--- title: Base installation weight: 4 --- Media library can be installed via Composer: If you only use the base package issue this command: ```bash composer require "spatie/laravel-medialibrary:^8.0.0" ``` If you have a license for media library pro, you should use `laravel-media-library-pro` ```bash composer require "spatie/laravel-medialibrary-pro:^8.0.0" ``` ## Preparing the database You need to publish the migration to create the `media` table: ```bash php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaLibraryServiceProvider" --tag="migrations" ``` After that, you need to run migrations. ```bash php artisan migrations ``` ## Publishing the config file Publishing the config file is optional: ```bash php artisan vendor:publish --provider="Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaLibraryServiceProvider" --tag="config" ``` This is the default content of the config file: ```php return [ /* * The disk on which to store added files and derived images by default. Choose * one or more of the disks you've configured in config/filesystems.php. */ 'disk_name' => env('MEDIA_DISK', 'public'), /* * The maximum file size of an item in bytes. * Adding a larger file will result in an exception. */ 'max_file_size' => 1024 * 1024 * 10, /* * This queue will be used to generate derived and responsive images. * Leave empty to use the default queue. */ 'queue_name' => '', /* * By default all conversions will be performed on a queue. */ 'queue_conversions_by_default' => env('QUEUE_CONVERSIONS_BY_DEFAULT', true), /* * The fully qualified class name of the media model. */ 'media_model' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\MediaCollections\Models\Media::class, /* * The fully qualified class name of the model used for temporary uploads. */ 'temporary_upload_model' => Spatie\MediaLibraryPro\Models\TemporaryUpload::class, /* * This is the class that is responsible for naming generated files. */ 'file_namer' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Support\FileNamer\DefaultFileNamer::class, /* * The class that contains the strategy for determining a media file's path. */ 'path_generator' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Support\PathGenerator\DefaultPathGenerator::class, /* * When urls to files get generated, this class will be called. Use the default * if your files are stored locally above the site root or on s3. */ 'url_generator' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Support\UrlGenerator\DefaultUrlGenerator::class, /* * Whether to activate versioning when urls to files get generated. * When activated, this attaches a ?v=xx query string to the URL. */ 'version_urls' => false, /* * The media library will try to optimize all converted images by removing * metadata and applying a little bit of compression. These are * the optimizers that will be used by default. */ 'image_optimizers' => [ Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Jpegoptim::class => [ '--strip-all', // this strips out all text information such as comments and EXIF data '--all-progressive', // this will make sure the resulting image is a progressive one ], Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Pngquant::class => [ '--force', // required parameter for this package ], Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Optipng::class => [ '-i0', // this will result in a non-interlaced, progressive scanned image '-o2', // this set the optimization level to two (multiple IDAT compression trials) '-quiet', // required parameter for this package ], Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Svgo::class => [ '--disable=cleanupIDs', // disabling because it is known to cause troubles ], Spatie\ImageOptimizer\Optimizers\Gifsicle::class => [ '-b', // required parameter for this package '-O3', // this produces the slowest but best results ], ], /* * These generators will be used to create an image of media files. */ 'image_generators' => [ Spatie\MediaLibrary\Conversions\ImageGenerators\Image::class, Spatie\MediaLibrary\Conversions\ImageGenerators\Webp::class, Spatie\MediaLibrary\Conversions\ImageGenerators\Pdf::class, Spatie\MediaLibrary\Conversions\ImageGenerators\Svg::class, Spatie\MediaLibrary\Conversions\ImageGenerators\Video::class, ], /* * The path where to store temporary files while performing image conversions. * If set to null, storage_path('media-library/temp') will be used. */ 'temporary_directory_path' => null, /* * The engine that should perform the image conversions. * Should be either `gd` or `imagick`. */ 'image_driver' => env('IMAGE_DRIVER', 'gd'), /* * FFMPEG & FFProbe binaries paths, only used if you try to generate video * thumbnails and have installed the php-ffmpeg/php-ffmpeg composer * dependency. */ 'ffmpeg_path' => env('FFMPEG_PATH', '/usr/bin/ffmpeg'), 'ffprobe_path' => env('FFPROBE_PATH', '/usr/bin/ffprobe'), /* * Here you can override the class names of the jobs used by this package. Make sure * your custom jobs extend the ones provided by the package. */ 'jobs' => [ 