Cloudinary Invalid image file exception

Question

Cloudinary only has an example for how to load images from android to the cloud. However I need to upload videos. When I use the call from the sample code I get an Invalid image file error. Here is the call that throws the exception

Map cloudinaryResult=cloudinary.uploader().upload(file, uploadParams);

Does anyone know the call for uploading videos instead of photos? I am using Cloudinary with Parse.com

Here is the stack trace

java.lang.RuntimeException: Invalid image file
            at com.cloudinary.android.UploaderStrategy.callApi(UploaderStrategy.java:101)
            at com.cloudinary.Uploader.callApi(Uploader.java:22)
            at com.cloudinary.Uploader.upload(Uploader.java:55)

Dilatometer

also my url only has alpha and dashes as in abce_efgh_ijklm_nopqu_st.mp4 – Dilatometer

Answer 1

You should add

uploadParams.put("resource_type", "video")

to tell Cloudinary that you want to upload video. Or,

uploadParams.put("resource_type", "auto")

to let Cloudinary determine the file's content.

Sordino

It would be nice if these guys included this information in their samples or documentations. This is an unnecessary barrier to entry and waste of time. Maybe I should look into their competitors :). But check and plus one to you. Thank you. – Dilatometer

@KatedralPillon who are their competitors?...doesnt seem to be much offerings in this space...sans DIY recipes... – Dittany

@KatedralPillon I couldn't agree more. The docs for their iOS github repo are terrible. – Sagacity

I need to upload pdf file to cloudinary i tired to use source type auto and I got Invalid resource. – Iridescence

Answer 2

Though this question is old, for those using PHP/Laravel and still facing this issue:

A. To upload an image:

1. In your request validation:

   'avatar' => 'mimes: jpeg, png, jpg',

2. then upload the image to Cloudinary as shown below:

   $image = Cloudinary::upload($request->file('avatar')->getRealPath(), ['folder' => 'projectName/avatar'])->getSecurePath();

B. To upload documents and file such as csv, doc,docx, pdf, sql, txt, and zip):

• In your request validation:

  'document' => 'mimes: pdf, doc, docx, sql, txt, zip, csv'

• then upload the document or file as shown below:

$documents = Cloudinary::uploadFile($request->file('document')->getRealPath(), ['folder' => 'projectName/documents'])->getSecurePath();

Important note.

• Please take note of the "upload" when dealing with images and "uploadFile" when dealing with files and documents.

• Ensure to make the necessary settings in your Cloudinary "Upload Presets" settings as shown below:

Congratulations!

Cullis