rasterizeelement

rasterizeElement.js

Expands the functionality of rasterizeHTML.js to rasterize the contents of specified element. It supports everything that is supported by rasterizeHTML.js.

Install:

$ npm install rasterizeelement.js

Then use it via require('rasterizeelement') or use browserify builds from dist/rasterizeElement.js or dist/rasterizeElement.min.js in <script/> tag.

Example:

rasterizeElement.rasterize('#my-content', options, function(imgBase64){
  var img = document.createElement('img');
  img.src = imgBase64;
  document.appendChild(img);
});

Options:

Option	type	Default	Description
encoding	string	'png'	Lets you choose the encoding of image such as 'png', 'jpg' or 'jpeg'.
quality	number	1.0	Should be between 0 to 1. 0 being lowest quality and 1 being the highest possible quality.
shouldClone	boolean	false	Clones the document before rasterizing. Use this when you want to capture dynamic content that changes often.
canvasFillStyle	string	'#FFFFFF'	Default background color of rasterized image.

var options = {
  encoding: 'png',
  quality: 1.0.
  shouldClone: false,
  canvasFillStyle: '#FFFFFF'
}

How it works?

The drill here is pretty simple. An entire document is rasterized on temporary canvas using rasterizeHTML. Temporary canvas is then resized using specified element's height, width, left offset and top offset and converted into base64 encoding.

Development:

1. clone this repository
2. cd into rasterizeElement.js
3. run npm install
4. run grunt build to manually build files in dist OR run grunt watch to auto build files as files in src changes