# Akeneo

## **How does it work?**

Once installed and connected, **Cloudimage by Scaleflex** seamlessly enhances your Akeneo product images through real-time image optimization and CDN delivery.

Here’s how it works:

1. **Image Fetching:** Cloudimage fetches your original product images directly from Akeneo via secure URLs. You can choose between public or authenticated (Basic Auth) endpoints for accessing media.
2. **Image Optimization on the Fly:** Each image is processed in real-time via the Cloudimage CDN. Optimization includes automatic WebP/AVIF conversion, resizing, cropping, quality tuning, and lazy loading – all based on your configuration or URL parameters.
3. **Delivery through a Global CDN:** Optimized images are delivered via Cloudimage’s ultra-fast global CDN. This ensures instant load times, performance gains, and bandwidth savings for your PIM users, storefronts, or connected systems.
4. **Smart Caching & Transformation Control:** All transformations are cached at edge locations, and you remain in full control of presets, filters, and security (token-based protection, signed URLs, etc.).
5. **Compatible with Headless & Omnichannel Setups:** Whether you are delivering images to a traditional storefront or a headless frontend (React, Vue, etc.), Cloudimage ensures every product image is delivered in the right format, size, and quality – instantly.

## Limitation

Once the application is activated, the **access token is displayed only once** for security reasons.\
If you leave or refresh the page **without copying the token**, it will no longer be accessible.

In such a case, you will need to **re-activate the app** in order to generate a new access token.

We recommend copying and storing the token securely **immediately after activation** to avoid any disruption.

## Introduction

**Scaleflex DMO**, integrated with Akeneo, enables seamless management, optimization, and distribution of images, videos, and digital assets across all channels. Assets are automatically standardized, compressed, enriched with metadata, and delivered via CDN — enhancing visual performance and accelerating time-to-market.

## Installation & Activation

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* You need an active DMO account. [Register for a demo](https://www.scaleflex.com/en/request-a-demo) if you don't already have one.

### Activation

* Log in to your Akeneo instance
* Go to **Connect - App store**, search by name: **"Scaleflex"**, App name: **"Cloudimage by Scaleflex"**
* Click ***Connect***: You will grant all permissions for the Akeneo App
* When activation is done, you will be redirected to the **"Scaleflex DMO Success Connected"** page to get the Access Token

### Configurations

In the "Scaleflex DMO Success Connected", follow the steps in the guide:

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* **Step 1:** Copy the Access Token
* **Step 2:** Open the Cloudimage Admin

  * Click on the button **"Open Cloudimage Admin Config"**
  * Go to the "Headers" block and fill in the value. Name: **Authorization** | Value: **Access\_Token**

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* **Step 3:** Go back to the "Scaleflex DMO Success Connected" browser tab, enter your Cloudimage Token, and click on the button **"Check The Result"**.

When all the configuration is correct, the result will be like this.

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## How to use Cloudimage in Akeneo

To use Cloudimage when all are connected, you need to get the product media download link

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**Use in HTML:**

```
<img src="https://{token}.cloudimg.io/{akeneo_product_media_download_link}">
```


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