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How to upload images from local storage into cloudinary?

In laravel 8 app I need to upload images from local storage into cloudinary ( with cloudinary-laravel 1.0)

and looking at description :

// Store the uploaded file in the "lambogini" directory on Cloudinary with the filename "prosper"
$result = $request->file->storeOnCloudinaryAs('lambogini', 'prosper');

How can I convert my storage path into uploaded request( $request->file ) ? uploaded request seems the obly oject which can work with methods of this library?

Thanks!

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SilenceBringer's avatar

@mstdmstd I think you should do it via Storage

Storage::disk('cloudinary')->put('cl_filename.ext', Storage::disk('local')->get('local_filename.ext'));
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mstdmstd's avatar

Thanks!

I try to use your way, but I got error: This driver does not support retrieving URLs. having in env file:

CLOUDINARY_URL="cloudinary://XXXXXXXXXXX:XXXXXXXXXXXXX@cloudinaryname"
CLOUDINARY_UPLOAD_PRESET=ml_default
CLOUDINARY_NOTIFICATION_URL=
CLOUDINARY_ROOT_DIRECTORY=TAdsMedia

CLOUDINARY_API_KEY=XXXXXXXXXXX
CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET=XXXXXXXXXXXXX
CLOUDINARY_API_NAME=cloudinaryname

When I use cloudinary methods like storeOnCloudinaryAs, it works ok for me, but not storage methods. In config/filesystems.php I added lines :

    'disks' => [

        'local' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app'),
        ],


        'cloudinary' => [// NOT SURE ARE THESE PARAMS VALID ?
            'driver'     => 'cloudinary',
            'api_key'        => env('CLOUDINARY_API_KEY'),
            'api_secret'     => env('CLOUDINARY_API_SECRET'),
            'cloud_name'     => env('CLOUDINARY_API_NAME'),
        ],

        'public' => [
            'driver' => 'local',
            'root' => storage_path('app/public'),
            'url' => env('APP_URL').'/storage',
            'visibility' => 'public',
        ],

        's3' => [
            'driver' => 's3',
            'key' => env('AWS_ACCESS_KEY_ID'),
            'secret' => env('AWS_SECRET_ACCESS_KEY'),
            'region' => env('AWS_DEFAULT_REGION'),
            'bucket' => env('AWS_BUCKET'),
            'url' => env('AWS_URL'),
            'endpoint' => env('AWS_ENDPOINT'),
        ],

    ],

But clearing cache I have the same error anyway...

Is something wrong with my configurations and how can it be fixed?

composer.json :
{
    "name": "laravel/laravel",
    "type": "project",
    "description": "The Laravel Framework.",
    "keywords": [
        "framework",
        "laravel"
    ],
    "license": "MIT",
    "require": {
        "php": "^7.3|^8.0",
        "arcanedev/log-viewer": "^8.1",
        "arcanedev/no-captcha": "^12.2",
        "cloudinary-labs/cloudinary-laravel": "^1.0",
        "cviebrock/eloquent-sluggable": "^8.0",
        "diglactic/laravel-breadcrumbs": "^6.1",
        "drewm/mailchimp-api": "^2.5",
        "fideloper/proxy": "^4.4",
        "fruitcake/laravel-cors": "^2.0",
        "guzzlehttp/guzzle": "^7.0.1",
        "jenssegers/agent": "^2.6",
        "laravel/fortify": "^1.7",
        "laravel/framework": "^8.12",
        "laravel/sanctum": "^2.8",
        "laravel/socialite": "^5.2",
        "laravel/tinker": "^2.5",
        "laravelcollective/html": "^6.2",
        "league/flysystem-aws-s3-v3": "^1.0",
        "league/geotools": "@stable",
        "maatwebsite/excel": "^3.1",
        "mailchimp/mailchimp": "^2.0",
        "menarasolutions/geographer": "^0.3.10",
        "mews/purifier": "^3.3",
        "mobiledetect/mobiledetectlib": "^2.8",
        "monarobase/country-list": "^3.2",
        "pragmarx/countries": "^0.7.2",
        "spatie/browsershot": "^3.40",
        "spatie/emoji": "^2.2",
        "spatie/geocoder": "^3.10",
        "spatie/laravel-permission": "^4.0",
        "stidges/laravel-country-flags": "^2.0",
        "stripe/stripe-php": "^7.75",
        "toin0u/geocoder-laravel": "^4.4",
        "wboyz/laravel-enum": "^0.2.1",
        "webpatser/laravel-uuid": "^3.0"
    },
    "require-dev": {
        "facade/ignition": "^2.5",
        "fakerphp/faker": "^1.9.1",
        "laravel-frontend-presets/tailwindcss": "^4.3",
        "laravel/sail": "^1.0.1",
        "laravel/telescope": "^4.4",
        "mockery/mockery": "^1.4.2",
        "nunomaduro/collision": "^5.0",
        "phpunit/phpunit": "^9.3.3"
    },
    "config": {
        "optimize-autoloader": true,
        "preferred-install": "dist",
        "sort-packages": true
    },
    "extra": {
        "laravel": {
            "dont-discover": [
                "laravel/telescope"
            ]
        }
    },
    "autoload": {
        "files": [
            "app/Library/helper.php"
        ],
        "psr-4": {
            "App\": "app/",
            "Database\Factories\": "database/factories/",
            "Database\Seeders\": "database/seeders/"
        }
    },
    "autoload-dev": {
        "psr-4": {
            "Tests\": "tests/"
        }
    },
    "minimum-stability": "dev",
    "prefer-stable": true,
    "scripts": {
        "post-autoload-dump": [
            "Illuminate\Foundation\ComposerScripts::postAutoloadDump",
            "@php artisan package:discover --ansi"
        ],
        "post-root-package-install": [
            "@php -r \"file_exists('.env') || copy('.env.example', '.env');\""
        ],
        "post-create-project-cmd": [
            "@php artisan key:generate --ansi"
        ]
    }
}
mstdmstd's avatar

