skia-canvas 2.0.1 → 3.0.0

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- Skia Canvas is a browser-less implementation of the HTML Canvas drawing API for Node.js. It is based on Google’s [Skia](https://skia.org) graphics engine and, accordingly, produces very similar results to Chrome’s `<canvas>` element. The library is well suited for use on desktop machines where you can render hardware-accelerated graphics to a window and on the server where it can output a variety of image formats.
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- While the primary goal of this project is to provide a reliable emulation of the [standard API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canvas_API) according to the [spec](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/canvas.html), it also extends it in a number of areas to take greater advantage of Skia's advanced graphical features and provide a more expressive coding environment.
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+ Skia Canvas is a Node.js implementation of the HTML Canvas drawing [API](https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Canvas_API) for both on- and off-screen rendering. Since it uses Google’s [Skia](https://skia.org) graphics engine, its output is very similar to Chrome’s [`<canvas>`](https://html.spec.whatwg.org/multipage/canvas.html) element — though it's also capable of things the browser’s Canvas still can't achieve.
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  In particular, Skia Canvas:
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- - is fast and compact since rendering takes place on the GPU and all the heavy lifting is done by native code written in Rust and C++
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- - can render to [windows][window] using an OS-native graphics pipeline and provides a browser-like [UI event][win_bind] framework
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- - generates images in both raster (JPEG, PNG, & WEBP) and vector (PDF & SVG) formats
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- - can save images to [files][saveAs], return them as [Buffers][toBuffer], or encode [dataURL][toDataURL_ext] strings
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+ - generates images in vector (PDF & SVG) as well as bitmap (JPEG, PNG, & WEBP) formats
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+ - can draw to interactive GUI [windows][window] and provides a browser-like [event][win_bind] framework
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+ - can save images to [files][toFile], encode to [dataURL][toURL] strings, and return [Buffers][toBuffer] or [Sharp][sharp] objects
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  - uses native threads in a [user-configurable][multithreading] worker pool for asynchronous rendering and file I/O
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- - can create [multiple ‘pages’][newPage] on a given canvas and then [output][saveAs] them as a single, multi-page PDF or an image-sequence saved to multiple files
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- - can [simplify][p2d_simplify], [blunt][p2d_round], [combine][bool-ops], [excerpt][p2d_trim], and [atomize][p2d_points] bézier paths using [efficient](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmfliNQsk88) boolean operations or point-by-point [interpolation][p2d_interpolate]
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+ - can create [multiple ‘pages’][newPage] on a given canvas and then [output][toFile] them as a single, multi-page PDF or an image-sequence saved to multiple files
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+ - can [simplify][p2d_simplify], [blunt][p2d_round], [combine][bool-ops], [excerpt][p2d_trim], and [atomize][p2d_points] Bézier paths using [efficient](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OmfliNQsk88) boolean operations or point-by-point [interpolation][p2d_interpolate]
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  - provides [3D perspective][createProjection()] transformations in addition to [scaling][scale()], [rotation][rotate()], and [translation][translate()]
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  - can fill shapes with vector-based [Textures][createTexture()] in addition to bitmap-based [Patterns][createPattern()] and supports line-drawing with custom [markers][lineDashMarker]
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  - proportional [letter-spacing][letterSpacing], [word-spacing][wordSpacing], and [leading][c2d_font]
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  - support for [variable fonts][VariableFonts] and transparent mapping of weight values
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  - use of non-system fonts [loaded][fontlibrary-use] from local files
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+ - can be used for server-side image rendering on standard Linux hosts and ‘serverless’ platforms like Vercel and AWS Lambda
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  ## Installation
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  This will download a pre-compiled library from the project’s most recent [release](https://github.com/samizdatco/skia-canvas/releases).
