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How can I combine multiple images into one page and print it as a pdf?

I've a webpage with 4 charts. I'm taking separate screenshots for each of them. Then tried to put them on another canvas, show them vertically and print it as single-page pdf file. But, I'm getting an Error saying:
Uncaught TypeError: CanvasRenderingContext2D.drawImage: Argument 1
could not be converted to any of: HTMLImageElement, SVGImageElement,
HTMLCanvasElement, HTMLVideoElement, ImageBitmap.
Here is the script
function HTMLtoPDF() {
function verticalCanvases(cnv1, cnv2, cnv3, cnv4) {
var newCanvas = document.createElement('canvas'),
ctx = newCanvas.getContext('2d'),
width = cnv1.width,
height = cnv1.height + cnv2.height + cnv3.height + cnv4.height;
newCanvas.width = width;
newCanvas.height = height;
[{
cnv: cnv1,
y: 0
},
{
cnv: cnv2,
y: cnv1.height
},
{
cnv: cnv3,
y: cnv1.height + cnv2.height
},
{
cnv: cnv4,
y: cnv1.height + cnv2.height + cnv3.height
}].forEach(function(n) {
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.drawImage(n.cnv, 0, n.y, width, n.cnv.height);
});
var imgdata = newCanvas.toDataURL();
return imgdata;
}
var forms = $('[id^=caspioform]');
var canvas1 = html2canvas(forms[3]);
var canvas2 = html2canvas(forms[5]);
var canvas3 = html2canvas(forms[7]);
var canvas4 = html2canvas(forms[9]);
var dURL = verticalCanvases(canvas1, canvas2, canvas3, canvas4);
var doc = new jsPDF("p", "mm", "a4");
var width = doc.internal.pageSize.getWidth();
var height = doc.internal.pageSize.getHeight();
doc.addImage(dURL, 'PNG', 0, 0, width, height);
doc.save('sample.pdf');
}

Since you didn't mention it, I'll assume html2canvas is coming from https://github.com/niklasvh/html2canvas
In that case, the issue here is that hmtl2canvas returns a Promise and that's what you're passing to verticalCanvases instead of the actual canvas element.
To fix it just transform the function in an asynchronous one so you can use async/await:
// |
// |
// v
async function HTMLtoPDF() {
function verticalCanvases(cnv1, cnv2, cnv3, cnv4) {
var newCanvas = document.createElement('canvas'),
ctx = newCanvas.getContext('2d'),
width = cnv1.width,
height = cnv1.height + cnv2.height + cnv3.height + cnv4.height;
newCanvas.width = width;
newCanvas.height = height;
[{
cnv: cnv1,
y: 0
},
{
cnv: cnv2,
y: cnv1.height
},
{
cnv: cnv3,
y: cnv1.height + cnv2.height
},
{
cnv: cnv4,
y: cnv1.height + cnv2.height + cnv3.height
}].forEach(function(n) {
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.drawImage(n.cnv, 0, n.y, width, n.cnv.height);
});
var imgdata = newCanvas.toDataURL();
return imgdata;
}
var forms = $('[id^=caspioform]');
var canvas1 = await html2canvas(forms[3]); // <--
var canvas2 = await html2canvas(forms[5]); // <--
var canvas3 = await html2canvas(forms[7]); // <--
var canvas4 = await html2canvas(forms[9]); // <--
var dURL = verticalCanvases(canvas1, canvas2, canvas3, canvas4);
var doc = new jsPDF("p", "mm", "a4");
var width = doc.internal.pageSize.getWidth();
var height = doc.internal.pageSize.getHeight();
doc.addImage(dURL, 'PNG', 0, 0, width, height);
doc.save('sample.pdf');
}

