB

130 × 73

surf_7.jpg

Image – 3.1 KB

130 × 73

"thumbs_resized": {
  "use": "thumbnailed",
  "robot": "/image/resize",
  "result": true,
  "height": 130,
  "width": 130
}

Step 6:

Export files to Amazon S3

We export to the storage platform of your choice.Learn more

:original
ipad_encoded
iphone_encoded
thumbnailed
thumbs_resized
"exported": {
  "use": [
    ":original",
    "ipad_encoded",
    "iphone_encoded",
    "thumbs_resized"
  ],
  "robot": "/s3/store",
  "credentials": "demo_s3_credentials",
  "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}

Live Demo. See for yourself

Loading Uppy demo…

This live demo is powered by Uppy, our open source file uploader that you can also use without Transloadit, and tus, our open protocol for resumable file uploads that is making uploading more reliable across the world.

Build this in your own language

<!-- 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/v3.10.0/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/v3.10.0/uppy.min.mjs'
  const uppy = new Uppy()
    .use(Transloadit, {
      waitForEncoding: true,
      alwaysRunAssembly: true,
      assemblyOptions: {
        params: {
          // 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',
            },
            ipad_encoded: {
              use: ':original',
              robot: '/video/encode',
              result: true,
              ffmpeg_stack: 'v7',
              preset: 'ipad-high',
              turbo: true,
            },
            iphone_encoded: {
              use: ':original',
              robot: '/video/encode',
              result: true,
              ffmpeg_stack: 'v7',
              preset: 'iphone',
              turbo: true,
            },
            thumbnailed: {
              use: ':original',
              robot: '/video/thumbs',
              result: true,
              ffmpeg_stack: 'v7',
            },
            thumbs_resized: {
              use: 'thumbnailed',
              robot: '/image/resize',
              result: true,
              height: 130,
              width: 130,
            },
            exported: {
              use: [':original', 'ipad_encoded', 'iphone_encoded', 'thumbs_resized'],
              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>

Read docs: Browsers

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

Send us batch jobs in any server language using one of our SDKs or directly interfacing with our REST API.

Pingbacks

Configure a notify_url to let your server receive transcoding results JSON in the transloadit POST field.

On-demand

Use our Smart CDN to adapt files on-demand and stream them directly to your users.

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