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Introduce @uppy/image-generator (#6056)
Closes #5378 

- Introduce `@uppy/image-generator`, a new plugin to generate images
based on a prompt via Transloadit
- until we have "golden templates" the idea is to just send
[steps](https://transloadit.com/docs/topics/templates/#overruling-templates-at-runtime)
- because we must send steps and since we must use signature
authentication for security, which is signed based on the params we
send, we can't reuse the `assemblyOptions` the consumers is already
passing to `@uppy/transloadit` (if they use that uploaders, not needed).
- Remove `SearchInput` (this component was trying to be too many things,
all with conditional boolean props, which is bad practise) in favor of
`useSearchForm` and reuse this hook in two new components `SearchView`
and `FilterInput`
- Reuse all the styles from `SearchProviderView`. This deviates from the
design in #5378. It felt too inconsistent to me to do another UI here
again. For the initial version, I think it's best to stay consistent and
then redesign with search providers taken into account too.
- Because the service is so slow, I went a bit further with the loading
state to show funny messages that rotate while loading mostly because
users will start thinking it is broken after 5 seconds while it fact we
are still loading. But open to ideas here.

This unfortunately means the integration for the consumer is not as lean
and pretty as you would hope. On the upside, it does give them complete
freedom.

```ts
.use(ImageGenerator, {
  assemblyOptions: async (prompt) => {
    const res = await fetch(`/assembly-options?prompt=${encodeURIComponent(prompt)}`)
    return res.json()
  }
})
```

on the consumer's server:

```ts
import crypto from 'node:crypto'

const utcDateString = (ms) => {
  return new Date(ms)
    .toISOString()
    .replace(/-/g, '/')
    .replace(/T/, ' ')
    .replace(/\.\d+Z$/, '+00:00')
}

// expire 1 hour from now (this must be milliseconds)
const expires = utcDateString(Date.now() + 1 * 60 * 60 * 1000)
const authKey = 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY'
const authSecret = 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET'

const params = JSON.stringify({
  auth: {
    key: authKey,
    expires,
  },
  // can not contain any more steps, the only step must be /image/generate
  steps: {
    generated_image: { // can be named different
      robot: '/image/generate',
      result: true, // mandatory
      aspect_ratio: '2:3', // up to them
      model: 'flux-1.1-pro-ultra', // up to them
      prompt, // mandatory
      num_outputs: 2, // up to them
    },
  },
})
const signatureBytes = crypto.createHmac('sha384', authSecret).update(Buffer.from(params, 'utf-8'))
// The final signature needs the hash name in front, so
// the hashing algorithm can be updated in a backwards-compatible
// way when old algorithms become insecure.
const signature = `sha384:${signatureBytes.digest('hex')}`

// respond with { params, signature } JSON to the client
```


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<!-- CURSOR_SUMMARY -->
---

> [!NOTE]
> Adds AI image generation plugin using Transloadit, exports low-level
Transloadit APIs, and replaces SearchInput with new
FilterInput/SearchView + useSearchForm across provider views.
> 
> - **New plugin: `@uppy/image-generator`**
> - UI plugin to generate images from a prompt via Transloadit
(`src/index.tsx`, styles, locale, build configs).
> - Integrated into dev Dashboard and included in `uppy` bundle and
global styles.
> - **Provider Views refactor**
> - Remove `SearchInput`; introduce `useSearchForm`, `SearchView`, and
`FilterInput` components.
> - Update `ProviderView`, `SearchProviderView`, and `Webdav` to use new
components; export them from `@uppy/provider-views`.
> - **Transloadit updates**
> - Export `Assembly`, `AssemblyError`, and `Client` from
`@uppy/transloadit`.
>   - Minor internal change: normalize `assemblyOptions.fields`.
> - **Locales**
> - Add strings for image generation and minor additions (e.g.,
`chooseFiles`).
>   - Ensure locales build depends on `@uppy/image-generator`.
> - **Build config**
> - Turborepo: add `uppy#build:css` and hook `image-generator` into
locales build.
> - **Changesets**
> - `@uppy/image-generator` major; `@uppy/transloadit` minor;
`@uppy/locales` and `uppy` minor; `@uppy/provider-views` and
`@uppy/webdav` patch.
> 
> <sup>Written by [Cursor
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Co-authored-by: Prakash <qxprakash@gmail.com>
2025-12-03 11:59:52 +01:00
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Uppy uppy on npm

Uppy logo: a smiling puppy above a pink upwards arrow

Uppy is a sleek, modular JavaScript file uploader that integrates seamlessly with any application. Its fast, has a comprehensible API and lets you worry about more important problems than building a file uploader.

