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Object Storage Service:Circle crop

Last Updated:Mar 20, 2026

Use the circle parameter to crop an image stored in OSS into a circle. This is useful for generating profile pictures, user avatars, and circular thumbnails directly from images stored in Object Storage Service (OSS) — without preprocessing the image before upload.

For public images, append the processing parameter to the object URL. For private images, use an OSS SDK or the OSS API.

Parameters

Action: circle

ParameterDescriptionValid value
rRadius of the circle, in pixels1–4096

Before you start

Output format controls background fill. The areas outside the circle are filled based on the output format:

Output formatBackground fill
PNG, WebP, BMPTransparent
JPGWhite

To get a transparent background, save the result as PNG. Note that PNG files are larger than JPG files — consider this tradeoff in bandwidth-sensitive use cases.

Radius capping. If r exceeds half of the shorter side of the source image, OSS caps the effective radius: r = (shorter_side - 1) / 2. The output image dimensions are then r x 2 + 1 pixels on each side.

Crop a public image into a circle

For public-read or public-read-write images, append the x-oss-process query parameter directly to the object URL. No SDK or API call is required.

Source image (view):

Source image

Example 1: Circle with white fill (JPG)

Set r to 100 pixels. Areas outside the circle are white because the output format is JPG.

https://oss-console-img-demo-cn-hangzhou.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/example.jpg?x-oss-process=image/circle,r_100
Circle crop — JPG, white fill

Example 2: Circle with transparent background (PNG)

Set r to 100 pixels and convert the output to PNG. Areas outside the circle are transparent.

https://oss-console-img-demo-cn-hangzhou.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com/example.jpg?x-oss-process=image/circle,r_100/format,png
Circle crop — PNG, transparent background

Crop a private image into a circle

For private images, use an OSS SDK or the OSS API to sign the request and apply the circle parameter. All examples below use image/circle,r_100 as the process parameter string.

OSS SDKs

Python

Requires OSS SDK for Python 2.18.4 or later.

# -*- coding: utf-8 -*-
import oss2
from oss2.credentials import EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider

# Load access credentials from environment variables OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET.
auth = oss2.ProviderAuthV4(EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider())
# Specify the endpoint of the region where your bucket is located.
endpoint = 'https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com'
# Specify the region ID.
region = 'cn-hangzhou'
bucket = oss2.Bucket(auth, endpoint, 'examplebucket', region=region)

# Specify the source object name. Include the full path if the object is not in the root directory.
# Example: exampledir/src.jpg
key = 'example.jpg'
# Specify the local path to save the processed image.
new_pic = 'D:\\dest.jpg'

# Crop to a circle with radius 100 px. Areas outside the circle are white (JPG output).
image = 'image/circle,r_100'
bucket.get_object_to_file(key, new_pic, process=image)

Java

Requires OSS SDK for Java 3.17.4 or later.

import com.aliyun.oss.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.auth.*;
import com.aliyun.oss.common.comm.SignVersion;
import com.aliyun.oss.model.GetObjectRequest;
import java.io.File;

public class Demo {
    public static void main(String[] args) throws Throwable {
        // Specify the endpoint of the region where your bucket is located.
        String endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
        // Specify the region ID. Example: cn-hangzhou.
        String region = "cn-hangzhou";
        // Load access credentials from environment variables OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET.
        EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider credentialsProvider = CredentialsProviderFactory.newEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
        // Specify the bucket name.
        String bucketName = "examplebucket";
        // Specify the object name (full path, excluding the bucket name).
        String objectName = "example.jpg";
        // Specify the local path to save the processed image.
        String pathName = "D:\\dest.jpg";

