Conditional image transformations

Cloudinary supports conditional transformations for images, where a transformation is only applied if a specified condition is met, for example, if an image's width is greater than 300 pixels, apply a certain transformation.

On this page:

Specifying conditions
Multiple conditions
Conditions with chained transformations
Else branch transformations

Specifying conditions

To specify a condition to be met before applying a transformation use the if parameter (also if in URLs). The if parameter accepts a string value detailing the condition to evaluate, and is given in the following format:

if_<image characteristic>_<operator>_<image characteristic value>

Where:

image characteristic: The image parameter representing the characteristic to evaluate, for example 'w' (or 'width' in SDKs).
operator: The comparison operator for the comparison, for example 'lt' for 'less than' (or '<' in SDKs).
image characteristic value: A hard coded value of the characteristic or a different image characteristic.

Specify strings for a characteristic sub-element or value surrounded by ! !. For example, if_ if_ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!.

Tip

You can check whether a string characteristic currently has no value using !!.
For example: if some-condition_eq_!!

See examples below.

Supported image characteristics

Characteristic	Description
`w`	(also `width` in SDKs) The asset's current width.
`iw`	The asset's initial width.
`h`	(also `height` in SDKs) The asset's current height.
`ih`	The asset's initial height.
`ar`	(also `aspect_ratio` in SDKs) The aspect ratio of the asset. The compared value can be either decimal (e.g., 1.5) or a ratio (e.g., 3:4).
`iar`	The asset's initial aspect ratio.
`ctx`	A context value assigned to an asset.
`md`	A structured metadata value assigned to an asset.
`tags`	The set of tags assigned to the asset.
`tar` (`trimmed_aspect_ratio` in SDKs)	The aspect ratio of the image IF it was trimmed (using the 'trim' effect) without actually trimming the image. The compared value can be either decimal (e.g., 1.5) or a ratio (e.g., 3:4).
`cp`	The current page in the image/document.
`fc` (`face_count` in SDKs)	The total number of detected faces in the image.
`pc` (`page_count` in SDKs)	The total number of pages in the image/document.
`px`	A layer or page's original x offset position relative to the whole composition (for example, in a PSD or TIFF file).
`py`	A layer or page's original y offset position relative to the whole composition (for example, in a PSD or TIFF file).
`idn`	The initial density (dpi) of the image.
`ils`	The likelihood that the image is an illustration (as opposed to a photo). Supported values: 0 (photo) to 1 (illustration)
`pgnames`	The names of layers in a TIFF file. Use with the in or nin operators.

Supported operators

URL	SDK symbol	Description
`eq`	`=`	Equal to
`ne`	`!=`	Not equal to
`lt`	`<`	Less than
`gt`	`>`	Greater than
`lte`	`<=`	Less than or equal to
`gte`	`>=`	Greater than or equal to
`in`\|`nin`	`in`\|`nin`	Included in \| Not included in Compares a set of strings against another set of strings. See Using the in and nin operators for examples.

When working with the Cloudinary SDKs, you can specify the condition using the SDK characteristic names and operator symbols, or you can specify it using the URL format. For example, both of the following are valid:

{ if: "w_gt_1000", crop: "scale", width: 500}
{ if: "width > 1000", crop: "scale", width: 500}

Using the in and nin operators

The in and nin operators compare two sets of strings. The : delimiter between strings denotes AND. String sets can include tags, contextual metadata or structured metadata values, for example:

To determine if sale and in_stock are present in the tags of a particular asset, use:
if_!sale:in_stock!_in_tags.
To determine if the key named color exists in the contextual metadata of a particular asset, use:
if_!color!_in_ctx.
To determine if a structured metadata field with external ID, color-id, has been set for a particular asset, use:
if_!color-id!_in_md.
To determine if a list value with external ID, green-id, has been selected from a multiple-selection structured metadata field with external ID, colors-id, for a particular asset, use:
if_!green-id!_in_md!colors-id!.

For TIFF files:

To determine if a TIFF file contains a layer called Shadow, use:
if_!Shadow!_in_pgnames.

