Digital Asset Management: Bulk Processing with Sharp and FFmpeg in Node.js

Design teams need fast asset processing. AssetHub handles bulk uploads, format conversion, and AI tagging without blocking the server.

1. Bulk Upload Pipeline

Files are streamed directly to S3 using multipart uploads, bypassing server memory limits:

typescript
import { Upload } from '@aws-sdk/lib-storage';

const upload = new Upload({
  client: s3Client,
  params: { Bucket: 'assets', Key: filename, Body: fileStream, ContentType: mimeType }
});
await upload.done();

2. Image Processing with Sharp

After upload, a worker processes images into web-optimized formats:

typescript
import sharp from 'sharp';

await sharp(inputBuffer)
  .resize(1200, null, { withoutEnlargement: true })
  .webp({ quality: 80 })
  .toFile(outputPath);

3. AI Auto-Tagging

Google Vision API analyzes uploaded images and automatically generates descriptive tags, making assets instantly searchable.

Summary

Streaming uploads, worker-based processing, and AI tagging create a DAM platform that handles thousands of assets without server bottlenecks.