'perform_conversions' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Conversions\Jobs\PerformConversionsJob::class, 'generate_responsive_images' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\ResponsiveImages\Jobs\GenerateResponsiveImagesJob::class, ], /* * When using the addMediaFromUrl method you may want to replace the default downloader. * This is particularly useful when the url of the image is behind a firewall and * need to add additional flags, possibly using curl. */ 'media_downloader' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\Downloaders\DefaultDownloader::class, 'remote' => [ /* * Any extra headers that should be included when uploading media to * a remote disk. Even though supported headers may vary between * different drivers, a sensible default has been provided. * * Supported by S3: CacheControl, Expires, StorageClass, * ServerSideEncryption, Metadata, ACL, ContentEncoding */ 'extra_headers' => [ 'CacheControl' => 'max-age=604800', ], ], 'responsive_images' => [ /* * This class is responsible for calculating the target widths of the responsive * images. By default we optimize for filesize and create variations that each are 20% * smaller than the previous one. More info in the documentation. * * https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-medialibrary/v8/advanced-usage/generating-responsive-images */ 'width_calculator' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\ResponsiveImages\WidthCalculator\FileSizeOptimizedWidthCalculator::class, /* * By default rendering media to a responsive image will add some javascript and a tiny placeholder. * This ensures that the browser can already determine the correct layout. */ 'use_tiny_placeholders' => true, /* * This class will generate the tiny placeholder used for progressive image loading. By default * the media library will use a tiny blurred jpg image. */ 'tiny_placeholder_generator' => Spatie\MediaLibrary\ResponsiveImages\TinyPlaceholderGenerator\Blurred::class, ], /* * When enabling this option, a route will be registered that will enable * the Media Library Pro Vue and React components to move uploaded files * in a S3 bucket to their right place. */ 'enable_vapor_uploads' => env('ENABLE_MEDIA_LIBRARY_VAPOR_UPLOADS', true), /* * When converting Media instances to response the media library will add * a `loading` attribute to the `img` tag. Here you can set the default * value of that attribute. * * Possible values: 'lazy', 'eager', 'auto' or null if you don't want to set any loading instruction. * * More info: https://css-tricks.com/native-lazy-loading/ */ 'default_loading_attribute_value' => null, ]; ``` ## Adding a media disk By default, the media library will store its files on Laravel's `public` disk. If you want a dedicated disk you should add a disk to `config/filesystems.php`. This would be a typical configuration: ```php ... 'disks' => [ ... 'media' => [ 'driver' => 'local', 'root' => public_path('media'), ], ... ``` Don't forget to ignore the directory of your configured disk, so the files won't end up in your git repo. To store all media on that disk by default, you should set the `disk_name` config value in the `media-library` config file to the name of the disk you added. ```php // config/media-library.php return [ 'disk_name' => 'media', // ... ]; ``` Want to use S3? Then follow Laravel's instructions on [how to add the S3 Flysystem driver](https://laravel.com/docs/filesystem#configuration). ## Setting up a queue If you are planning on working with image manipulations it's recommended to configure a queue on your server and specify it in the config file. ### Setting up optimization tools Media library will use these tools to [optimize converted images](https://docs.spatie.be/laravel-medialibrary/v9/converting-images/optimizing-converted-images) if they are present on your system: - [JpegOptim](http://freecode.com/projects/jpegoptim) - [Optipng](http://optipng.sourceforge.net/) - [Pngquant 2](https://pngquant.org/) - [SVGO](https://github.com/svg/svgo) - [Gifsicle](http://www.lcdf.org/gifsicle/) Here's how to install all the optimizers on Ubuntu: ```bash sudo apt install jpegoptim optipng pngquant gifsicle npm install -g svgo ``` Here's how to install the binaries on MacOS (using [Homebrew](https://brew.sh/)): ```bash brew install jpegoptim brew install optipng brew install pngquant brew install svgo brew install gifsicle ``` ## Installing Media Library Pro [Media Library Pro](http://medialibrary.pro) is an optional add-on package that offers Blade, Vue, and React components to upload files to your application. It [integrates](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/general) beautifully with the laravel-medialibrary. You can buy a license for Media Library Pro on [the product page](https://spatie.be/products/media-library-pro) at spatie.be. To install Media Library Pro, you should follow [these instructions](https://spatie.be/docs/laravel-medialibrary/v9/handling-uploads-with-media-library-pro/installing-media-library-pro).