Cloudinary

API

Upload, transform and deliver images and videos through URL-based APIs

Price: Free tier, then paid
Access: API key and secret

About

Media platform that stores your images and videos and transforms them on the fly through URL parameters, served from a CDN in the best format for each browser. Covers video streaming too. The free plan has no time limit but caps monthly credits.

What you can do with it

Resize, crop and convert images on the fly by changing the delivery URL
Serve each browser the smallest format and quality automatically
Upload user media and stream video with adaptive bitrate

Get started

Sign up and copy the cloud name, API key and API secret
Upload an asset, then request it through a transformation URL

Example

curl https://api.cloudinary.com/v1_1/$CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME/image/upload \
  -X POST \
  -u "$CLOUDINARY_API_KEY:$CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET" \
  -F "file=https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/01/charvet_shirt.jpg" \
  -F "public_id=my_sample"
# Then serve it resized, in the best format and quality for each browser:
# https://res.cloudinary.com/$CLOUDINARY_CLOUD_NAME/image/upload/f_auto,q_auto,w_600/my_sample

Details

Hosting: Hosted service
Available in: Worldwide
Official SDKs: JavaScript/TypeScript, Python, PHP, Java, Ruby, C#, Go, Dart, Swift, Kotlin
MCP server: Remote