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- ## Platform Support
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- The underlying Rust library uses [N-API][node_napi] v8 which allows it to run on Node.js versions:
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- - v16.0.0 and later
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+ ### `pnpm`
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+ If you use the `pnpm` package manager, it will not download `skia-canvas`'s platform-native binary unless you explicitly allow it. You can do this interactively via the ‘approve builds’ command (note that you need to press `<space>` to toggle the selection and then `<enter>` to proceed):
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- Pre-compiled binaries are available for:
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+ ```bash
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+ pnpm install skia-canvas
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+ pnpm approve-builds
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+ ```
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+ In non-interactive scenarios (like building via CI), you can approve the build step when you add `skia-canvas` to your project:
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- - Linux (x64 & arm64)
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- - macOS (x64 & Apple silicon)
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+ ```bash
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+ pnpm install skia-canvas --allow-build=skia-canvas
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+ ```
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- Nearly everything you need is statically linked into the library. A notable exception is the [Fontconfig](https://www.freedesktop.org/wiki/Software/fontconfig/) library which must be installed separately if you’re running on Linux.
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+ Alternatively, you can add a [`pnpm.onlyBuiltDependencies`](https://pnpm.io/9.x/package_json#pnpmonlybuiltdependencies) entry to your `package.json` file to mark the build-step as allowed:
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+ ```json
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+ "onlyBuiltDependencies": ["skia-canvas"]
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+ ```
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- ## Running in Docker
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- The library is compatible with Linux systems using [glibc](https://www.gnu.org/software/libc/) 2.28 or later as well as Alpine Linux (x64 & arm64) and the [musl](https://musl.libc.org) C library it favors. In both cases, Fontconfig must be installed on the system for `skia-canvas` to operate correctly.
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- If you are setting up a [Dockerfile](https://nodejs.org/en/docs/guides/nodejs-docker-webapp/) that uses [`node`](https://hub.docker.com/_/node) as its basis, the simplest approach is to set your `FROM` image to one of the (Debian-derived) defaults like `node:lts`, `node:18`, `node:16`, `node:14-buster`, `node:12-buster`, `node:bullseye`, `node:buster`, or simply:
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+ ## Platform Support
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+ Skia Canvas runs on Linux, macOS, or Windows as well as serverless platforms like Vercel and AWS Lambda. Precompiled versions of the library’s native code will be automatically downloaded in the appropriate architecture (`arm64` or `x64`) when you install it via npm.
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+ The underlying Rust library uses [N-API][node_napi] v8 which allows it to run on all [currently supported](https://nodejs.org/en/about/previous-releases) Node.js releases, and it is backward compatible with versions going back to v12.22+, v14.17+, v15.12+, and v16+.
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+ ### Linux
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+ **Detailed AWS instructions**
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+ #### Adding the Skia Canvas layer to your AWS account
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+ - **Compatible architectures**: select **x86_64** or **arm64** depending on which zip you chose
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+ - **Compatible runtimes**: select **Node.js 22.x** (and/or 20.x)
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+ ### [Startup latency](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/tree/main/tests/cold-start.js)
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+ | *canvaskit-wasm*    | `  25 ms` | ` 2.46 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#cold-start_wasm) |
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+ | *@napi-rs/canvas*    | `  73 ms` | ` 7.30 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#cold-start_napi) |
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+ | *@napi-rs/canvas* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/beziers_napi.png) | ` 233 ms` | ` 4.65 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#beziers_napi) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (serial)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/beziers_skia-sync.png) | ` 137 ms` | ` 2.74 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#beziers_skia-sync) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (async)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/beziers_skia-async.png) | `  28 ms` | ` 558 ms` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#beziers_skia-async) |
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+ | *@napi-rs/canvas* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/from-svg_napi.png) | `  98 ms` | ` 9.76 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#from-svg_napi) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (serial)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/from-svg_skia-sync.png) | `  59 ms` | ` 5.91 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#from-svg_skia-sync) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (async)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/from-svg_skia-async.png) | `  11 ms` | ` 1.06 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#from-svg_skia-async) |
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+ | *canvas* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/image-blit_canvas.png) | ` 284 ms` | `14.21 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#image-blit_canvas) |
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+ | *@napi-rs/canvas* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/image-blit_napi.png) | ` 116 ms` | ` 5.78 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#image-blit_napi) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (serial)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/image-blit_skia-sync.png) | ` 100 ms` | ` 5.01 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#image-blit_skia-sync) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (async)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/image-blit_skia-async.png) | `  19 ms` | ` 937 ms` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#image-blit_skia-async) |
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+ ### [Basic text](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/tree/main/tests/text.js)
