DAM APIs

Last updated: Jan-06-2025

As an API-first platform, Cloudinary provides a powerful set of APIs tailored for Digital Asset Management (DAM), designed to support composable architectures. These APIs empower developers and integrators to programmatically manage workflows, automating processes such as asset upload, administration, analysis, and transformation. Much of the functionality available in these APIs mirror those in the Media Library, enabling seamless integration and comprehensive control of your digital assets within your custom ecosystem.

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Many of the APIs listed below have corresponding guides with detailed explanations and examples.

Asset management APIs

Upload API

Details the (non-rate-limited) REST API endpoints and corresponding SDK methods for uploading and managing individual assets.

Admin API

Details the (rate-limited) REST API endpoints and corresponding SDK methods for bulk management of media assets and other product environment entities.

Analyze API (Beta)

Details the REST API endpoints and corresponding SDK methods for analyzing any external asset and returning details based on the type of analysis requested.

Account management APIs

Provisioning API

Details the REST API endpoints and corresponding SDK methods for creating and managing product environments, users and user groups.

Widget libraries

Upload Widget API

Details the methods, parameters and events that you can use to customize and embed the Cloudinary Upload widget in your app.

Media Library Widget API

Details the methods, parameters and events that you can use to customize and embed the Cloudinary Media Library widget in your app.

Delivery APIs

Transformation URL API

Details all available URL transformation parameters for both images and videos, complete syntax details plus URL & SDK code examples.

Video Live Streaming API (Beta)

Details the REST API endpoints for creating and managing live streams.

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