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Handling Uploads Handling Uploads
  • 🤖/upload/handle
    Handle uploads
File Importing File Importing
  • 🤖/azure/import
    Import from Azure
  • 🤖/backblaze/import
    Import from Backblaze
  • 🤖/cloudfiles/import
    Import from Rackspace Cloud Files
  • 🤖/cloudflare/import
    Import from Cloudflare R2
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    Import from DigitalOcean Spaces
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    Import from Dropbox
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    Import from FTP servers
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    Import from Google Storage
  • 🤖/http/import
    Import from Web servers
  • 🤖/minio/import
    Import from MinIO
  • 🤖/s3/import
    Import from Amazon S3
  • 🤖/sftp/import
    Import from SFTP servers
  • 🤖/supabase/import
    Import from Supabase
  • 🤖/swift/import
    Import from Openstack/Swift
  • 🤖/tigris/import
    Import from Tigris
  • 🤖/wasabi/import
    Import from Wasabi
Video Encoding Video Encoding
  • 🤖/video/adaptive
    Convert videos to HLS and MPEG-Dash
  • 🤖/video/concat
    Concatenate videos
  • 🤖/video/encode
    Transcode, resize, or watermark videos
  • 🤖/video/merge
    Merge video, audio, images into one video
  • 🤖/video/ondemand
    Stream videos with on-demand encoding
  • 🤖/video/subtitle
    Add subtitles to videos
  • 🤖/video/thumbs
    Extract thumbnails from videos
  • Video Presets
Audio Encoding Audio Encoding
  • 🤖/audio/artwork
    Extract or insert audio artwork
  • 🤖/audio/concat
    Concatenate audio
  • 🤖/audio/encode
    Encode audio
  • 🤖/audio/loop
    Loop audio
  • 🤖/audio/merge
    Merge audio files into one
  • 🤖/audio/waveform
    Generate waveform images from audio
  • Audio Presets
Image Manipulation Image Manipulation
  • 🤖/image/bgremove
    Remove the background from images
  • 🤖/image/merge
    Merge several images into one image
  • 🤖/image/optimize
    Optimize images without quality loss
  • 🤖/image/resize
    Convert, resize, or watermark images
Artificial Intelligence Artificial Intelligence
  • 🤖/document/ocr
    Recognize text in documents (OCR)
  • 🤖/image/describe
    Recognize objects in images
  • 🤖/image/facedetect
    Detect faces in images
  • 🤖/image/generate
    Generate images from text prompts
  • 🤖/image/ocr
    Recognize text in images (OCR)
  • 🤖/speech/transcribe
    Transcribe speech in audio or video files
  • 🤖/text/speak
    Synthesize speech in documents
  • 🤖/text/translate
    Translate text in documents
Document Processing Document Processing
  • 🤖/document/autorotate
    Auto-rotate documents
  • 🤖/document/convert
    Convert documents into different formats
  • 🤖/document/merge
    Merge documents into one
  • 🤖/document/split
    Extract pages from a document
  • 🤖/document/thumbs
    Extract thumbnail images from documents
  • 🤖/file/read
    Read file contents
  • 🤖/html/convert
    Take screenshots of webpages or HTML files
File Filtering File Filtering
  • 🤖/file/filter
    Filter files
  • 🤖/file/verify
    Verify the file type
  • 🤖/file/virusscan
    Scan files for viruses
Code Evaluation Code Evaluation
  • 🤖/script/run
    Run scripts in Assemblies
Media Cataloging Media Cataloging
  • 🤖/file/hash
    Hash files
  • 🤖/file/preview
    Generate a preview thumbnail
  • 🤖/meta/write
    Write metadata to media
File Compressing File Compressing
  • 🤖/file/compress
    Compress files
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    Decompress archives
File Exporting File Exporting
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  • 🤖/azure/store
    Export to Microsoft Azure
  • 🤖/backblaze/store
    Export to Backblaze
  • 🤖/cloudfiles/store
    Export to Rackspace Cloud Files
  • 🤖/cloudflare/store
    Export to Cloudflare R2
  • 🤖/digitalocean/store
    Export to DigitalOcean Spaces
  • 🤖/dropbox/store
    Export to Dropbox
  • 🤖/ftp/store
    Export to FTP servers
  • 🤖/google/store
    Export to Google Storage
  • 🤖/minio/store
    Export to MinIO
  • 🤖/s3/store
    Export to Amazon S3
  • 🤖/sftp/store
    Export to SFTP servers
  • 🤖/supabase/store
    Export to Supabase
  • 🤖/swift/store
    Export to OpenStack/Swift
  • 🤖/tigris/store
    Export to Tigris
  • 🤖/tus/store
    Export to Tus-compatible servers
  • 🤖/vimeo/store
    Export to Vimeo
  • 🤖/wasabi/store
    Export to Wasabi
  • 🤖/youtube/store
    Export to YouTube
Smart CDN Smart CDN
  • 🤖/file/serve
    Serve files to web browsers
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  • Retrieve currently used priority job slots
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  • Create a new Template Credential
  • Retrieve a Template Credential
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  • Delete a Template Credential
  • Retrieve list of Template Credentials
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  • Retrieve a Template
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  • Retrieve list of Templates
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What is a Template?

A Template contains the file processing instructions in JSON. It will be safely encrypted after saving. Templates are the recommended way to integrate with Transloadit.

Please keep in mind that we store files for only 24 hours after they were created. To persist your files, please use one of our file export robots.

See also:

How can I limit the output duration of my videos? How do I set up an Amazon S3 bucket? How can I track uploads for a specific user?