paperclip-compression

JPEG and PNG compression processor for Paperclip. Under the hood, jpegtran and optipng libraries are used.

Installation

Add to your Gemfile.

gem 'paperclip-compression'

Usage

This is the basic usage. This will compress both JPEG and PNG files with the default options.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :avatar,
    styles: { medium: '300x300>', thumb: '100x100>' },
    processors: [:thumbnail, :compression]
end

Disable PNG compression and change default options for JPEG compression for thumb.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :avatar,
    styles: {
      medium: '300x300>',
      thumb: {
        geometry: '100x100>',
        processor_options: {
          compression: {
            png: false,
            jpeg: '-copy none -optimize'
          }
        }
      }
    },
    processors: [:thumbnail, :compression]
end

paperclip-compression uses binaries which are bundled with the gem. So you don't need to install anything. But if these binaries don't work for you, you can use your own.

class User < ActiveRecord::Base
  has_attached_file :avatar,
    styles: {
      thumb: {
        geometry: '100x100>',
        processor_options: {
          compression: {
            jpeg: {
              command: '/path/to/jpegtran',
              options: '-copy none -optimize'
            }
          }
        }
      }
    },
    processors: [:thumbnail, :compression]
end

Defaults

Default options for jpegtran is -copy none -optimize -perfect and default options for optipng is -o 5 -quiet.

You can use paperclip's default options to define global defaults for all your paperclip attachments. Use compression key.

Example for config/application.rb:

module YourApp
  class Application < Rails::Application
    # Other code...

    config.paperclip_defaults = { :compression => { :png => false, :jpeg => '-optimize' } }
  end
end

Example for Rails initializer:

Paperclip::Attachment.default_options[:compression] = { :png => false, :jpeg => '-optimize' }

For more information about paperclip defaults: https://github.com/thoughtbot/paperclip#defaults

License

paperclip-compression is released under the MIT License.