I created CLI tool for convert image Webp format

wellcome to my blog. in this blog i am going to tell about image to webp converter. i already create GUI tool for this , i already explain about hhow this tool help full for content writers.

Tool Cli version

in this project , i make it ths tool in cli interface why because, i always use linux i can make my process quickly thats why i created this cli tool for it.

so i decited to write python code then i will change it to executable format then i move it into /usr/bin/

after i can use that tool like this

webp -i /location/path/image.jpg -o output.webp

Step by step instruction tocreating this tool

just write the code for cli tool

#!/usr/bin/env python3

from PIL import Image
import os
import argparse

def convert_image_to_webp(input_image_path, output_image_path):
    with Image.open(input_image_path) as img:
        img.save(output_image_path, 'WEBP')
        print(f"Saved WebP image to: {output_image_path}")

def main():
    parser = argparse.ArgumentParser(description="Convert images to WebP format.")
    parser.add_argument('-i', '--input', required=True, help="Input image path")
    parser.add_argument('-o', '--output', required=True, help="Output image path (e.g., output.webp)")

    args = parser.parse_args()
    convert_image_to_webp(args.input, args.output)

if __name__ == '__main__':
    main()

i save that like webp.py

then rename it like webp then give execute permissions

mv webp.py webp

chmod +x webp

Move it to /usr/bin/

sudo mv webp /usr/bin/webp

thats it , then we can use that tool in command line interface like this

webp -i /path/to/image.jpg -o output.webp

Install Required Dependencies

make sure python library pillow installed or NOT

pip install pillow

we can use this command for install pillow library in linux , we need to create virtual envirement for installing this library

but i use pacman package why because i dont need virtual envirement i can execute any places thats why i use pacman pakages

sudo pacman -S python-pillow

thats it , thank you for reading my blog , i will see you in the next blog