        // Create an OSSClient instance.
        ClientBuilderConfiguration clientBuilderConfiguration = new ClientBuilderConfiguration();
        clientBuilderConfiguration.setSignatureVersion(SignVersion.V4);
        OSS ossClient = OSSClientBuilder.create()
                .endpoint(endpoint)
                .credentialsProvider(credentialsProvider)
                .clientConfiguration(clientBuilderConfiguration)
                .region(region)
                .build();

        try {
            // Crop to a circle with radius 100 px. Areas outside the circle are white (JPG output).
            String image = "image/circle,r_100";
            GetObjectRequest request = new GetObjectRequest(bucketName, objectName);
            request.setProcess(image);
            ossClient.getObject(request, new File(pathName));
        } catch (OSSException oe) {
            System.out.println("OSSException: " + oe.getErrorMessage());
            System.out.println("Error Code: " + oe.getErrorCode());
            System.out.println("Request ID: " + oe.getRequestId());
            System.out.println("Host ID: " + oe.getHostId());
        } catch (ClientException ce) {
            System.out.println("ClientException: " + ce.getMessage());
        } finally {
            if (ossClient != null) {
                ossClient.shutdown();
            }
        }
    }
}

Go

Requires OSS SDK for Go 3.0.2 or later.

package main

import (
	"fmt"
	"os"

	"github.com/aliyun/aliyun-oss-go-sdk/oss"
)

func HandleError(err error) {
	fmt.Println("Error:", err)
	os.Exit(-1)
}

func main() {
	// Load access credentials from environment variables OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET.
	provider, err := oss.NewEnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider()
	if err != nil {
		HandleError(err)
	}

	// Specify the endpoint of the region where your bucket is located.
	client, err := oss.New(
		"https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com", "", "",
		oss.SetCredentialsProvider(&provider),
		oss.AuthVersion(oss.AuthV4),
		oss.Region("cn-hangzhou"),
	)
	if err != nil {
		HandleError(err)
	}

	// Specify the bucket name.
	bucket, err := client.Bucket("examplebucket")
	if err != nil {
		HandleError(err)
	}

	// Specify the source object name. Include the full path if the object is not in the root directory.
	sourceImageName := "example.jpg"
	// Specify the local path to save the processed image.
	targetImageName := "D://dest.jpg"

	// Crop to a circle with radius 100 px. Areas outside the circle are white (JPG output).
	image := "image/circle,r_100"
	err = bucket.GetObjectToFile(sourceImageName, targetImageName, oss.Process(image))
	if err != nil {
		HandleError(err)
	}
}

PHP

Requires OSS SDK for PHP 2.7.0 or later.

<?php
if (is_file(__DIR__ . '/../autoload.php')) {
    require_once __DIR__ . '/../autoload.php';
}
if (is_file(__DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php')) {
    require_once __DIR__ . '/../vendor/autoload.php';
}
use OSS\Credentials\EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider;
use OSS\OssClient;

// Load access credentials from environment variables OSS_ACCESS_KEY_ID and OSS_ACCESS_KEY_SECRET.
$provider = new EnvironmentVariableCredentialsProvider();
// Specify the endpoint of the region where your bucket is located.
$endpoint = "https://oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com";
// Specify the bucket name.
$bucket = "examplebucket";
// Specify the object name (full path, excluding the bucket name).
$object = "example.jpg";
// Specify the local path to save the processed image.
$download_file = "D:\\dest.jpg";

$config = array(
    "provider" => $provider,
    "endpoint" => $endpoint,
    "signatureVersion" => OssClient::OSS_SIGNATURE_VERSION_V4,
    "region" => "cn-hangzhou"
);
$ossClient = new OssClient($config);

// Crop to a circle with radius 100 px. Areas outside the circle are white (JPG output).
$image = "image/circle,r_100";

$options = array(
    OssClient::OSS_FILE_DOWNLOAD => $download_file,
    OssClient::OSS_PROCESS => $image
);

$ossClient->getObject($bucket, $object, $options);

OSS API

For custom integrations that require direct API calls, use the GetObject operation and include x-oss-process as a query parameter. Your code must calculate the request signature. For details, see GetObject.

GET /oss.jpg?x-oss-process=image/circle,r_100 HTTP/1.1
Host: oss-example.oss-cn-hangzhou.aliyuncs.com
Date: Fri, 28 Oct 2022 06:40:10 GMT
Authorization: OSS qn6q**************:77Dv****************

What's next

  • Chain circle crop with other image processing operations using the | separator in x-oss-process. For example, crop to a square first using crop, then apply circle. See Image processing.

  • Save the processed image permanently to OSS instead of returning it inline. See Save processed images.