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+ | Library | Per Run | Total Time (200 iterations) |
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+ | *canvaskit-wasm* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/text_wasm.png) | `  24 ms` | ` 4.74 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#text_wasm) |
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+ | *canvas* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/text_canvas.png) | `  24 ms` | ` 4.86 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#text_canvas) |
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+ | *@napi-rs/canvas* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/text_napi.png) | `  19 ms` | ` 3.82 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#text_napi) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (serial)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/text_skia-sync.png) | `  21 ms` | ` 4.24 s` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#text_skia-sync) |
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+ | *skia-canvas (async)* [👁️](https://github.com/samizdatco/canvas-benchmarks/blob/main/results/darwin-arm64/2025-08-15/snapshots/text_skia-async.png) | `   4 ms` | ` 781 ms` ![ ](./docs/assets/benchmarks.svg#text_skia-async) |
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  ## Acknowledgements
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  This project is deeply indebted to the work of the [Rust Skia project](https://github.com/rust-skia/rust-skia) whose Skia bindings provide a safe and idiomatic interface to the mess of C++ that lies underneath. Many thanks to the developers of [node-canvas](https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas) for their terrific set of unit tests. In the absence of an [Acid Test](https://www.acidtests.org) for canvas, these routines were invaluable.
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  ### Notable contributors
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+ - [@mpaparno](https://github.com/mpaparno) contributed support for SVG rendering, raw image-buffer handling, WEBP import/export and numerous bug fixes
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  - [@Salmondx](https://github.com/Salmondx) developed the initial Raw image loading & rendering routines
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  - [@lucasmerlin](https://github.com/lucasmerlin) helped get GPU rendering working on Vulkan
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  - [@cprecioso](https://github.com/cprecioso) & [@saantonandre](https://github.com/saantonandre) corrected and expanded upon the TypeScript type definitions
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  - [@meihuanyu](https://github.com/meihuanyu) contributed filter & path rendering fixes
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  ## Copyright
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- © 2020–2024 [Samizdat Drafting Co.](https://samizdat.co)
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+ © 2020–2025 [Samizdat Drafting Co.](https://samizdat.co)
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  [bool-ops]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/path2d#complement-difference-intersect-union-and-xor
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  [c2d_font]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/context#font
@@ -229,15 +401,18 @@ This project is deeply indebted to the work of the [Rust Skia project](https://g
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  [p2d_round]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/path2d#round
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  [p2d_simplify]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/path2d#simplify
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  [p2d_trim]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/path2d#trim
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- [saveAs]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/canvas#saveas
404
+ [toFile]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/canvas#tofile
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  [textwrap]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/context#textwrap
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  [toBuffer]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/canvas#tobuffer
235
- [toDataURL_ext]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/canvas#todataurl
407
+ [toURL]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/canvas#tourl
236
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  [win_bind]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/window#on--off--once
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  [window]: https://skia-canvas.org/api/window
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  [multithreading]: https://skia-canvas.org/getting-started#multithreading
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  [node_napi]: https://nodejs.org/api/n-api.html#node-api-version-matrix
412
+ [node_env]: https://nodejs.org/en/learn/command-line/how-to-read-environment-variables-from-nodejs
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+ [node_env_arg]: https://nodejs.org/dist/latest-v22.x/docs/api/cli.html#--env-fileconfig
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  [rayon]: https://crates.io/crates/rayon
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+ [sharp]: https://sharp.pixelplumbing.com
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  [VariableFonts]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/CSS/CSS_Fonts/Variable_Fonts_Guide
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  [filter]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/filter
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  [letterSpacing]: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/CanvasRenderingContext2D/letterSpacing
package/lib/browser.js CHANGED
@@ -2,6 +2,9 @@
2
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  // Browser equivalents of the skia-canvas convenience initializers and polyfills for
3
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  // the Canvas object’s newPage & export methods
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  //
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+ // OPTIONAL DEPENDENCY: be sure to include JSZip in your project bundle if you want to
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+ // make use of multi-page toFile() downloads
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+ //
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  "use strict"
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@@ -42,7 +45,11 @@ class Canvas{
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  return Object.assign(elt, {width, height}).getContext("2d")
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  },
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- saveAs(filename, args){
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+ saveAs(){
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+ throw Error("Canvas.saveAs() has been renamed to Canvas.toFile")
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+ },
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+
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+ toFile(filename, args){
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  args = typeof args=='number' ? {quality:args} : args
