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Feature Overview

Image compression is the process of downsizing an image as much as possible without sacrificing quality so that it can be stored at a lower cost and accessed more quickly.

COS launched the AVIF compression feature based on CI to convert images into AVIF format, which is a brand-new image format that uses AV1 compression algorithms. It was first introduced by Netflix in February 2020 and has supported browsers such as Chrome and Firefox.

Restrictions

• Format: Images in JPG, PNG, BMP, GIF, WebP, TPG, HEIF, or other formats can be converted into AVIF.
• Size: The input image cannot be larger than 32 MB, with its width and height not exceeding 30,000 pixels, and the total number of pixels not exceeding 250 million. The width and height of the output image cannot exceed 9,999 pixels. For an input animated image, the total number of pixels (Width x Height x Number of frames) cannot exceed 250 million pixels.
• Number of frames (for animated images): For GIF, the number of frames cannot exceed 300.

Prerequisites

To use AVIF compression, enable the image advanced compression feature for your bucket on the bucket’s configuration page. For more information, see Setting Image Advanced Compression.

Directions

COS uses the imageMogr2 API of CI to provide AVIF compression service.

An image can be processed:

• Upon download
• Upon upload
• In cloud

Note：

AVIF Compression is charged by CI at image advanced compression rates. For detailed pricing, see Image Processing Fees.

API Format

1. Processing upon download

GET /<ObjectKey>?imageMogr2/format/avif HTTP/1.1
Host: <BucketName-APPID>.cos.<Region>.myqcloud.com
Date: <GMT Date>
Authorization: <Auth String>

2. Processing upon upload

PUT /<ObjectKey> HTTP/1.1
Host: <BucketName-APPID>.cos.<Region>.myqcloud.com
Date: GMT Date
Authorization: Auth String
Pic-Operations: 
{
"is_pic_info": 1,
"rules": [{
    "fileid": "exampleobject",
    "rule": "imageMogr2/format/avif"
}]
}

Note：

Pic-Operations is a JSON string. Its parameters are as described in Persistent Image Processing.

3. Processing in-cloud data

POST /<ObjectKey>?image_process HTTP/1.1
Host: <BucketName-APPID>.cos.<Region>.myqcloud.com
Date: GMT Date
Content-length: Size
Authorization: Auth String
Pic-Operations: 
{
"is_pic_info": 1,
"rules": [{
    "fileid": "exampleobject",
    "rule": "imageMogr2/format/avif"
}]
}

Note：

• Authorization: Auth String (see Request Signature for more information)
• When this feature is used by a sub-account, relevant permissions must be granted as instructed in Authorization Granularity Details.

Parameters

Parameter	Description
ObjectKey	Object name, such as folder/sample.jpg.
/format/<Format>	Compression format, which is avif

Examples

Note：

Processing upon download is used as an example here, which does not store the output image in a bucket. If you need to store the output image, use Processing upon upload or Processing in-cloud data instead.

Assume that the input image is a 1,335.2 KB image in PNG format, as shown below:

You can convert the image into AVIF format using the following URL:

http://example-1258125638.cos.ap-shanghai.myqcloud.com/sample.png?imageMogr2/format/avif

Compression ratio comparison

Format	Image Size
PNG (input image)	1,335.2 KB
AVIF	62.8 KB (compression ratio: 95.3%)