File and Document Management
Tinify
7 min
tinify is an image optimization tool that helps reduce image file sizes while maintaining quality with the tinify app in make, you can manage the compression and conversion of images in your tinify account requirements to use the tinify app in {{product name}} , you must have a paid tinify account for subcription information, refer to the tinify pricing page connect tinify and {{product name}} to get started, you must first create a connection between tinify and {{product name}} , allowing the two services to communicate to create the connection, you need to tinify /#obtain your api key in tinify tinify /#create the connection in obtain your api key in tinify before you create the connection in {{product name}} , you should first obtain an api key in your tinify account to obtain the api key log in to your tinify account in the left sidebar, click api in the available api keys section, click three dots > enable key if you don't have a default api key, click add api key copy the api key value and store it in a safe place you'll use this value in the api key connection field in {{product name}} create the connection in {{product name}} once you have your tinify api key, you're ready to create the connection in {{product name}} to create the connection log in to your {{product name}} account, add a tinify module to your {{scenario singular lowercase}} , and click create a connection optional in the connection name field, enter a name for the connection in the api key field, enter the api key you copied from your tinify account click save if prompted, authenticate your account and confirm access you've successfully created the connection and can now use the tinify app in your {{scenario plural lowercase}} if you want to make changes to your connection in the future, follow the steps here https //help make com/connect an application#tn2pj tinify modules after connecting to the tinify app, you can use the following types of modules to build your {{scenario plural lowercase}} image actions compress an image convert an image other make an api call templates you can look for tinify templates in make's template gallery , where you'll find thousands of pre created {{scenario plural lowercase}} tinify resources tinify api documentation