Supported conditional image transformation parameters and flags

All image transformation parameters can be assigned in conditions except:
- You cannot assign transformation parameters in conditions for the default_image, color_space, or delay parameters.
- The page (pg in URLs) parameter cannot be assigned in conditions for animated images.
  (page can be used in conditions for PSD, PDF, or TIFF documents).
Only the following flags are supported inside conditional transformations:
layer_apply, region_relative, relative, progressive, cutter, png8, attachment, awebp, lossy

Conditional transformation examples

Conditional text overlay based on width This example limits an image size to a width of 300 pixels using the limit crop mode, and then uses a conditional transformation to add a text caption only to images whose initial width was wider than 300 and were scaled down (if_w_gt_300):

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/c_limit,w_300/if_iw_gt_300,co_white,g_south_east,l_text:Arial_15_bold:Image scaled down to 300px/sample.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", :transformation=>[
  {:width=>300, :crop=>"limit"},
  {:if=>"iw_gt_300", :color=>"white", :gravity=>"south_east", :overlay=>{:font_family=>"Arial", :font_size=>15, :font_weight=>"bold", :text=>"Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"}}
  ])

PHP:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", array("transformation"=>array(
  array("width"=>300, "crop"=>"limit"),
  array("if"=>"iw_gt_300", "color"=>"white", "gravity"=>"south_east", "overlay"=>array("font_family"=>"Arial", "font_size"=>15, "font_weight"=>"bold", "text"=>"Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"))
  )))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("sample.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'width': 300, 'crop': "limit"},
  {'if': "iw_gt_300", 'color': "white", 'gravity': "south_east", 'overlay': {'font_family': "Arial", 'font_size': 15, 'font_weight': "bold", 'text': "Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"}}
  ])

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {width: 300, crop: "limit"},
  {if: "iw_gt_300", color: "white", gravity: "south_east", overlay: {font_family: "Arial", font_size: 15, font_weight: "bold", text: "Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"}}
  ]})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .width(300).crop("limit").chain()
  .if("iw_gt_300").color("white").gravity("south_east").overlay(new TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(15).fontWeight("bold").text("Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"))).imageTag("sample.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('sample.jpg', {transformation: [
  {width: 300, crop: "limit"},
  {if: "iw_gt_300", color: "white", gravity: "south_east", overlay: new cloudinary.TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(15).fontWeight("bold").text("Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px")}
  ]}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {width: 300, crop: "limit"},
  {if: "iw_gt_300", color: "white", gravity: "south_east", overlay: new cloudinary.TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(15).fontWeight("bold").text("Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px")}
  ]})

React:

<Image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <Transformation width="300" crop="limit" />
  <Transformation if="iw_gt_300" color="white" gravity="south_east" overlay={{fontFamily: "Arial", fontSize: 15, fontWeight: "bold", text: "Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"}} />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation width="300" crop="limit" />
  <cld-transformation if="iw_gt_300" color="white" gravity="south_east" overlay={{fontFamily: "Arial", fontSize: 15, fontWeight: "bold", text: "Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"}} />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="sample.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation width="300" crop="limit">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation if="iw_gt_300" color="white" gravity="south_east" overlay="text:Arial_15_bold:Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .Width(300).Crop("limit").Chain()
  .If("iw_gt_300").Color("white").Gravity("south_east").Overlay(new TextLayer().FontFamily("Arial").FontSize(15).FontWeight("bold").Text("Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"))).BuildImageTag("sample.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .width(300).crop("limit").chain()
  .if("iw_gt_300").color("white").gravity("south_east").overlay(new TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(15).fontWeight("bold").text("Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px"))).generate("sample.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setWidth(300).setCrop("limit").chain()
  .setIf("iw_gt_300").setColor("white").setGravity("south_east").setOverlay("text:Arial_15_bold:Image%20scaled%20down%20to%20300px")).generate("sample.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

Conditional cropping mode based on illustration score This example ensures that uploaded graphics such as logos are never cut off, even if the art design changes its aspect ratio, but photos will always fill the full space available. Using the ils conditional characteristic, the cloudinary_icon_blue logo is cropped using the pad method and the sample photo is cropped using the fill method:

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_ils_gt_0.5,w_120,h_150,c_pad/if_else,w_120,h_150,c_fill/cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg", :transformation=>[
  {:if=>"ils_gt_0.5", :width=>120, :height=>150, :crop=>"pad"},
  {:if=>"else", :width=>120, :height=>150, :crop=>"fill"}
  ])

