Autorender Vue SDK

Introduction

Autorender Vue SDK provides a simple way to integrate Autorender with your Vue 3 and Nuxt applications. It allows you to:

• Upload files with a fully-featured, customizable upload widget (createAutorenderUploader, useAutorenderUploader)
• Serve optimized images with automatic format selection, responsive sizes, and real-time transformations (<ARImage>, useAutoRenderProvider)
• Stream video with HLS and DASH support via an optional Video.js integration (<ARVideo>)

TypeScript support

The SDK is written in TypeScript with full type definitions included. No additional @types packages needed.

Installation

npm install @autorender/vue
# or
pnpm add @autorender/vue
# or
yarn add @autorender/vue

Requires Vue ≥ 3.0. The plugin works with Vite ^4 / ^5 / ^6 / ^7.

Vite setup (required for <ARVideo>)

If you only use the uploader or <ARImage>, you can skip this section — no extra Vite configuration is needed.

If you use <ARVideo> (Video.js / HLS / DASH), add the autorenderVue() Vite plugin. It is the only thing you need — no manual aliases, no shim files, no patch-package. It works the same way on npm, pnpm, yarn, CodeSandbox, StackBlitz, and Nuxt.

// vite.config.ts
import { defineConfig } from 'vite';
import vue from '@vitejs/plugin-vue';
import { autorenderVue } from '@autorender/vue/vite';

export default defineConfig({
  plugins: [vue(), autorenderVue()],
});

What the plugin does for you (so you don't have to):

• Transparently shims the CommonJS sub-modules that video.js pulls in (global/window, global/document, @videojs/xhr, @xmldom/xmldom, mux.js/lib/utils/clock, mux.js/lib/tools/parse-sidx, videojs-vtt.js). Without this, Vite throws:
  • does not provide an export named 'default'
  • does not provide an export named 'DOMParser'
  • does not provide an export named 'ONE_SECOND_IN_TS'
• Configures optimizeDeps.exclude and optimizeDeps.esbuildOptions.define = { global: 'globalThis' }.
• Configures ssr.noExternal so the same setup works for SSR / SSG (Nuxt, Vite SSR).

Options

autorenderVue({ videoShims: false }); // disable Video.js CJS shims

| Option | Default | When to set | |---|---|---| | videoShims | true | Set false if you do not use <ARVideo> and want to avoid touching optimizeDeps / ssr.noExternal. |

Nuxt 3

In nuxt.config.ts add the plugin via vite.plugins:

import { defineNuxtConfig } from 'nuxt/config';
import { autorenderVue } from '@autorender/vue/vite';

export default defineNuxtConfig({
  vite: {
    plugins: [autorenderVue()],
  },
});

For SSR-sensitive code (the uploader, <ARVideo>), wrap usages in <ClientOnly> or call them from onMounted.

CodeSandbox / StackBlitz (pnpm)

These environments use pnpm which isolates packages and breaks ad-hoc resolve.alias shims. The plugin handles pnpm correctly out of the box — no additional configuration needed. Just pnpm add @autorender/vue and add autorenderVue() to plugins.

Troubleshooting

| Symptom | Fix | |---|---| | Uncaught SyntaxError: ... does not provide an export named 'default' for global/window, @videojs/xhr, videojs-vtt.js, mux.js/..., @xmldom/xmldom | Make sure autorenderVue() is in your plugins array (and that you're on @autorender/vue ≥ 0.1.44). Then restart the dev server and clear the Vite cache: rm -rf node_modules/.vite && npm run dev. | | Stale errors after upgrading the SDK | Delete node_modules/.vite and re-run npm run dev. Vite caches pre-bundled deps aggressively. | | Upgrading from < 0.1.44 (legacy autorenderVueViteResolveAliases / autorenderVueViteConfig) | Replace mergeConfig({...}, autorenderVueViteConfig(...)) and any custom resolve.alias entries with a single autorenderVue() plugin entry. The legacy helpers are still exported (deprecated) so existing configs keep working, but they're no-ops now — the plugin does the work. |

Production use

• Upload API key: The uploader runs in the browser, so any key you pass to createAutorenderUploader / useAutorenderUploader is visible to visitors. Use a restricted upload key from the Autorender dashboard, and load it from environment variables (e.g. import.meta.env.VITE_AUTORENDER_API_KEY in Vite, process.env.NUXT_PUBLIC_AUTORENDER_API_KEY in Nuxt). Do not ship production secrets in your frontend bundle.
• Workspace: The workspace you pass to useAutoRenderProvider is not secret; it appears in public image URLs.
• Client-only mounting: Instantiate the uploader in onMounted (as in the examples below) so the DOM container exists and SSR / static prerender does not run browser-only code too early.
• Nuxt / SSR: Call useAutoRenderProvider from a client layout or a plugin with mode: 'client' if you see hydration issues. Keep the upload widget on the client the same way (onMounted or <ClientOnly>).

