Resize profile images- improve speed

[Michael]

I’m sometime having issues where the user’s profile image takes a long time to load.

Should we be resizing uploaded images with an api to improve speed?

Is anyone else doing this? If so, what api did you use?

[crmorris2]

I have not used it with Adalo but I have used TinyPNG in the past and it’s quite decent. TinyPNG – Developer API (free for a certain amount per month but then you have to pay).

EDIT

I have just done a quick search and this service seems free API | reSmush.it > the 7 Billion (and still free) Image optimization API

[kollekzioner]

I use links to image URLs instead of images - that makes image loading faster.
Also there was a great tip for images:

A very cool image tip!

Great info thanks. Just a note that if you do it this way you’re adding an extra potential future failure point so you should be careful. If Imgix went out of business, or Adalo decided to migrate away from them to a better/cheaper/different/more modern solution years from now, you could lose all your images. Maybe should also save them in your adalo database as a fallback so if the worst happens you’d have options.

It also helped a lot.

[Michael]

Thanks @crmorris2 ,

TinyPNG looks like a good fit for me at the moment. Any idea if there is a good explanation about how to set up an API like this for the less technical?

I can’t seem to find any good resources out there that explain how to set this up.

Thanks again