rclone/docs/content/imagekit.md

title	description	versionIntroduced
ImageKit	Rclone docs for ImageKit backend.	v1.63

{{< icon "fa fa-cloud" >}} ImageKit

This is a backend for the ImageKit.io storage service.

About ImageKit

ImageKit.io provides real-time image and video optimizations, transformations, and CDN delivery. Over 1,000 businesses and 70,000 developers trust ImageKit with their images and videos on the web.

Accounts & Pricing

To use this backend, you need to create an account on ImageKit. Start with a free plan with generous usage limits. Then, as your requirements grow, upgrade to a plan that best fits your needs. See the pricing details.

Configuration

Here is an example of making an imagekit configuration.

Firstly create a ImageKit.io account and choose a plan.

You will need to log in and get the publicKey and privateKey for your account from the developer section.

Now run

rclone config

This will guide you through an interactive setup process:

No remotes found, make a new one?
n) New remote
s) Set configuration password
q) Quit config
n/s/q> n

Enter the name for the new remote.
name> imagekit-media-library

Option Storage.
Type of storage to configure.
Choose a number from below, or type in your own value.
[snip]
XX / ImageKit.io
\ (imagekit)
[snip]
Storage> imagekit
  
Option endpoint.
You can find your ImageKit.io URL endpoint in your [dashboard](https://imagekit.io/dashboard/developer/api-keys)
Enter a value.
endpoint> https://ik.imagekit.io/imagekit_id  

Option public_key.
You can find your ImageKit.io public key in your [dashboard](https://imagekit.io/dashboard/developer/api-keys)
Enter a value.
public_key> public_****************************

Option private_key.
You can find your ImageKit.io private key in your [dashboard](https://imagekit.io/dashboard/developer/api-keys)
Enter a value.
private_key> private_****************************

Edit advanced config?
y) Yes
n) No (default)
y/n> n

Configuration complete.
Options:
- type: imagekit
- endpoint: https://ik.imagekit.io/imagekit_id
- public_key: public_****************************
- private_key: private_****************************

Keep this "imagekit-media-library" remote?
y) Yes this is OK (default)
e) Edit this remote
d) Delete this remote
y/e/d> y

List directories in the top level of your Media Library

rclone lsd imagekit-media-library:

Make a new directory.

rclone mkdir imagekit-media-library:directory

List the contents of a directory.

rclone ls imagekit-media-library:directory

Modified time and hashes

ImageKit does not support modification times or hashes yet.

Checksums

No checksums are supported.

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Standard options

Here are the Standard options specific to imagekit (ImageKit.io).

--imagekit-endpoint

You can find your ImageKit.io URL endpoint in your dashboard

Properties:

• Config: endpoint
• Env Var: RCLONE_IMAGEKIT_ENDPOINT
• Type: string
• Required: true

--imagekit-public-key

You can find your ImageKit.io public key in your dashboard

Properties:

• Config: public_key
• Env Var: RCLONE_IMAGEKIT_PUBLIC_KEY
• Type: string
• Required: true

--imagekit-private-key

You can find your ImageKit.io private key in your dashboard

Properties:

• Config: private_key
• Env Var: RCLONE_IMAGEKIT_PRIVATE_KEY
• Type: string
• Required: true

Advanced options

Here are the Advanced options specific to imagekit (ImageKit.io).

--imagekit-only-signed

If you have configured Restrict unsigned image URLs in your dashboard settings, set this to true.

Properties:

• Config: only_signed
• Env Var: RCLONE_IMAGEKIT_ONLY_SIGNED
• Type: bool
• Default: false

--imagekit-versions

Include old versions in directory listings.

Properties:

• Config: versions
• Env Var: RCLONE_IMAGEKIT_VERSIONS
• Type: bool
• Default: false

--imagekit-upload-tags

Tags to add to the uploaded files, e.g. "tag1,tag2".

Properties:

• Config: upload_tags
• Env Var: RCLONE_IMAGEKIT_UPLOAD_TAGS
• Type: string
• Required: false

--imagekit-encoding

The encoding for the backend.

See the encoding section in the overview for more info.

Properties:

• Config: encoding
• Env Var: RCLONE_IMAGEKIT_ENCODING
• Type: Encoding
• Default: Slash,LtGt,DoubleQuote,Dollar,Question,Hash,Percent,BackSlash,Del,Ctl,InvalidUtf8,Dot,SquareBracket

Metadata

Any metadata supported by the underlying remote is read and written.

Here are the possible system metadata items for the imagekit backend.

Name	Help	Type	Example	Read Only
aws-tags	AI generated tags by AWS Rekognition associated with the image	string	tag1,tag2	Y
btime	Time of file birth (creation) read from Last-Modified header	RFC 3339	2006-01-02T15:04:05.999999999Z07:00	Y
custom-coordinates	Custom coordinates of the file	string	0,0,100,100	Y
file-type	Type of the file	string	image	Y
google-tags	AI generated tags by Google Cloud Vision associated with the image	string	tag1,tag2	Y
has-alpha	Whether the image has alpha channel or not	bool		Y
height	Height of the image or video in pixels	int		Y
is-private-file	Whether the file is private or not	bool		Y
size	Size of the object in bytes	int64		Y
tags	Tags associated with the file	string	tag1,tag2	Y
width	Width of the image or video in pixels	int		Y

See the metadata docs for more info.

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