PHP:

cl_image_tag("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg", array("transformation"=>array(
  array("if"=>"ils_gt_0.5", "width"=>120, "height"=>150, "crop"=>"pad"),
  array("if"=>"else", "width"=>120, "height"=>150, "crop"=>"fill")
  )))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'if': "ils_gt_0.5", 'width': 120, 'height': 150, 'crop': "pad"},
  {'if': "else", 'width': 120, 'height': 150, 'crop': "fill"}
  ])

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "ils_gt_0.5", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "pad"},
  {if: "else", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "fill"}
  ]})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("ils_gt_0.5").width(120).height(150).crop("pad").chain()
  .if("else").width(120).height(150).crop("fill")).imageTag("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg', {transformation: [
  {if: "ils_gt_0.5", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "pad"},
  {if: "else", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "fill"}
  ]}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "ils_gt_0.5", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "pad"},
  {if: "else", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "fill"}
  ]})

React:

<Image publicId="cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="ils_gt_0.5" width="120" height="150" crop="pad" />
  <Transformation if="else" width="120" height="150" crop="fill" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="ils_gt_0.5" width="120" height="150" crop="pad" />
  <cld-transformation if="else" width="120" height="150" crop="fill" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="ils_gt_0.5" width="120" height="150" crop="pad">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation if="else" width="120" height="150" crop="fill">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .If("ils_gt_0.5").Width(120).Height(150).Crop("pad").Chain()
  .If("else").Width(120).Height(150).Crop("fill")).BuildImageTag("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("ils_gt_0.5").width(120).height(150).crop("pad").chain()
  .if("else").width(120).height(150).crop("fill")).generate("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setIf("ils_gt_0.5").setWidth(120).setHeight(150).setCrop("pad").chain()
  .setIf("else").setWidth(120).setHeight(150).setCrop("fill")).generate("cloudinary_icon_blue.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_ils_gt_0.5,w_120,h_150,c_pad/if_else,w_120,h_150,c_fill/sample.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", :transformation=>[
  {:if=>"ils_gt_0.5", :width=>120, :height=>150, :crop=>"pad"},
  {:if=>"else", :width=>120, :height=>150, :crop=>"fill"}
  ])

PHP:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", array("transformation"=>array(
  array("if"=>"ils_gt_0.5", "width"=>120, "height"=>150, "crop"=>"pad"),
  array("if"=>"else", "width"=>120, "height"=>150, "crop"=>"fill")
  )))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("sample.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'if': "ils_gt_0.5", 'width': 120, 'height': 150, 'crop': "pad"},
  {'if': "else", 'width': 120, 'height': 150, 'crop': "fill"}
  ])

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "ils_gt_0.5", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "pad"},
  {if: "else", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "fill"}
  ]})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("ils_gt_0.5").width(120).height(150).crop("pad").chain()
  .if("else").width(120).height(150).crop("fill")).imageTag("sample.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('sample.jpg', {transformation: [
  {if: "ils_gt_0.5", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "pad"},
  {if: "else", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "fill"}
  ]}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "ils_gt_0.5", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "pad"},
  {if: "else", width: 120, height: 150, crop: "fill"}
  ]})

React:

<Image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="ils_gt_0.5" width="120" height="150" crop="pad" />
  <Transformation if="else" width="120" height="150" crop="fill" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="ils_gt_0.5" width="120" height="150" crop="pad" />
  <cld-transformation if="else" width="120" height="150" crop="fill" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="sample.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="ils_gt_0.5" width="120" height="150" crop="pad">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation if="else" width="120" height="150" crop="fill">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .If("ils_gt_0.5").Width(120).Height(150).Crop("pad").Chain()
  .If("else").Width(120).Height(150).Crop("fill")).BuildImageTag("sample.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("ils_gt_0.5").width(120).height(150).crop("pad").chain()
  .if("else").width(120).height(150).crop("fill")).generate("sample.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setIf("ils_gt_0.5").setWidth(120).setHeight(150).setCrop("pad").chain()
  .setIf("else").setWidth(120).setHeight(150).setCrop("fill")).generate("sample.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

Conditional resize based on a context value This example resizes an image to a 200*200 square image (using g_auto cropping) if it has a context key named 'productType' with the value 'shoes'.

