Using mod_pagespeed with native node.js server

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I've been looking for a solution to optimize images for better performance.

After trying some solutions (like sharp and imagemin, which resulted in never smaller, sometimes bigger files), I am now looking to experiment with Google's pagespeed. Unfortunately, pagespeed seems to only support Apache and Nginx, which I would not like to add to my stack just for image optimization (also, I would prefer making the optimization once on upload, and not on server request, even if cached).

I will be very grateful for any information that might help me implement this in native node.js, and for any other (working!) image optimization recommendations.

score 3 · Accepted Answer · answered Mar 08 '16 at 05:08

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I suggest you only use node for dynamic content (e.g: your application server logic).

For static content, such as images, stylesheets and others... just serve them with a regular web server like nginx. There you can use ngx_pagespeed.

answered Mar 08 '16 at 05:08

arboreal84

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So use it like a self hosted CDN? – Noy Mar 13 '16 at 09:32
Not necessarily self-hosted – arboreal84 Mar 16 '16 at 19:59
You can also send your node-generated HTML through an nginx proxy with ngx_pagespeed to get some of the other benefits, like cache extension, combining, minification of HTML and inline css & js. – Joshua Marantz Mar 19 '16 at 21:32

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Mar 12 '16 at 10:42

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Try npm module lwip.

It's a standalone library(re-built when installing) and no runtime dependencies.

I use its resize and scale operations to create thumb images in my file service project.

Check if this is what you need. :)

answered Mar 12 '16 at 10:42

hankchiutw

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Interesting, but what about optimization? – Noy Mar 13 '16 at 09:33
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Maybe you could combine lwip and imagemin.For example, scale an image with lwip and pipe the out(transfer as a buffer) to imagemin. Check example code in this [gist](https://gist.github.com/hankchiutw/9fb21f2ea14edc2864c6). – hankchiutw Mar 13 '16 at 14:09

Using mod_pagespeed with native node.js server

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