How to Build File Storage with Cloudinary

Manage and transform images and videos with Cloudinary's media platform

Intermediate

2-4 hours

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Prerequisites

Before you begin, make sure you have the following ready.

Cloudinary account

Application to integrate

Media to upload

What You Will Build

A media management system with uploads, transformations, and optimised delivery

Key Features

Image transformations

Video processing

CDN delivery

Auto-optimisation

AI features

Step-by-Step Tutorial

Follow these steps to build your with .

Set up Cloudinary

Create account and get API credentials

Configure uploads

Set up upload presets and folders

Build upload widget

Add the upload widget to your app

Apply transformations

Use URL-based transformations

Optimise delivery

Set up responsive images and lazy loading

Common Mistakes to Avoid

Not using transformations

Missing responsive images

Ignoring optimisation

Next Steps

Once you have completed this tutorial, consider these enhancements.

Add AI tagging

Implement video transformations

Create upload presets

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