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!,w_200,ar_1:1,c_fill,g_auto/sunset_shoes.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("sunset_shoes.jpg", :if=>"ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!", :width=>200, :aspect_ratio=>"1:1", :gravity=>"auto", :crop=>"fill")

PHP:

cl_image_tag("sunset_shoes.jpg", array("if"=>"ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!", "width"=>200, "aspect_ratio"=>"1:1", "gravity"=>"auto", "crop"=>"fill"))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("sunset_shoes.jpg").image(if="ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!", width=200, aspect_ratio="1:1", gravity="auto", crop="fill")

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("sunset_shoes.jpg", {if: "ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!", width: 200, aspect_ratio: "1:1", gravity: "auto", crop: "fill"})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation().if("ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!").width(200).aspectRatio("1:1").gravity("auto").crop("fill")).imageTag("sunset_shoes.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('sunset_shoes.jpg', {if: "ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!", width: 200, aspectRatio: "1:1", gravity: "auto", crop: "fill"}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("sunset_shoes.jpg", {if: "ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!", width: 200, aspect_ratio: "1:1", gravity: "auto", crop: "fill"})

React:

<Image publicId="sunset_shoes.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!" width="200" aspectRatio="1:1" gravity="auto" crop="fill" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="sunset_shoes.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!" width="200" aspectRatio="1:1" gravity="auto" crop="fill" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="sunset_shoes.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!" width="200" aspect-ratio="1:1" gravity="auto" crop="fill">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation().If("ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!").Width(200).AspectRatio("1:1").Gravity("auto").Crop("fill")).BuildImageTag("sunset_shoes.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation().if("ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!").width(200).aspectRatio("1:1").gravity("auto").crop("fill")).generate("sunset_shoes.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation().setIf("ctx:!productType!_eq_!shoes!").setWidth(200).setAspectRatio("1:1").setGravity("auto").setCrop("fill")).generate("sunset_shoes.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

Crop images with a specified context value

Conditional image overlay based on tags This example adds a sale icon to a product image if both the strings ‘sale’ and ‘in_stock” are among the tags assigned to the image:

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_!sale:in_stock!_in_tags,l_sale_icon,w_180,g_south_east,x_30,y_30/w_250/backpack.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("backpack.jpg", :transformation=>[
  {:if=>"!sale:in_stock!_in_tags", :overlay=>"sale_icon", :width=>180, :gravity=>"south_east", :x=>30, :y=>30},
  {:width=>250, :crop=>"scale"}
  ])

PHP:

cl_image_tag("backpack.jpg", array("transformation"=>array(
  array("if"=>"!sale:in_stock!_in_tags", "overlay"=>"sale_icon", "width"=>180, "gravity"=>"south_east", "x"=>30, "y"=>30),
  array("width"=>250, "crop"=>"scale")
  )))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("backpack.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'if': "!sale:in_stock!_in_tags", 'overlay': "sale_icon", 'width': 180, 'gravity': "south_east", 'x': 30, 'y': 30},
  {'width': 250, 'crop': "scale"}
  ])

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("backpack.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "!sale:in_stock!_in_tags", overlay: "sale_icon", width: 180, gravity: "south_east", x: 30, y: 30},
  {width: 250, crop: "scale"}
  ]})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("!sale:in_stock!_in_tags").overlay(new Layer().publicId("sale_icon")).width(180).gravity("south_east").x(30).y(30).chain()
  .width(250).crop("scale")).imageTag("backpack.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('backpack.jpg', {transformation: [
  {if: "!sale:in_stock!_in_tags", overlay: new cloudinary.Layer().publicId("sale_icon"), width: 180, gravity: "south_east", x: 30, y: 30},
  {width: 250, crop: "scale"}
  ]}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("backpack.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "!sale:in_stock!_in_tags", overlay: new cloudinary.Layer().publicId("sale_icon"), width: 180, gravity: "south_east", x: 30, y: 30},
  {width: 250, crop: "scale"}
  ]})

React:

