Uploading custom cover images

You can upload custom cover images to make your MYO cards visually distinctive and personalized.

The cover image upload process works as follows:

Send your image file to the Yoto API
Receive back a media URL
Use the URL in your playlist metadata

In this example, we’ll be uploading this custom cover image and use it in a playlist.

Upload your cover image

import { readFileSync } from "node:fs";
const imageBuffer = readFileSync("./cover-image.jpg");

const imageFile = new Blob([imageBuffer]);

const url = new URL("https://api.yotoplay.com/media/coverImage/user/me/upload");
url.searchParams.set("autoconvert", "true");
url.searchParams.set("coverType", "default");

const uploadResponse = await fetch(url, {
  method: "POST",
  headers: {
    Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
    "Content-Type": "image/jpeg",
  },
  body: imageFile,
});

const uploadResult = await uploadResponse.json();

Once uploaded successfully, you’ll receive a response containing:

{
  "coverImage": {
    "mediaId": "uiM3MMWgQkG_zdd_EYHd93Z2OQSH5Hn069wDGdWANMc",
    "mediaUrl": "https://card-content.aws.fooropa.com/1bErAD2CBDPwN88jdjBO7aVSR1OGL5DOq05fyz6PioCs~/pub/uiM3MMWgQkG_zdd_EYHd93Z2OQSH5Hn069wDGdWANMc"
  }
}

Upload parameters

You can customize the upload behavior with these query parameters:

autoconvert (boolean): When set to true (recommended), Yoto will automatically resize and process your image to the appropriate cover image dimensions. If set to false, your image must already be in the correct format.
imageUrl (string): Alternatively, you can provide a URL to an image instead of uploading a file.

Using your uploaded cover image

We’ll be using the mediaUrl from the upload response. We’ll add this to the cover object in our playlist metadata as the imageL property.

// Using the mediaUrl from the upload response
const { mediaUrl } = uploadResult.coverImage;

const content = {
  title: "My Custom Playlist",
  metadata: {
    cover: {
      imageL: mediaUrl, // Your custom cover image
    },
    description: "A playlist with custom cover art",
  },
  content: {
    chapters: [
      {
        key: "01",
        title: "Chapter 1",
        overlayLabel: "1",
        tracks: [
          {
            key: "01",
            title: "Track 1",
            trackUrl: "https://example.com/audio.mp3",
            type: "stream",
            format: "mp3",
          },
        ],
      },
    ],
  },
};

Your custom cover image will now be displayed as the card artwork in the Yoto app and on compatible players!

Here’s an example of a complete workflow:

Show complete example

import { readFileSync } from 'node:fs';

export const createPlaylistWithCoverImage = async ({
  imagePath,
  title = 'Playlist with Custom Cover',
  cardId,
  accessToken,
}) => {
  // Step 1: Upload the custom cover image
  const imageBuffer = readFileSync(imagePath); // change it to the path to your image
  const imageFile = new Blob([imageBuffer]);

  const url = `https://api.yotoplay.com/media/coverImage/user/me/upload?autoconvert=true`;

  const uploadResponse = await fetch(url, {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
      'Content-Type': 'image/jpeg',
    },
    body: imageFile,
  });

  const uploadResult = await uploadResponse.json();

  // The response should contain the mediaUrl
  const { mediaUrl } = uploadResult.coverImage;

  console.log('Cover image uploaded successfully:', {
    mediaUrl,
  });

  // Step 2: Create playlist content using the uploaded cover image
  // Here, we're making a streaming playlist for simplicity
  const chapters = [
    {
      key: '01',
      title: title,
      overlayLabel: '1',
      tracks: [
        {
          key: '01',
          type: 'stream',
          format: 'mp3',
          title: title,
          trackUrl: 'https://yoto.dev/audio/autumn-3.mp3',
          display: {
            icon16x16: 'yoto:#ZuVmuvnoFiI4el6pBPvq0ofcgQ18HjrCmdPEE7GCnP8',
          },
        },
      ],
      display: {
        icon16x16: 'yoto:#AjJaUh665wfnb72_y5uQ3M0w3JtobwIVfGua_A_j6i8',
      },
    },
  ];

  const content = {
    title: title,
    content: { chapters },
    metadata: {
      cover: {
        imageL: mediaUrl, // Using the uploaded cover image
      },
      description: `Streaming playlist with custom cover art`,
    },
  };

  if (cardId) {
    // specify a cardId to update an existing card
    content.cardId = cardId;
  }

  // Step 3: Create the card with the custom cover image
  const createResponse = await fetch('https://api.yotoplay.com/content', {
    method: 'POST',
    headers: {
      Authorization: `Bearer ${accessToken}`,
      'Content-Type': 'application/json',
    },
    body: JSON.stringify(content),
  });

  const card = await createResponse.json();

  console.log(
    'Streaming playlist created successfully with custom cover image!'
  );

  return card;
};