Question

Hitting issues with deploying govips image compression with DO Functions

Deploying '/Users/**/Projects/**/**'
  to namespace 'fn-**'
  on host 'https://**.doserverless.co'
Submitted function 'sample/hello' for remote building and deployment in runtime go:default (id: 6385b32b4639433585b32b4639b3359a)
Transcript of remote build session for action 'sample/hello':
Output of failed build in %s
/tmp/slices/builds/fn-**/sample_hello/2024-01-29T13-22-28.710Z/packages/sample/hello
downloading modules
building
# pkg-config --cflags  -- vips
Package vips was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `vips.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'vips' found
pkg-config: exit status 1

with the following code

package main

import (
  "fmt"
  "io"
  "net/http"
  "os"

  "github.com/davidbyttow/govips/v2/vips"
)

func checkError(err error) {
  if err != nil {
    fmt.Println("error:", err)
    os.Exit(1)
  }
}

func Main() {
  vips.Startup(nil)

  _// fetch image_
  url := "https://images.pexels.com/photos/45201/kitty-cat-kitten-pet-45201.jpeg"
  response, _ := http.Get(url)

  image1bytes, err := io.ReadAll(response.Body)
  checkError(err)
  image1, err := vips.NewThumbnailFromBuffer(image1bytes, 200, 200, vips.InterestingCentre)

  checkError(err)

  _// Rotate the picture upright and reset EXIF orientation tag_
  err = image1.AutoRotate()
  checkError(err)

  ep := vips.NewDefaultJPEGExportParams()
  image1bytes, _, err = image1.Export(ep)
  checkError(err)
  err = os.WriteFile("output.jpg", image1bytes, 0644)
  checkError(err)
  vips.Shutdown()
}

would love some insight on what to do. I tried finding this in the docs somewhere but I had no luck.

Thanks!


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Bobby Iliev
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February 9, 2024

Hey!

The error message:

Package vips was not found in the pkg-config search path.
Perhaps you should add the directory containing `vips.pc'
to the PKG_CONFIG_PATH environment variable
No package 'vips' found

indicates that the pkg-config tool can’t find the libvips development files. This is because DigitalOcean Functions, being a serverless environment, doesn’t have libvips installed by default.

As of the time being I don’t think that there is a way to install custom dependencies with the serverless functions, the best thing to do to get your voice heard regarding this would be to head over to our Product Ideas board and post a new idea, including as much information as possible for what you’d like to see implemented.

https://ideas.digitalocean.com/

An alternative option would be to switch to the App Platform and use a Dockerfile for your function deployment. This way, you can ensure that the libvips library is available during both build and runtime:

https://docs.digitalocean.com/products/app-platform/reference/dockerfile/

Hope that helps!

- Bobby.

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