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  let opts = exportOptions(this.pages, {filename, ...args}),
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  {pattern, padding, mime, quality, matte, density, archive} = opts,
@@ -59,163 +66,18 @@ class Canvas{
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  return asBuffer(canvas, mime, quality, matte)
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  },
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- [_toURL_]: elt.toDataURL.bind(elt),
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- toDataURL(extension="png", args={}){
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+ toURL(extension="png", args={}){
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  args = typeof args=='number' ? {quality:args} : args
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  let opts = exportOptions(this.pages, {extension, ...args}),
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  {mime, quality, matte, pages, density} = opts,
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  canvas = atScale(pages, density, matte)[0],
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- url = canvas[canvas===elt ? _toURL_ : 'toDataURL'](mime, quality);
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+ url = canvas.toDataURL(mime, quality);
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  return Promise.resolve(url)
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  }
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  })
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  }
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  }
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-
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- // Zip (pace Phil Katz & q.v. https://github.com/jimmywarting/StreamSaver.js)
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- //
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-
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- class Crc32 {
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- static for(data){
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- return new Crc32().append(data).get()
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- }
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-
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- constructor(){ this.crc = -1 }
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-
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- get(){ return ~this.crc }
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-
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- append(data){
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- table = this.table
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- for (var offset = 0, len = data.length | 0; offset < len; offset++) {
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- crc = (crc >>> 8) ^ table[(crc ^ data[offset]) & 0xFF]
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- }
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- this.crc = crc
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- return this
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- }
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-
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- }
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-
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- Crc32.prototype.table = (() => {
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- var i, j, t, table = []
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- for (i = 0; i < 256; i++) {
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- t = i
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- for (j = 0; j < 8; j++) {
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- t = (t & 1)
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- ? (t >>> 1) ^ 0xEDB88320
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- : t >>> 1
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- }
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- table[i] = t
112
- }
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- return table
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- })()
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-
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- function calloc(size){
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- let array = new Uint8Array(size),
118
- view = new DataView(array.buffer),
119
- buf = {
120
- array, view, size,
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- set8(at, to){ view.setUint8(at, to); return buf },
122
- set16(at, to){ view.setUint16(at, to, true); return buf },
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- set32(at, to){ view.setUint32(at, to, true); return buf },
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- bytes(at, to){ array.set(to, at); return buf },
125
- }
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- return buf
127
- }
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-
129
- class Zip{
130
- static encoder = new TextEncoder()
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-
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- constructor(directory){
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- let now = new Date()
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- Object.assign(this, {
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- directory,
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- offset: 0,
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- files: [],
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- time: (((now.getHours() << 6) | now.getMinutes()) << 5) | now.getSeconds() / 2,
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- date: ((((now.getFullYear() - 1980) << 4) | (now.getMonth() + 1)) << 5) | now.getDate(),
140
- })
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- this.add(directory)
142
- }
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-
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- async add(filename, blob){
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- name = Zip.encoder.encode(`${this.directory}/${folder ? '' : filename}`),
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- data = new Uint8Array(folder ? 0 : await blob.arrayBuffer()),
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- preamble = 30 + name.length,
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- descriptor = preamble + data.length,
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- postamble = 16,
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-
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- let header = calloc(26)
154
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- .set16(8, this.date) // date
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- .set32(10, Crc32.for(data)) // checksum
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- .set32(14, data.length) // compressed size (w/ zero compression)
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- .set32(18, data.length) // un-compressed size
160
- .set16(22, name.length) // filename length (utf8 bytes)
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- offset += preamble
162
-
163
- let payload = calloc(preamble + data.length + postamble)
164
- .set32(0, 0x04034b50) // local header signature
165
- .bytes(4, header.array) // ...header fields...
