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Cloudinary Transformation API

Apply transformations to existing assets.

Cloudinary Transformation API is one of 9 APIs that Cloudinary publishes on the APIs.io network, described by a machine-readable OpenAPI specification.

Tagged areas include Transformation. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an OpenAPI specification, API documentation, and a getting-started guide.

This API exposes 1 operation across 1 path, and defines 2 schemas. It is described by OpenAPI 3.1.0, at version 1.0.0.

Requests are made against a single base URL, https://api.cloudinary.com/v1_1/{cloud_name}.

1 operations 1 paths 2 schemas 1 POST

Metadata

The identity and technical contract details declared by the specification.

Specification
OpenAPI 3.1.0
API Version
1.0.0
Base URL
https://api.cloudinary.com/v1_1
Authentication
HTTP Basic
Resource Areas
1

Authentication & Security 1

Cloudinary Transformation API declares 1 security scheme for authenticating requests. It accepts HTTP basic authentication (basicAuth). By default, every request must be authenticated.

  • basicAuth — HTTP Basic auth using API key as username and API secret as password.

Paths & Operations 1

Across 1 path, the API surfaces 1 operation — 1 POST. Each is listed below with its method, path, parameters, and response codes.

Transformation 1

Apply transformations to existing assets.

POST
/{resource_type}/explicit
Apply explicit actions to an existing asset
explicitAction 1 param body → 200

Schemas 2

The contract defines 2 schemas that model the data the API accepts and returns. The most detailed is Asset (6 properties). Each schema is shown below with its type and property counts.

GenericRequest
object
Asset
object
6 properties

Specification

The full machine-readable OpenAPI contract behind this narrative.

Source

cloudinary-transformation-api-openapi.yml Raw ↑

Other APIs Cloudinary publishes across the network.

Cloudinary Admin API
Cloudinary Search API
Cloudinary Provisioning API
Cloudinary Permissions API
Cloudinary Transformation URL API
Cloudinary Notifications and Webhooks
Cloudinary Backup API
Cloudinary Upload API