<Image publicId="backpack.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="!sale:in_stock!_in_tags" overlay="sale_icon" width="180" gravity="south_east" x="30" y="30" />
  <Transformation width="250" crop="scale" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="backpack.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="!sale:in_stock!_in_tags" overlay="sale_icon" width="180" gravity="south_east" x="30" y="30" />
  <cld-transformation width="250" crop="scale" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="backpack.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="!sale:in_stock!_in_tags" overlay="sale_icon" width="180" gravity="south_east" x="30" y="30">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation width="250" crop="scale">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .If("!sale:in_stock!_in_tags").Overlay(new Layer().PublicId("sale_icon")).Width(180).Gravity("south_east").X(30).Y(30).Chain()
  .Width(250).Crop("scale")).BuildImageTag("backpack.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("!sale:in_stock!_in_tags").overlay(new Layer().publicId("sale_icon")).width(180).gravity("south_east").x(30).y(30).chain()
  .width(250).crop("scale")).generate("backpack.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setIf("!sale:in_stock!_in_tags").setOverlay("sale_icon").setWidth(180).setGravity("south_east").setX(30).setY(30).chain()
  .setWidth(250).setCrop("scale")).generate("backpack.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

Note

When you use variable or conditional expressions that include the tags, ctx or md parameters, their values are exposed publicly in the URL. If you want to prevent such values from being exposed, you can disable the Usage of tags/context/metadata in transformation URLs option in the Security tab of your account settings (enabled by default). When this setting is disabled, any URL that exposes tags, context or metadata values will return an error.

Notes

The position of the if parameter inside a transformation component doesn't matter and it applies to the whole component (a single transformation between a pair of slashes).
For the w, h, cp and ar parameters, the values refer to the current image status in the transformation chain (i.e., if transformations have already been applied to the image), while iw, ih, fc and pc always refer to the original image.
dpr is not supported as a conditional transformation with the cp and ar characteristics. Additionally, w and h are supported with dpr as long as they are still equal to iw or ih when the condition is evaluated.
The ar (aspect ratio) parameter should be compared using 'greater than' or 'less than' rather than with 'equals'. This is because the width and height values are given as integers and not floating point values, leading to an "almost exact" calculated aspect ratio.

Multiple conditions

You can specify multiple conditions to evaluate by joining the conditions with AND or OR conjunction operators.

Note

'AND' operators are evaluated before 'OR' operators.

For example, to crop the sample image to a width of 300 pixels and a height of 200 pixels, only if the aspect ratio is greater than 3:4, the width is greater than 300, and the height is greater than 200 (if_ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200):

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200,c_crop,w_300,h_200/sample.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", :if=>"ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200", :width=>300, :height=>200, :crop=>"crop")

PHP:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", array("if"=>"ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200", "width"=>300, "height"=>200, "crop"=>"crop"))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("sample.jpg").image(if="ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200", width=300, height=200, crop="crop")

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {if: "ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200", width: 300, height: 200, crop: "crop"})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation().if("ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200").width(300).height(200).crop("crop")).imageTag("sample.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('sample.jpg', {if: "ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200", width: 300, height: 200, crop: "crop"}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {if: "ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200", width: 300, height: 200, crop: "crop"})

React:

<Image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200" width="300" height="200" crop="crop" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200" width="300" height="200" crop="crop" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="sample.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200" width="300" height="200" crop="crop">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation().If("ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200").Width(300).Height(200).Crop("crop")).BuildImageTag("sample.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation().if("ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200").width(300).height(200).crop("crop")).generate("sample.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation().setIf("ar_gt_3:4_and_w_gt_300_and_h_gt_200").setWidth(300).setHeight(200).setCrop("crop")).generate("sample.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

Conditions with chained transformations

To set a condition for applying multiple transformations (in the form of chained transformation components), add an if_end parameter to the last transformation component in the chain. In order to avoid ambiguity when applying a condition on multiple chained components, the components with the if and the if_end parameters should not have additional transformation instructions. For example:

Wrong: if_w_gt_500,c_crop,h_200,w_300,e_red:50/e_blur/if_end
Right: if_w_gt_500/c_crop,h_200,w_300/e_red:50/e_blur/if_end

For example, if you allocate space on your page for an image with a width of 600px, you can conditionally add a blurred background for images whose width is less than 600px:

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_w_lt_600/l_text:Arial_20:Image shown in full scale,co_white,g_south_east/c_scale,e_blur:400,u_small_dinosaur,w_600/if_end/v1458729247/small_dinosaur.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("small_dinosaur.jpg", :transformation=>[
  {:if=>"w_lt_600"},
  {:overlay=>{:font_family=>"Arial", :font_size=>20, :text=>"Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"}, :color=>"white", :gravity=>"south_east"},
  {:effect=>"blur:400", :underlay=>"small_dinosaur", :width=>600, :crop=>"scale"},
  {:if=>"end"}
  ])