166
- .bytes(30, name) // filename
167
- .bytes(preamble, data) // blob bytes
168
- offset += data.length
169
-
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- payload
171
- .set32(descriptor, 0x08074b50) // signature
172
- .bytes(descriptor + 4, header.array.slice(10,22)) // length & filemame
173
- offset += postamble
174
-
175
- this.files.push({offset, folder, name, header, payload})
176
- this.offset = offset
177
- }
178
-
179
- toBuffer(){
180
- // central directory record
181
- let length = this.files.reduce((len, {name}) => 46 + name.length + len, 0),
182
- cdr = calloc(length + 22),
183
- index = 0
184
-
185
- for (var {offset, name, header, folder} of this.files){
186
- cdr.set32(index, 0x02014b50) // archive file signature
187
- .set16(index + 4, 0x0014) // version
188
- .bytes(index + 6, header.array) // ...header fields...
189
- .set8(index + 38, folder ? 0x10 : 0) // is_dir flag
190
- .set32(index + 42, offset) // file offset
191
- .bytes(index + 46, name) // filename
192
- index += 46 + name.length
193
- }
194
- cdr.set32(index, 0x06054b50) // signature
195
- .set16(index + 8, this.files.length) // № files per-segment
196
- .set16(index + 10, this.files.length) // № files this segment
197
- .set32(index + 12, length) // central directory length
198
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199
-
200
- // concatenated zipfile data
201
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202
- cursor = 0;
203
-
204
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205
- output.set(payload.array, cursor)
206
- cursor += payload.size
207
- }
208
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209
-
210
- return output
211
- }
212
-
213
- get blob(){
214
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215
- }
216
- }
217
-
218
-
219
81
  //
220
82
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221
83
  //
@@ -241,16 +103,23 @@ const asDownload = async (canvas, mime, quality, matte, filename) => {
241
103
  }
242
104
 
243
105
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244
- let filenames = i => pattern.replace('{}', String(i+1).padStart(padding, '0')),
245
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246
- zip = new Zip(folder)
247
-
248
- await Promise.all(pages.map(async (page, i) => {
249
- let filename = filenames(i) // serialize filename(s) before awaiting
250
- await zip.add(filename, await asBlob(page, mime, quality, matte))
251
- }))
252
-
253
- _download(`${folder}.zip`, zip.blob)
106
+ await import("jszip").then(async ({default:JSZip}) => {
107
+ let filenames = i => pattern.replace('{}', String(i+1).padStart(padding, '0')),
108
+ zip = new JSZip(),
109
+ folder = basename(archive, '.zip') || 'archive',
110
+ payload = zip.folder(folder)
111
+
112
+ await Promise.all(pages.map(async (page, i) => {
113
+ let filename = filenames(i) // serialize filename(s) before awaiting
114
+ payload.file(filename, await asBlob(page, mime, quality, matte))
115
+ }))
116
+
117
+ zip.generateAsync({type:"blob"})
118
+ .then(content => _download(`${folder}.zip`, content))
119
+ })
120
+ .catch(() => {
121
+ console.log("Multi-page downloads require JSZip to be bundled: https://www.npmjs.com/package/jszip")
122
+ })
254
123
  }
255
124
 
256
125
  const _download = (filename, blob) => {
@@ -318,11 +187,18 @@ class Format{
318
187
  // Validation of the options dict shared by the Canvas saveAs, toBuffer, and toDataURL methods
319
188
  //
320
189
 
321
- import {basename, extname} from 'path'
190
+ function basename(str, ext) {
191
+ let stub = str.substring(str.lastIndexOf('/') + 1)
192
+ return ext && stub.endsWith(ext) ? stub.slice(0, -ext.length) : stub
193
+ }
194
+
195
+ function extname(str){
196
+ return str.substring(str.lastIndexOf('.'))
197
+ }
322
198
 
323
199
  function exportOptions(pages, {filename='', extension='', format, page, quality, matte, density, archive}={}){
324
200
  var {fromMime, toMime, expected} = new Format(),
325
- archive = archive || 'canvas',
201
+ archive = ''+(archive || 'canvas'),
326
202
  ext = format || extension.replace(/@\d+x$/i,'') || extname(filename),
327
203
  format = fromMime(toMime(ext) || ext),
328
204
  mime = toMime(format),