@blabu.com/countdown-gif

Countdown GIF generator for emails and whatnot

Simple library to generate countdown GIFs in nodejs using Cairo/Canvas implementation usable for on-demand image generation.

Image Options

• width - width in pixels [defaults to 200]
• height - height in pixels [defaults to 200]
• color - hex colour code for the text [defaults to ffffff]
• bg - hex colour code for the background [defaults to 000000]
• frames - number of frames (also number of seconds) the countdown will run before looping [defaults to 30]
• fontSize - size of font, recommended is width / 12, but play with this to see what looks good
• fontFamily - font family, see #More Fonts
• fontStyle - font style
• expired - expired text, blinking
• quality - final output quality

Timer value

• end - Any momentjs parseable string, ideally JSON.stringify(new Date()) format [e.g. 2016-06-24T20:35:00.000Z]

Default options

width: 200,
height: 200,
color: 'ffffff',
bg: '000000',
frames: 30,
fontSize: 26,
fontFamily: 'Courier New',
fontStyle: 'bold',
expired: '00:00:00',
quality: 90

More fonts

import { registerFont } from 'canvas'
registerFont(path, 'name')
ImageOptions.familyName = 'name'

Package Size

The main dependency Cairo has around 30MB when installed on Mac.

Samples

Attached webserver offers generating GIF into file or as direct output of express response (the fastest method of serving)

License

MIT

Inspired by

• scottccoates
• Nooshu