# imagemin > Minify images seamlessly
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## Install ```sh npm install imagemin ``` ## Usage ```js import imagemin from 'imagemin'; import imageminJpegtran from 'imagemin-jpegtran'; import imageminPngquant from 'imagemin-pngquant'; const files = await imagemin(['images/*.{jpg,png}'], { destination: 'build/images', plugins: [ imageminJpegtran(), imageminPngquant({ quality: [0.6, 0.8] }) ] }); console.log(files); //=> [{data: , destinationPath: 'build/images/foo.jpg'}, …] ``` ## API ### imagemin(input, options?) Returns `Promise` in the format `{data: Uint8Array, sourcePath: string, destinationPath: string}`. #### input Type: `string[]` File paths or [glob patterns](https://github.com/sindresorhus/globby#globbing-patterns). #### options Type: `object` ##### destination Type: `string` Set the destination folder to where your files will be written. If no destination is specified, no files will be written. ##### plugins Type: `Array` The [plugins](https://www.npmjs.com/browse/keyword/imageminplugin) to use. ##### glob Type: `boolean`\ Default: `true` Enable globbing when matching file paths. ### imagemin.buffer(data, options?) Returns `Promise`. #### data Type: `Uint8Array` The image data to optimize. #### options Type: `object` ##### plugins Type: `Array` [Plugins](https://www.npmjs.com/browse/keyword/imageminplugin) to use. ## Related - [imagemin-cli](https://github.com/imagemin/imagemin-cli) - CLI for this module - [gulp-imagemin](https://github.com/sindresorhus/gulp-imagemin) - Gulp plugin

	Stars	Issues	Version	Updated	Created
gulp-webp	216	5	5.0.0	8 months ago	10 years ago
image-loader	0	0	0.0.1	11 years ago	11 years ago
imagemin	5,520	78	9.0.0	2 months ago	11 years ago
imagemin-webp	489	19	8.0.0	a year ago	10 years ago

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