I try to debug source code and in file and opened file vendor/laravel/framework/src/Illuminate/Filesystem/FilesystemAdapter.php:

and debugging url method, like :

    public function url($path)
    {
        \Log::info(  varDump($path, ' -1 url  $path::') );
        $adapter = $this->driver->getAdapter();
        \Log::info(  varDump($adapter, ' -1 url  $adapter::') );

        if ($adapter instanceof CachedAdapter) {
            $adapter = $adapter->getAdapter();
            \Log::info(  varDump($adapter, ' -2 INSIDE url  $adapter::') );
        }

        if (method_exists($adapter, 'getUrl')) {
            return $adapter->getUrl($path);
        } elseif (method_exists($this->driver, 'getUrl')) {
            return $this->driver->getUrl($path);
        } elseif ($adapter instanceof AwsS3Adapter) {
            return $this->getAwsUrl($adapter, $path);
        } elseif ($adapter instanceof Ftp || $adapter instanceof Sftp) {
            return $this->getFtpUrl($path);
        } elseif ($adapter instanceof LocalAdapter) {
            return $this->getLocalUrl($path);
        } else {
            throw new RuntimeException('This driver does not support retrieving URLs.');
        }
    }

I see output

[2021-07-28 09:18:01] local.INFO: NULL : -1 url  $path:: : NULL
[2021-07-28 09:18:01] local.INFO:  (Object of CloudinaryLabs\CloudinaryLaravel\CloudinaryAdapter) : -1 url  $adapter:: : Array
(
   [cloudinary] => Cloudinary\Cloudinary Object
        (
            [configuration] => Cloudinary\Configuration\Configuration Object
                (
                    [sections:protected] => Array
                        (
                            [0] => cloud
                            [1] => api
                            [2] => url
                            [3] => tag
                            [4] => responsive_breakpoints
                            [5] => auth_token
                            [6] => logging
                        )

                    [includeSensitive:protected] => 1
                    [cloud] => Cloudinary\Configuration\CloudConfig Object
                        (
                            [cloudName] => NNNNNNNNNNN
                            [apiKey] => XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX
                            [apiSecret] => WWWWWWWWWWWW
                            [oauthToken] =>
                            [explicitlySetKeys:protected] => Array
                                (
                                    [cloudName] => 1
                                    [apiKey] => 1
                                    [apiSecret] => 1
                                )

                        )

                    [api] => Cloudinary\Configuration\ApiConfig Object
                        (
                            [uploadPrefix:protected] =>
                            [apiProxy] =>
                            [connectionTimeout] =>
                            [timeout:protected] =>
                            [uploadTimeout:protected] =>
                            [chunkSize:protected] =>
                            [callbackUrl] =>
                            [explicitlySetKeys:protected] => Array
                                (
                                )

                        )

as for Cloudinary Adapter method url not found and I can not manually edit file under “vendor/” it must be done in some other way?

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