Cloudinary + Flask Gallery

A minimal Flask app that displays a gallery of images stored in Cloudinary.
Server fetches image metadata via Cloudinary Search API and renders transformed thumbnails.

Features

• Server‑side: Flask + Cloudinary SDK (credentials via CLOUDINARY_URL env var)
• Responsive thumbnails: 300×300 c_fill,g_auto,f_auto,q_auto
• Full-size images: 800×600 c_fill,g_auto,f_auto,q_auto
• Configurable by folder only

Quick Start

1. Clone/Unzip this project.
2. Create .env file and set:

   CLOUDINARY_URL=cloudinary://<api_key>:<api_secret>@<cloud_name>
   GALLERY_FOLDER=pets
   MAX_RESULTS=20
   PORT=5000

3. Install dependencies:

   pip install -r requirements.txt

4. Run:

   python app.py

5. Open http://localhost:5000

Tip: Upload a few images into the pets/ folder so they appear in the gallery.

Environment Variables

• CLOUDINARY_URL (required): Your Cloudinary connection string
• GALLERY_FOLDER (optional): Folder to search for images (default: "pets")
• MAX_RESULTS (optional): Maximum number of images to display (default: 20)
• PORT (optional): Port to run on (default: 5000)

Notes

• This app uses server‑side credentials; keep .env out of version control.
• If you get no results, double‑check the folder name and ensure your Cloudinary account has images in that folder.