# Integrating image processing swift iOS project into glide app

**URL:** <https://community.glideapps.com/t/integrating-image-processing-swift-ios-project-into-glide-app/42581>\
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**Created:** [May 31, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/integrating-image-processing-swift-ios-project-into-glide-app/42581 "2022-05-31T16:38:44Z")\
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**Author:** ![soorse](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/soorse/32/43337_2.png) [@soorse](https://community.glideapps.com/u/soorse)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/integrating-image-processing-swift-ios-project-into-glide-app/42581/1 "2022-05-31T16:38:44Z")

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I’m new to Glide and I figured that it would be a good idea to ask the community about this to find the most efficient way to do this. I made a iOS swift project that essentially allows users to upload/select images from their phone library, do some very basic image processing/filtering and return the filtered image along with a numeric result from the image processing.

I want to build a glide app around my prototype that essentially allows users to have their own accounts and store their images and their processed results in a database. From exploring glide, I can see that I can easily allow users to upload their images and store them. My question is how can I integrate my image processing steps most efficiently? I see the custom JS blocks that glide offers, is this the main pathway to integrate image processing? I’m not super familiar with JS, so I’m trying to figure out the best way to do this or if there are experts who might be able to help.

Thank you for your time and input!

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**Author:** ![ThinhDinh](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex002/user_avatar/community.glideapps.com/thinhdinh/32/49_2.png) [@ThinhDinh](https://community.glideapps.com/u/ThinhDinh)\
**Post date:** [May 31, 2022, 11:30pm UTC](https://community.glideapps.com/t/integrating-image-processing-swift-ios-project-into-glide-app/42581/2 "2022-05-31T23:30:13Z")

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> [@soorse](#):
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> I see the custom JS blocks that glide offers, is this the main pathway to integrate image processing?

I don’t think we have seen a use case like yours with JS inside Glide. To be clear, that JS is a computed column, not a block, and it sounds like your use case is more complex than that.

For image transformation, we usually use Cloudinary here.

> [@Cloudinary: Image Filters and Overlays in Glide!](https://community.glideapps.com/t/cloudinary-image-filters-and-overlays-in-glide/4917):
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> Thanks to @ionamol for keying me into Cloudinary for on the fly, URL based image editing! This awesome resource allowed me to gray out badges that haven’t yet been earned by the user— Started by uploading the image into Cloudinary and then using the built in tools to generate the new URL. Used this URL schema to create this formula: Then, simply created an if/then in Glide. If the badge was owned by the user, then use the colored URL, i…