image-watcher
What is it
image-watcher is a CLI tool that "compiles" high-resolution images to low-resolution ones.
It also has the option to "watch" source images for changes and update the low-resolution images with these changes.
Why did I make it
I was developing a static website that used Pug and SASS to generate HTML and CSS. I needed to find a way to, in a somewhat automated way, form low-resolution images from the high-resolution images in the repository. I could not find a program that offered a simple solution to my problem so I made my own program.
How to install
Run
cargo install image-watcher
with cargo installed
Set up
Make a file called image_watcher.yaml in your repository.
Here is an example of what it can look like.
files:
-
path: 'private\images\backgrounds\hand_and_book.JPG'
height: 350
-
path: 'private\images\backgrounds\goldcrest.jpg'
height: 400
-
path: 'private\images\backgrounds\downs.jpg'
width: 1000
-
path: 'private\images\backgrounds\light.jpg'
width: 1000
CLI options
There are two CLI options --compile and --watch.
Navigate to your repository in your command line
Run
image-watcher --compile
to compile the images one time.
or
Run
image-watcher --watch
to compile the images and watch for changes to them.