Installation & Configuration

In order to start using the FocusPoints client functionality we need to choose the right module for our project and provide it with the correct configuration.

Manual Configuration

Add the following dependency to your project

<dependency>
	<groupId>io.focuspoints</groupId>
	<artifactId>focuspoints-client-core</artifactId>
	<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

During application startup the following classes need to be configured: ImageServiceConfigurationProperties, TokenCreator and UrlCreator. Below is an example of such a configuration:

ImageServiceConfigurationProperties imageServiceConfiguration = new ImageServiceConfigurationProperties();
imageServiceConfiguration.setTokenId("myTokenId");
imageServiceConfiguration.setTokenSecret("myTokenSecret");

new TokenCreator(imageServiceConfiguration);
new UrlCreator(imageServiceConfiguration);

The TokenCreator and UrlCreator are singleton classes but need to be initialized once with the correct configuration. It is not needed to keep a reference to them.

ServletContext Configuration

Add the following dependency to your project

<dependency>
	<groupId>io.focuspoints</groupId>
	<artifactId>focuspoints-client-core-servlet</artifactId>
	<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

This will setup a WebListener at application startup that initializes the FocusPoints client. Make sure the following context params are present in your application

Spring Configuration

Add the following dependency to your project

<dependency>
	<groupId>io.focuspoints</groupId>
	<artifactId>focuspoints-client-core-spring</artifactId>
	<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

Add the following import to your Spring configuration

@Import(FocusPointsConfiguration.class)

Make sure the following properties are present in your environment configuration

Spring Boot Configuration

Add the following dependency to your projetc

<dependency>
	<groupId>io.focuspoints</groupId>
	<artifactId>focuspoints-client-core-spring-boot-starter</artifactId>
	<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

This will cause the io.focuspoints.client.FocusPointsAutoConfiguration to be automatically included at application startup.

Make sure the following properties are present in your environment configuration

Configuration Properties

The following configuration properties are supported.

Using FocusPoints in your frontend

JSP and Freemarker

Add the following dependency to your projetc

<dependency>
	<groupId>io.focuspoints</groupId>
	<artifactId>focuspoints-client-taglib</artifactId>
	<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

This will add a taglib to your project containing a tld with uri http://www.focuspoints.io/tags. The tld defines two tags used for image transformation and image resizing.

The image transformation tag

The image transformation tag generates a URL containing the correct parameters for transforming an image using the desired parameters. The images created by the transformation operation always matches the desired with and height. When it is required to crop certain parts of the image the focus point coordinate is used to determin which part of the image must not be removed.

Examples

<%-- Import imageservice taglib --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="focuspoints" uri="http://www.focuspoints.io/tags" %>

<%-- Transform an image using the settings as specified in the tag --%>
<focuspoints:transform url="https://path/to/my/image" filename="my-image.jpg" width="1280" height="360" focusPointX="0.6" focusPointY="-0.35" />

<%-- Transform an image using the settings as specified in the tag and store the result in the page scope --%>
<focuspoints:transform var="imageTransformed1280x360" url="https://path/to/my/image" filename="my-image.jpg" width="1280" height="360" focusPointX="0.6" focusPointY="-0.35" />

The image resize tag

The image resize tag generates a URL containing the correct parameters for resizing an image using the desired parameters. Where the image transformation tag can crop certain parts of an image this is not always desired (e.g. when displaying a company logo). The resize operation makes sure the image fits within the desired dimensions but only fits the longest side of the image. The shortest side could therefor be smaller than the provided with or height.

Examples

<%-- Import imageservice taglib --%>
<%@ taglib prefix="focuspoints" uri="http://www.focuspoints.io/tags" %>

<%-- Resize an image to the desired with and height --%>
<focuspoints:resize url="https://path/to/my/image" filename="my-image.jpg" width="1280" height="360" />

<%-- Resize an image to the desired with and height --%>
<focuspoints:resize var="imageResized1280x360" url="https://path/to/my/image" filename="my-image.jpg" width="1280" height="360" />

Thymeleaf

Add the following dependency to your projetc

<dependency>
	<groupId>io.focuspoints</groupId>
	<artifactId>focuspoints-client-thymeleaf</artifactId>
	<version>1.0.1</version>
</dependency>

This will provide a io.focuspoints.client.thymeleaf.FocusPointsDialect that needs to be configured with the Thymeleaf Engine

TemplateEngine templateEngine = new TemplateEngine();
templateEngine.addDialect(new FocusPointsDialect());

For those using Spring Boot you can simply define it as a Bean in you applciation context

@Bean
public LayoutDialect focusPointsDialect() {
    return new FocusPointsDialect();
}

This will add the #focuspoints object with the following functions

${#focuspoints.transform(url, filename, width, height)}
${#focuspoints.transform(url, filename, width, height, focusPointX, focusPointY)}

${#focuspoints.resize(url, filename, width, height)}

The transformation operation

The transformation operation generates a URL containing the correct parameters for transforming an image using the desired parameters. The images created by the transformation operation always matches the desired with and height. When it is required to crop certain parts of the image the focus point coordinate is used to determin which part of the image must not be removed.

The resize operation

The resize operation generates a URL containing the correct parameters for resizing an image using the desired parameters. Where the image transformation tag can crop certain parts of an image this is not always desired (e.g. when displaying a company logo). The resize operation makes sure the image fits within the desired dimensions but only fits the longest side of the image. The shortest side could therefor be smaller than the provided with or height.

Serving images from your own domain

When using FocusPoints the domain your images are services from will be images.focuspoints.io. If this is undesirable behavior it is possible to serve the images from your own domain by using a proxy. In order to so use the following steps:

1. Set the FocusPoints URL in the configuration to a relative path (e.g. /images/). Either do so by setting it on ImageServiceConfigurationProperties or through the configuration property focuspoints.url depending on which configuration you use.
2. Create a proxy pass in order to proxy all requests for the /images/ path to https://images.focuspoints.io. An example using Apache HTTPD can be found below

<Location "/images/">
	ProxyPass "https://images.focuspoints.io"
</Location>