Upload SDK Usage

Option 1: Direct function (Recommended)

<script setup lang="ts">
import { onMounted, onUnmounted, ref } from 'vue';
import { createAutorenderUploader } from '@autorender/vue';
import type { UploaderInstance } from '@autorender/vue';
import '@autorender/vue/styles';

const containerRef = ref<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);
let uploader: UploaderInstance | null = null;

onMounted(() => {
  if (!containerRef.value) return;
  
  uploader = createAutorenderUploader(containerRef.value, {
    apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_AUTORENDER_API_KEY,
    type: 'inline',
    allowMultiple: true,
    theme: 'system',
    sources: ['local', 'camera'],
    onSuccess: ({ files }) => console.log('Uploaded', files),
  });
});

onUnmounted(() => {
  uploader?.destroy();
});
</script>

<template>
  <div ref="containerRef" class="uploader-container"></div>
</template>

Option 2: Composable

<script setup lang="ts">
import { ref } from 'vue';
import { useAutorenderUploader } from '@autorender/vue';
import '@autorender/vue/styles';

const containerRef = ref<HTMLDivElement | null>(null);

const uploader = useAutorenderUploader({
  apiKey: import.meta.env.VITE_AUTORENDER_API_KEY,
  type: 'inline',
  containerRef,
});
</script>

<template>
  <div ref="containerRef" class="uploader-container"></div>
</template>

ViewTag SDK Usage

Setup Provider

<script setup lang="ts">
import { useAutoRenderProvider } from '@autorender/vue';

useAutoRenderProvider({
  baseUrl: 'https://assets.autorender.io',
  workspace: 'ws_123',
  defaults: {}
});
</script>

Use ARImage Component

<template>
  <ARImage
    src="products/shoe.jpg"
    :width="400"
    :height="400"
    alt="Shoe"
    :transformations="{ fit: 'cover' }"
    :responsive="true"
    :lazy="true"
  />
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
import { ARImage } from '@autorender/vue';
</script>

Use ARVideo Component (Video.js)

<template>
  <ARVideo
    src="docs/skateboarding.mp4"
    :width="960"
    :height="540"
    :controls="true"
    preload="metadata"
    :transformations="{ w: 960, h: 540 }"
  />
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
import { ARVideo } from '@autorender/vue';
</script>

Supports MP4, HLS (.m3u8), and DASH (.mpd) sources.

Use AR Instance Directly

<template>
  <img :src="imageUrl" :srcset="attrs.srcSet" :sizes="attrs.sizes" :width="attrs.width" alt="Image" />
</template>

<script setup lang="ts">
import { computed } from 'vue';
import { useAutoRender } from '@autorender/vue';

const AR = useAutoRender();

const imageUrl = computed(() => AR.url('image.jpg', { w: 300, h: 300, fit: 'cover' }));
const transformString = computed(() => AR.transformString({ w: 300, h: 300 }));
const dpr = computed(() => AR.getDPR());

const attrs = computed(() => AR.responsiveImageAttributes({
  src: 'hero.jpg',
  width: 1200,
  sizes: '(min-width: 800px) 50vw, 100vw',
  transform: { fit: 'cover' }
}));
</script>

API Reference

Upload SDK

createAutorenderUploader(element, options)

Creates a new uploader instance on the given element.

Parameters:

• element: HTMLElement - Target element
• options: AutorenderVueOptions - Uploader options

Returns: UploaderInstance

useAutorenderUploader(options)

Vue composable that returns an uploader instance.

Parameters:

• options: AutorenderVueOptions & { containerRef: Ref<HTMLElement | null> } - Uploader options with container ref

Returns: UploaderInstance | null

ViewTag SDK

useAutoRenderProvider(options): ARInstance

Composable that provides AR instance to child components via Vue's provide/inject.

Parameters:

• options: AutoRenderProviderOptions - AR configuration
  • baseUrl?: string - Base URL (default: 'https://assets.autorender.io')
  • workspace: string - Your workspace ID
  • defaults?: { f?: string, q?: string | number } - Default transformations
  • deviceBreakpoints?: number[] - Device breakpoints
  • imageBreakpoints?: number[] - Image breakpoints
  • enableDPR?: boolean - Enable device pixel ratio (default: true)
  • enableResponsive?: boolean - Enable responsive images (default: true)

Returns: ARInstance

<ARImage />

Vue component that wraps <img> with AutoRender transformations.

Props:

• src: string - Image source path (required)
  • Supports workspace paths (e.g., products/shoe.jpg) and absolute remote URLs (e.g., https://example.com/image.jpg).
• width?: number - Image width in pixels
• height?: number - Image height in pixels
• transformations?: TransformOptions - Transformation options
• responsive?: boolean - Enable responsive images (default: true)
• lazy?: boolean - Enable lazy loading (default: true)
• sizes?: string - Sizes attribute for responsive images
• All standard <img> HTML attributes are forwarded (e.g., alt, class, style, @click, etc.)

useAutoRender(): ARInstance

Composable to inject the AR instance from parent provider.

Returns: ARInstance with methods:

• url(src: string, transform?: TransformOptions): string - Generate image URL
• transformString(transform: TransformOptions): string - Get transformation string only
• responsiveImageAttributes(options: ResponsiveOptions): ResponsiveAttributes - Generate responsive image attributes
• getDPR(): number - Get device pixel ratio

Documentation

See the full documentation for complete API reference.