# Ruby client and plugin SDK improvements

[date: 2020-11-05T14:00:00.000+01:00]

**On the Ruby gem**, we've added the method `#lqip_data_url`, which lets you access the SVG blurred up version of your images, like so:

```plaintext
blog_post.cover_image.url(w: 800, h: 600, fm: :jpg)


# => "https://www.datocms-assets.com/123/12345-heart.png?w=800&h=600&fm=jpg"

blog_post.cover_image.lqip_data_url(w: 800, h: 600, fm: :jpg)


# => "data:image/jpeg;base64,/9j/4AAQSkZJRgABAQAAAQABAAD/2wCEAAoHBwgHBgoICAgXFQoLDhUSDhUXDh0eDRUVGRYZGBYTFhUaIi0jGh0oHRUWJDUlKC0vMjIyGSI4PTcwPCsxMi8BCgsLDg0OHBAQHDsoIig7Lzs7Ozs7Ozs7LzsvLy8vLy8vLzsvLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vLy8vL//AABEIAA0AGAMBIgACEQEDEQH/xAAYAAEAAwEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAwQFAv/EABwQAAAHAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAABAgMEBRESQf/EABUBAQEAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAMB/8QAHREAAQMFAQAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAQAREgITITFCA//aAAwDAQACEQMRAD8AqPMJiF1o6jvlILkhlWU11aMMTU6j50UPHKcCmTJa1aXEnvoBdy3GmTNPgAwfTkpbNJ2F/9k="
```

For more details on what you can do, please have a look at [this blog post](https://www.datocms.com/blog/best-way-for-handling-react-images.md#image-placeholders-lqip).

**On the Plugin SDK**, we've added a new method `plugin.disableField(...pathChunks, disable)` that will let you disable a field so that the editors will be prevented to make changes.

Read all the details on [the SDK reference](https://www.datocms.com/docs/legacy-plugins/sdk-reference.md#plugindisablefieldpathchunks-disable).