Using Cloudinary for files other than images and videos

While much of Cloudinary's functionality is focused on images and videos, we also support uploading, managing, and delivering almost any other file type.

We refer to other file types as 'raw' files in our documentation and you can learn more about how to upload and manage raw files in our Upload API documentation.??

Using Cloudinary features with raw assets

In general, Cloudinary's transformations features are usable only with assets of type 'image', or 'video' (including audio files), but Cloudinary also has specific support for some operations on raw files.

For example, Cloudinary's Aspose Document Conversion Add-on can create an image preview for some types of documents, and you can deliver both the image and the original document from your account.

Formats limited for delivery on free accounts

Please note, that to reduce the chances of malware or other potentially harmful files being distributed via the Cloudinary service, the following file formats are, by default, blocked for public delivery for free accounts:

• zip,?rar,?tagz, and other archive formats
• pdf

If you are on a free plan and need to deliver files in those formats, you can navigate to the?Security?tab of?Settings?in the?Management Console?and select to 'Allow delivery of PDF and ZIP files'. Additionally, these delivery limitations are removed when you upgrade to a?paid plan.

Formats with 'attachment' delivery only

To protect the integrity of your account and our service, some file types that can be rendered "inline" by a browser are delivered from Cloudinary with a content-disposition HTTP header indicating that browsers should download the file and store it, instead of opening it directly. This affects HTML and SVG content primarily, and it's expected that such files will be downloaded instead of opened directly by a web browser.? For SVG images, it's possible to deliver the file inline if you use the "sanitize" flag to request that the SVG is processed to remove tags that could contain harmful content when rendered inline: https://cloudinary.com/documentation/transformation_reference#fl_sanitize

You can also convert the SVG to another file format, and the image will be delivered directly in that format.

Formats limited for delivery on all accounts

There is also a small number of file extensions which are restricted from delivery on all Cloudinary accounts for security reasons, and you can learn more about those restrictions here:?

https://support.cloudinary.com/hc/en-us/articles/204292392-Why-does-Cloudinary-reject-the-files-I-m-uploading-

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