PHP:

cl_image_tag("small_dinosaur.jpg", array("transformation"=>array(
  array("if"=>"w_lt_600"),
  array("overlay"=>array("font_family"=>"Arial", "font_size"=>20, "text"=>"Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"), "color"=>"white", "gravity"=>"south_east"),
  array("effect"=>"blur:400", "underlay"=>"small_dinosaur", "width"=>600, "crop"=>"scale"),
  array("if"=>"end")
  )))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("small_dinosaur.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'if': "w_lt_600"},
  {'overlay': {'font_family': "Arial", 'font_size': 20, 'text': "Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"}, 'color': "white", 'gravity': "south_east"},
  {'effect': "blur:400", 'underlay': "small_dinosaur", 'width': 600, 'crop': "scale"},
  {'if': "end"}
  ])

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("small_dinosaur.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "w_lt_600"},
  {overlay: {font_family: "Arial", font_size: 20, text: "Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"}, color: "white", gravity: "south_east"},
  {effect: "blur:400", underlay: "small_dinosaur", width: 600, crop: "scale"},
  {if: "end"}
  ]})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("w_lt_600").chain()
  .overlay(new TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(20).text("Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale")).color("white").gravity("south_east").chain()
  .effect("blur:400").underlay(new Layer().publicId("small_dinosaur")).width(600).crop("scale").chain()
  .if("end")).imageTag("small_dinosaur.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('small_dinosaur.jpg', {transformation: [
  {if: "w_lt_600"},
  {overlay: new cloudinary.TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(20).text("Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"), color: "white", gravity: "south_east"},
  {effect: "blur:400", underlay: new cloudinary.Layer().publicId("small_dinosaur"), width: 600, crop: "scale"},
  {if: "end"}
  ]}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("small_dinosaur.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "w_lt_600"},
  {overlay: new cloudinary.TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(20).text("Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"), color: "white", gravity: "south_east"},
  {effect: "blur:400", underlay: new cloudinary.Layer().publicId("small_dinosaur"), width: 600, crop: "scale"},
  {if: "end"}
  ]})

React:

<Image publicId="small_dinosaur.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="w_lt_600" />
  <Transformation overlay={{fontFamily: "Arial", fontSize: 20, text: "Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"}} color="white" gravity="south_east" />
  <Transformation effect="blur:400" underlay="small_dinosaur" width="600" crop="scale" />
  <Transformation if="end" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="small_dinosaur.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="w_lt_600" />
  <cld-transformation overlay={{fontFamily: "Arial", fontSize: 20, text: "Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale"}} color="white" gravity="south_east" />
  <cld-transformation effect="blur:400" underlay="small_dinosaur" width="600" crop="scale" />
  <cld-transformation if="end" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="small_dinosaur.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="w_lt_600">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation overlay="text:Arial_20:Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale" color="white" gravity="south_east">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation effect="blur:400" underlay="small_dinosaur" width="600" crop="scale">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation if="end">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .If("w_lt_600").Chain()
  .Overlay(new TextLayer().FontFamily("Arial").FontSize(20).Text("Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale")).Color("white").Gravity("south_east").Chain()
  .Effect("blur:400").Underlay(new Layer().PublicId("small_dinosaur")).Width(600).Crop("scale").Chain()
  .If("end")).BuildImageTag("small_dinosaur.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("w_lt_600").chain()
  .overlay(new TextLayer().fontFamily("Arial").fontSize(20).text("Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale")).color("white").gravity("south_east").chain()
  .effect("blur:400").underlay(new Layer().publicId("small_dinosaur")).width(600).crop("scale").chain()
  .if("end")).generate("small_dinosaur.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setIf("w_lt_600").chain()
  .setOverlay("text:Arial_20:Image%20shown%20in%20full%20scale").setColor("white").setGravity("south_east").chain()
  .setEffect("blur:400").setUnderlay("small_dinosaur").setWidth(600).setCrop("scale").chain()
  .setIf("end")).generate("small_dinosaur.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

Notes

Multiple separate conditions can be used in a single URL, but only one per transformation component.
A named transformation must not be placed in the same transformation component as its condition (e.g., if_w_eq_h,t_trans is not supported). Apply the condition on the named transformation by using a chained transformation (e.g., if_w_eq_h/t_trans/if_end).

