Python module and command line tool for tinypng.com
Shrink PNG files. Advanced lossy compression for PNG images that preserves full alpha transparency. Now also works with JPEG files.
Note: This project is not affiliated with tinypng.com or Voormedia B.V.
Important: You require an API key which you may obtain from tinypng.com/developers.
Besides specifying keys via command line arguments you can:
- Set the environment variable TINYPNG_API_KEY
- Create a .tinypng.keys file in your home directory
- Create a tinypng.keys file in the current directory
from tinypng import api # implicitly writes to "your_file.tiny.png" shrink_info = api.shrink_file("your_file.png", api_key='your_key_here') shrink_info = api.shrink_file( "your_input_file.png", api_key='your_key_here', out_filepath="your_output_file.png" ) shrink_info == { "output": { "type": "image/png", "filepath": "/path/your_input_file.png", "size": 36988, "ratio": 0.8279, "url": "https://api.tinypng.com/output/abcdefg123456.jpg" }, "url": "https://api.tinypng.com/output/abcdefg123456.jpg", "compression_count": "123", "input": { "type": "image/png", "size": 44679 } }