  • Fetch files from local disk, remote URLs, Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, Instagram or snap and record selfies with a camera
  • Preview and edit metadata with a nice interface
  • Upload to the final destination, optionally process/encode

Read the docs | Try Uppy

Developed by Transloadit

Uppy is being developed by the folks at Transloadit, a versatile API to handle any file in your app.

TestsCI status for Uppy testsCI status for Companion tests
DeploysCI status for CDN deploymentCI status for Companion deploymentCI status for website deployment

Example

Code used in the above example:

import Uppy from '@uppy/core'
import Dashboard from '@uppy/dashboard'
import RemoteSources from '@uppy/remote-sources'
import ImageEditor from '@uppy/image-editor'
import Webcam from '@uppy/webcam'
import Tus from '@uppy/tus'

const uppy = new Uppy()
  .use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#select-files' })
  .use(RemoteSources, { companionUrl: 'https://companion.uppy.io' })
  .use(Webcam)
  .use(ImageEditor)
  .use(Tus, { endpoint: 'https://tusd.tusdemo.net/files/' })
  .on('complete', (result) => {
    console.log('Upload result:', result)
  })

Try it online or read the docs for more details on how to use Uppy and its plugins.

Integrations

Uppy has first-class support for plain JS/HTML, React, Svelte, Vue, and Angular.

For the supported frameworks (except Angular) Uppy offers three ways to build user interfaces:

  1. Pre-composed, plug-and-play components. Mainly <Dashboard />. The downside is that you cant customize the UI.
  2. Headless components. Smaller components, easier to override the styles or compose them together with your own components.
  3. Hooks. Attach our logic to your own components, no restrictions, create a tailor-made UI.

Features

  • Lightweight, modular plugin-based architecture, light on dependencies
  • Resumable file uploads via the open tus standard, so large uploads survive network hiccups
  • Supports picking files from: Webcam, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive, Instagram, bypassing the users device where possible, syncing between servers directly via @uppy/companion
  • Works great with file encoding and processing backends, such as Transloadit, works great without (all you need is to roll your own Apache/Nginx/Node/FFmpeg/etc backend)
  • Sleek user interface
  • Optional file recovery (after a browser crash) with Golden Retriever
  • Speaks several languages (i18n) 🌍
  • Built with accessibility in mind
  • Free for the world, forever (as in beer 🍺, pizza 🍕, and liberty 🗽)
  • Cute as a puppy, also accepts cat pictures 🐶

Installation

npm install @uppy/core @uppy/dashboard @uppy/tus

Add CSS uppy.min.css, either to your HTML pages <head> or include in JS, if your bundler of choice supports it.

Alternatively, you can also use a pre-built bundle from Transloadits CDN: Smart CDN. In that case Uppy will attach itself to the global window.Uppy object.

⚠️ The bundle consists of most Uppy plugins, so this method is not recommended for production, as your users will have to download all plugins when you are likely using only a few.

<!-- 1. Add CSS to `<head>` -->
<link
  href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v5.1.12/uppy.min.css"
  rel="stylesheet"
/>

<!-- 2. Initialize -->
<div id="files-drag-drop"></div>
<script type="module">
  import {
    Uppy,
    Dashboard,
    Tus,
  } from 'https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v5.1.12/uppy.min.mjs'

  const uppy = new Uppy()
  uppy.use(Dashboard, { target: '#files-drag-drop' })
  uppy.use(Tus, { endpoint: 'https://tusd.tusdemo.net/files/' })
</script>

Documentation

  • Uppy — full list of options, methods and events
  • Companion — setting up and running a Companion instance, which adds support for Instagram, Dropbox, Box, Google Drive and remote URLs
  • React — components to integrate Uppy UI plugins with React apps
  • Architecture & Writing a Plugin — how to write a plugin for Uppy