Else branch transformations

You can specify a transformation that is applied in the case that the initial condition is evaluated as false (and hence the transformations associated with the condition are not applied), by using the if_else parameter to specify this fallback transformation.

For example, to fill an image to a width of 80 pixels and a height of 120 pixels if the original image has a width less than or equal to 200 pixels (the condition: if_iw_lte_200,c_fill,h_120,w_80), and to fill the image to a width of 100 pixels and a height of 150 pixels if the original image has a width greater than 200 pixels (the fallback: if_else,c_fill,h_90,w_100):

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_iw_lte_200,c_fill,h_120,w_80/if_else,c_fill,h_90,w_100/sample.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", :transformation=>[
  {:if=>"iw_lte_200", :height=>120, :width=>80, :crop=>"fill"},
  {:if=>"else", :height=>90, :width=>100, :crop=>"fill"}
  ])

PHP:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", array("transformation"=>array(
  array("if"=>"iw_lte_200", "height"=>120, "width"=>80, "crop"=>"fill"),
  array("if"=>"else", "height"=>90, "width"=>100, "crop"=>"fill")
  )))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("sample.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'if': "iw_lte_200", 'height': 120, 'width': 80, 'crop': "fill"},
  {'if': "else", 'height': 90, 'width': 100, 'crop': "fill"}
  ])

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "iw_lte_200", height: 120, width: 80, crop: "fill"},
  {if: "else", height: 90, width: 100, crop: "fill"}
  ]})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("iw_lte_200").height(120).width(80).crop("fill").chain()
  .if("else").height(90).width(100).crop("fill")).imageTag("sample.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('sample.jpg', {transformation: [
  {if: "iw_lte_200", height: 120, width: 80, crop: "fill"},
  {if: "else", height: 90, width: 100, crop: "fill"}
  ]}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "iw_lte_200", height: 120, width: 80, crop: "fill"},
  {if: "else", height: 90, width: 100, crop: "fill"}
  ]})

React:

<Image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="iw_lte_200" height="120" width="80" crop="fill" />
  <Transformation if="else" height="90" width="100" crop="fill" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="iw_lte_200" height="120" width="80" crop="fill" />
  <cld-transformation if="else" height="90" width="100" crop="fill" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="sample.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="iw_lte_200" height="120" width="80" crop="fill">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation if="else" height="90" width="100" crop="fill">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .If("iw_lte_200").Height(120).Width(80).Crop("fill").Chain()
  .If("else").Height(90).Width(100).Crop("fill")).BuildImageTag("sample.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("iw_lte_200").height(120).width(80).crop("fill").chain()
  .if("else").height(90).width(100).crop("fill")).generate("sample.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setIf("iw_lte_200").setHeight(120).setWidth(80).setCrop("fill").chain()
  .setIf("else").setHeight(90).setWidth(100).setCrop("fill")).generate("sample.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

In cases where the if condition is not in the preceding transformation component, then the if_else parameter also acts as an if_end parameter: all chained transformation components until the one with if_else are only applied if the previous condition holds true. Multiple conditional transformations can also be applied by adding an if_end parameter to the last transformation component in the chain, and to avoid ambiguity, the component with the if_else parameter should not have additional transformation instructions.

For example, if the width is less than or equal to 400 pixels then fill the image to 220x180 and add a red effect, and if the width is greater than 400 pixels then fill the image to 190x300 and add an oil painting effect:

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URL:

https://res.cloudinary.com/demo/image/upload/if_w_lte_400/c_fill,h_220,w_180/e_red/if_else/c_fill,h_190,w_300/e_oil_paint/if_end/sample.jpg

Ruby:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", :transformation=>[
  {:if=>"w_lte_400"},
  {:height=>220, :width=>180, :crop=>"fill"},
  {:effect=>"red"},
  {:if=>"else"},
  {:height=>190, :width=>300, :crop=>"fill"},
  {:effect=>"oil_paint"},
  {:if=>"end"}
  ])

