Attach files and images to your database

Reduce the number of services you manage and securely attach files — images, documents, binaries, and more — directly to a database record.

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Fast retrieval

Lightning fast file retrieval with an integrated CDN for low latency access.

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Secure by default

Control access through your database roles and URL access levels.

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On-the-fly transformations

Perform resize, crop, rotate, and many other transformations in-code through the SDKs.

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Built-in search

Files are storage directly on records in your database, making it easy to search and filter your files.

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Sleek administration

Add the File column type to your database and immediately start uploading content into the Xata app.

Store images, movies, PDFs and other files types. Preview your uploads in the app, regardless of their size.

Image transformations

Compress, style, resize and format your images on the fly.

// Get a specific record from the "gallery" database
const record = await xata.db.gallery.read('record_id');

const { url } = record.imageColumnName.transform({
  height: 100,
  rotate: 180,
  format: 'webp'
});

img = xata.files().transform("https://us-east-1.storage.xata.sh/4u1fh2o6p10blbutjnphcste94", {
  "height": 100,
  "rotate": 180,
  "format": "webp"
})

https://us-east-1.storage.xata.sh/transform/height=50,format=webp/4u1fh2o6p10blbutjnphcste94

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File access control

Keep files private, make them public, or use signed URLs to enable time-limited access.

// Set the timeout to be 10 minutes for this user's photo
const user = await xata.db.Users.update('record_id', {
  photo: {
    signedUrlTimeout: 600 // In seconds
  }
});

// Retrieve the signed URL on the file in the "photo" column
const { signedUrl } = user.photo.transform({ quality: 50 });

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By Sorin Toma

• August 30, 2023

Extending a database record to include a new file column type with a global CDN, common security boundaries, and image transformations.

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Try out a sample app

Built with Next.js, Chakra UI, and Xata, the sample app will help you learn how to query, paginate and search records with a heavy focus on file attachments.

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