Can I hide the original id/upload name of an image while applying a transformation

Shreyance Jain

September 20, 2013 19:20

We are using cloudinary for user generated images. Let's say the users upload their profile images.

but when we are showing that image to the "non-friends" of that user, we want to show the pixelated version of it. However, since pixelation is just a transformation, anyone with some idea of how to play around with cloudinary transformations, may be able to see the actual image. So, we want to hide the actual image id and have the pixelated image available through a "masked url". What is the "Cloudinary way" to achieve this?

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  Alois Glomann

  November 21, 2013 11:55

  having a similar use case, would be nice to get that answered

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  Itay Taragano

  November 21, 2013 18:29

  You can upload images as 'private'. The original images are not available for access by the public. Together with the 'Strict Transformations' mode, you can define certain transformations (e.g., thumbnail) that are available for the public and delivered to your users through a fast CDN. For the less common case of accessing the original images, you can download the images using an authenticated API (bypassing the CDN). More details are available in the following blog post:
  
  http://cloudinary.com/blog/how_to_quickly_build_a_stock_photo_site_using_cloudinary

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