PHP:

cl_image_tag("sample.jpg", array("transformation"=>array(
  array("if"=>"w_lte_400"),
  array("height"=>220, "width"=>180, "crop"=>"fill"),
  array("effect"=>"red"),
  array("if"=>"else"),
  array("height"=>190, "width"=>300, "crop"=>"fill"),
  array("effect"=>"oil_paint"),
  array("if"=>"end")
  )))

Python:

CloudinaryImage("sample.jpg").image(transformation=[
  {'if': "w_lte_400"},
  {'height': 220, 'width': 180, 'crop': "fill"},
  {'effect': "red"},
  {'if': "else"},
  {'height': 190, 'width': 300, 'crop': "fill"},
  {'effect': "oil_paint"},
  {'if': "end"}
  ])

Node.js:

cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "w_lte_400"},
  {height: 220, width: 180, crop: "fill"},
  {effect: "red"},
  {if: "else"},
  {height: 190, width: 300, crop: "fill"},
  {effect: "oil_paint"},
  {if: "end"}
  ]})

Java:

cloudinary.url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("w_lte_400").chain()
  .height(220).width(180).crop("fill").chain()
  .effect("red").chain()
  .if("else").chain()
  .height(190).width(300).crop("fill").chain()
  .effect("oil_paint").chain()
  .if("end")).imageTag("sample.jpg");

JS:

cloudinary.imageTag('sample.jpg', {transformation: [
  {if: "w_lte_400"},
  {height: 220, width: 180, crop: "fill"},
  {effect: "red"},
  {if: "else"},
  {height: 190, width: 300, crop: "fill"},
  {effect: "oil_paint"},
  {if: "end"}
  ]}).toHtml();

jQuery:

$.cloudinary.image("sample.jpg", {transformation: [
  {if: "w_lte_400"},
  {height: 220, width: 180, crop: "fill"},
  {effect: "red"},
  {if: "else"},
  {height: 190, width: 300, crop: "fill"},
  {effect: "oil_paint"},
  {if: "end"}
  ]})

React:

<Image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <Transformation if="w_lte_400" />
  <Transformation height="220" width="180" crop="fill" />
  <Transformation effect="red" />
  <Transformation if="else" />
  <Transformation height="190" width="300" crop="fill" />
  <Transformation effect="oil_paint" />
  <Transformation if="end" />
</Image>

Vue.js:

<cld-image publicId="sample.jpg" >
  <cld-transformation if="w_lte_400" />
  <cld-transformation height="220" width="180" crop="fill" />
  <cld-transformation effect="red" />
  <cld-transformation if="else" />
  <cld-transformation height="190" width="300" crop="fill" />
  <cld-transformation effect="oil_paint" />
  <cld-transformation if="end" />
</cld-image>

Angular:

<cl-image public-id="sample.jpg" >
  <cl-transformation if="w_lte_400">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation height="220" width="180" crop="fill">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation effect="red">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation if="else">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation height="190" width="300" crop="fill">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation effect="oil_paint">
  </cl-transformation>
  <cl-transformation if="end">
  </cl-transformation>
</cl-image>

.Net:

cloudinary.Api.UrlImgUp.Transform(new Transformation()
  .If("w_lte_400").Chain()
  .Height(220).Width(180).Crop("fill").Chain()
  .Effect("red").Chain()
  .If("else").Chain()
  .Height(190).Width(300).Crop("fill").Chain()
  .Effect("oil_paint").Chain()
  .If("end")).BuildImageTag("sample.jpg")

Android:

MediaManager.get().url().transformation(new Transformation()
  .if("w_lte_400").chain()
  .height(220).width(180).crop("fill").chain()
  .effect("red").chain()
  .if("else").chain()
  .height(190).width(300).crop("fill").chain()
  .effect("oil_paint").chain()
  .if("end")).generate("sample.jpg");

iOS:

imageView.cldSetImage(cloudinary.createUrl().setTransformation(CLDTransformation()
  .setIf("w_lte_400").chain()
  .setHeight(220).setWidth(180).setCrop("fill").chain()
  .setEffect("red").chain()
  .setIf("else").chain()
  .setHeight(190).setWidth(300).setCrop("fill").chain()
  .setEffect("oil_paint").chain()
  .setIf("end")).generate("sample.jpg")!, cloudinary: cloudinary)

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