slideshow-api/README.md

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slideshow-api

a simple web server serving (scaled) images and color palettes for slideshow.

requirements

endpoints

  • /: request the name of a random image
  • /image/<name-of-an-image.jpeg>[?resolution=1920x1080]: request the named image (in the specified resolution)
  • /palette/<name-of-an-image.jpeg>[?colors=16&algorithm=wsm]: request the color palette of the named image (with the specified amount of colors and algorithm)

configuration

configuration is entirely done via environment variables.

variable default description
SLIDESHOW_ADDRESS "0.0.0.0" the listen address of the web server
SLIDESHOW_PORT 3000 the port of the web server
SLIDESHOW_DIRECTORY "$HOME" path to a directory containing images
SLIDESHOW_SCANINTERVAL 60 the interval for directory scans in seconds
SLIDESHOW_LOGLEVEL "info" the log level

note:
if imagemagick's convert command is not in your $PATH the images will not be scaled.

available log levels:

  • debug
  • info
  • warning
  • error
  • fatal

color palette

available algorithms:

  • wsm
  • wu

for more information regarding the color palette see color-thief.