Plugins

UI Elements

  • Dashboard — universal UI with previews, progress bars, metadata editor and all the cool stuff. Required for most UI plugins like Webcam and Instagram
  • Headless components (react, svelte, vue)

Sources

  • Drag & Drop — plain drag and drop area
  • File Input — even plainer “select files” button
  • Webcam — snap and record those selfies 📷
  • Google Drive — import files from Google Drive
  • Dropbox — import files from Dropbox
  • Box — import files from Box
  • Instagram — import images and videos from Instagram
  • Facebook — import images and videos from Facebook
  • OneDrive — import files from Microsoft OneDrive
  • Import From URL — import direct URLs from anywhere on the web

The ⓒ mark means that @uppy/companion, a server-side component, is needed for a plugin to work.

Destinations

  • Tus — resumable uploads via the open tus standard
  • XHR Upload — regular uploads for any backend out there (like Apache, Nginx)
  • AWS S3 — plain upload to AWS S3 or compatible services

File Processing

Miscellaneous

  • Golden Retriever — restores files after a browser crash, like its nothing
  • Thumbnail Generator — generates image previews (included by default with Dashboard)
  • Form — collects metadata from <form> right before an Uppy upload, then optionally appends results back to the form

Browser Support

We aim to support recent versions of Chrome, Firefox, and Safari.

FAQ

Why not use <input type="file">?

Having no JavaScript beats having a lot of it, so thats a fair question! Running an uploading & encoding business for ten years though we found that in cases, the file input leaves some to be desired:

  • We received complaints about broken uploads and found that resumable uploads are important, especially for big files and to be inclusive towards people on poorer connections (we also launched tus.io to attack that problem). Uppy uploads can survive network outages and browser crashes or accidental navigate-aways.
  • Uppy supports editing meta information before uploading.
  • Uppy allows cropping images before uploading.
  • Theres the situation where people are using their mobile devices and want to upload on the go, but they have their picture on Instagram, files in Dropbox or a plain file URL from anywhere on the open web. Uppy allows to pick files from those and push it to the destination without downloading it to your mobile device first.
  • Accurate upload progress reporting is an issue on many platforms.
  • Some file validation — size, type, number of files — can be done on the client with Uppy.
  • Uppy integrates webcam support, in case your users want to upload a picture/video/audio that does not exist yet :)
  • A larger drag and drop surface can be pleasant to work with. Some people also like that you can control the styling, language, etc.
  • Uppy is aware of encoding backends. Often after an upload, the server needs to rotate, detect faces, optimize for iPad, or what have you. Uppy can track progress of this and report back to the user in different ways.
  • Sometimes you might want your uploads to happen while you continue to interact on the same single page.

Not all apps need all these features. An <input type="file"> is fine in many situations. But these were a few things that our customers hit / asked about enough to spark us to develop Uppy.

Why is all this goodness free?

Transloadits team is small and we have a shared ambition to make a living from open source. By giving away projects like tus.io and Uppy, were hoping to advance the state of the art, make life a tiny little bit better for everyone and in doing so have rewarding jobs and get some eyes on our commercial service: a content ingestion & processing platform.

Our thinking is that if only a fraction of our open source userbase can see the appeal of hosted versions straight from the source, that could already be enough to sustain our work. So far this is working out! Were able to dedicate 80% of our time to open source and havent gone bankrupt yet. :D

Does Uppy support S3 uploads?

Yes, please check out the docs for more information.

Can I use Uppy with Rails/Node.js/Go/PHP?

Yes, whatever you want on the backend will work with @uppy/xhr-upload plugin, since it only does a POST or PUT request. Heres a PHP backend example.

If you want resumability with the Tus plugin, use one of the tus server implementations 👌🏼

And youll need @uppy/companion if youd like your users to be able to pick files from Instagram, Google Drive, Dropbox or via direct URLs (with more services coming).

Contributions are welcome

Used by

Uppy is used by: Photobox, Issuu, Law Insider, Cool Tabs, Soundoff, Scrumi, Crive and others.

Use Uppy in your project? Let us know!

Contributors

contributors table

License

The MIT License.