blurhash-avif 0.4.0

A library to generate BlurHash and PNG data URLs for AVIF images

BlurHash-AVIF

A Python library extending the Python BlurHash implementation to generate BlurHash strings and PNG data URLs for AVIF images.

Disclaimer: This is an unofficial extension and has no affiliation with the original BlurHash developers. All credit for the BlurHash concept and implementation goes to its creators.

Table of Contents

1. Installation
2. Features
3. Requirements
4. Usage
5. Troubleshooting
6. Contributing
7. Attribution
8. License

Installation

Install the library using pip:

pip install blurhash-avif

Features

• Generate BlurHash strings from AVIF images
• Create base64-encoded PNG data URLs from AVIF images
• Maintain image aspect ratio during processing
• Support RGB mode images
• Optimize image loading for improved website performance

Requirements

• Python 3.x
• Pillow (PIL) library with AVIF support
• NumPy library
• base64 library
• blurhash library

Usage

The library provides three main functions:

1. generate_blurhash_from_avif: Create a BlurHash string from an AVIF image.
2. generate_png_data_url_from_avif: Generate a base64-encoded PNG data URL from an AVIF image.
3. generate_blurhash_and_data_url_from_avif: Produce both a BlurHash string and a PNG data URL.

Example Usage

from blurhash_avif import generate_blurhash_from_avif, generate_png_data_url_from_avif, generate_blurhash_and_data_url_from_avif

# Path to your AVIF file
avif_path = "path/to/your/image.avif"

# Generate BlurHash string
blurhash = generate_blurhash_from_avif(avif_path)
if blurhash:
    print(f"BlurHash: {blurhash}")
else:
    print("Failed to generate BlurHash")

# Generate PNG data URL
data_url = generate_png_data_url_from_avif(avif_path)
if data_url:
    print(f"PNG Data URL: {data_url[:50]}...") # Print first 50 characters
else:
    print("Failed to generate PNG Data URL")

# Generate both BlurHash and PNG data URL
blurhash, data_url = generate_blurhash_and_data_url_from_avif(avif_path)
if blurhash and data_url:
    print(f"BlurHash: {blurhash}")
    print(f"PNG Data URL: {data_url[:50]}...") # Print first 50 characters
else:
    print("Failed to generate BlurHash and PNG Data URL")

Troubleshooting

If you encounter issues with Pillow's AVIF support, try:

pip uninstall pillow
pip install "pillow[avif]"

you man need to install the aviflib library.

To install the required aviflib library, follow these steps:

On macOS (using Homebrew):

brew install libavif

On Ubuntu/Debian:

sudo apt-get install libavif-dev

On windows

pip install aom

or

On windows (vcpkg)

vcpkg install libavif

Contributing

We welcome contributions! To contribute:

1. Fork the repository
2. Create your feature branch
3. Commit your changes
4. Push to the branch
5. Open a pull request

Attribution

This package extends the Python BlurHash library. BlurHash was originally created by Dag Ågren for Wolt. The BlurHash algorithm and official implementations are available at the BlurHash GitHub repository.

License

This project is licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 with additional commercial terms. See the LICENSE file for full details.

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Keywords: BlurHash, AVIF, image processing, Python, base64, PNG, data URL, image optimization, web performance, placeholder images