Unable to call html2canvas in AngularJS application

In my controller I am defining html2canvas functions like:
var builderApp = angular.module('builderApp',
['fg', 'ngSanitize', 'ui.bootstrap', 'angularFileUpload', 'textAngular', 'ui.grid', 'ui.grid.pagination']);
builderApp
.run(function ($templateCache) {
$templateCache.put('custom-busy.html',
"<div class=\"cssload-loader\"><div class=\"cssload-inner cssload-one\"></div><div class=\"cssload-inner cssload-two\"></div><div class=\"cssload-inner cssload-three\"></div></div>"
);
});
builderApp.controller('builderCtrl', function ($scope, formSchema, formData, $http, $filter) {
var vm = this;
$scope.canvasToImageSuccess = function (canvas) {
var margins = {
top: 50,
bottom: 80,
left: 20,
width: 600
};
var pdf = new jsPDF('p', 'pt', 'a4'), // jsPDF(orientation, unit, format)
pdfInternals = pdf.internal,
pdfPageSize = pdfInternals.pageSize,
pdfScaleFactor = pdfInternals.scaleFactor,
pdfPageWidth = pdfPageSize.width - (margins.left + margins.left),
pdfPageHeight = pdfPageSize.height + margins.left,
totalPdfHeight = 0,
htmlPageHeight = canvas.height,
htmlScaleFactor = canvas.width / (pdfPageWidth * pdfScaleFactor),
safetyNet = 0;
pdf.setFontSize(22);
pdf.setFontStyle('italic');
pdf.page = 1;
while (totalPdfHeight < htmlPageHeight && safetyNet < 15) {
var newCanvas = canvasShiftImage(canvas, totalPdfHeight);
pdf.addImage(newCanvas, 'png', margins.left, margins.top, pdfPageWidth, 0, null, 'NONE');
pdf.page++;
totalPdfHeight += (pdfPageHeight * pdfScaleFactor * htmlScaleFactor);
if (totalPdfHeight < htmlPageHeight) {
pdf.addPage();
}
safetyNet++;
}
pdf.save(fileName);
};
$scope.createPDF = function () {
var source = $("#formData").html();
var fileName = "Form1.Pdf";
var canvasToImage = function (canvas) {
var img = new Image();
var dataURL = canvas.toDataURL('image/png');
img.src = dataURL;
return img;
};
var canvasShiftImage = function (oldCanvas, shiftAmt) {
shiftAmt = parseInt(shiftAmt) || 0;
if (!shiftAmt) { return oldCanvas; }
var newCanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
newCanvas.height = oldCanvas.height - shiftAmt;
newCanvas.width = oldCanvas.width;
var ctx = newCanvas.getContext('2d');
var img = canvasToImage(oldCanvas);
ctx.drawImage(img, 0, shiftAmt, img.width, img.height, 0, 0, img.width, img.height);
return newCanvas;
};
try{
html2canvas(source, {
onrendered: function (canvas) {
alert('rendered');
$scope.canvasToImageSuccess(canvas);
}
});
}
catch(e)
{
var x = e;
}
}
From UI I am able to call createPDF function however, the alert in html2canvas is not getting fired and so my function canvasToImageSuccess does not get executed.
Am I missing anything here?
I tried to inject html2canvas as global.html2canvas = require("html2canvas"); but this is not working.
I checked console, but there is not error.

The fix was that the html2canvas needs element and not the html text.
so, line:
html2canvas(source,
should be:
html2canvas($("#formData"),

How do i get image data from external url - and return colors

Im using clusterfck.js to analyze and return colors. I wan't to grap images from search-results, but it seems to be a problem with the way clusterfck does the data reading. Here's the code from clusterfck:
$(".kmeans-button").click(function() {
if (!colors) {
colors = getImageColors();
}
var k = $(this).attr("data-k"); // $.data() returned undefined
$("#clusters").empty().append("<div>calculating distances...</div>");
kmeans.clusterColors(colors, k); // Threaded analyzing (worker)
})
function getImageColors() {
var img = $("#test-image");
var width = img.width();
var height = img.height();
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.drawImage(img.get(0), 0, 0);
var data = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height).data;
var colors = [];
for(var x = 0; x < width-12; x += 3) {
for(var y = 0; y < height-12; y += 3) { // sample image, every 3rd row and column
var offs = x*4 + y*4*width;
var color = [data[offs + 0], data[offs + 1], data[offs + 2]];
colors.push(color);
}
}
return colors;
}
I tried to put in img.crossOrigin = "Anonymous"; with no luck. I guess it needs to be loaded in af function and somehow callback colors. This is the best i could come up with, but it's not working.
$(".kmeans-button").click(function() {
if (!colors) {
getImageColors2(function(colors2) {
colors=colors2.slice(0);
var k = $(this).attr("data-k-e"); // $.data() returned undefined
$("#clusters").empty().append("<div>calculating colors...</div>");
kmeans.clusterColors(colors, k);
})
}
})
function getImageColors2(callback) {
var img2= document.getElementById("test-image");
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function () {
var width = img.width();
var height = img.height();
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.drawImage(img.get(0), 0, 0);
var data = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height).data;
var colors = [];
for(var x = 0; x < width-12; x += 3) {
for(var y = 0; y < height-12; y += 3) { // sample image, every 3rd row and column
var offs = x*4 + y*4*width;
var color = [data[offs + 0], data[offs + 1], data[offs + 2]];
colors.push(color);
}
}
callback(colors);
}
img.src=img2.src;
}
I assume that it can't access the data without loading into a image when on a external server. What am i missing her ? Maybe i got it all wrong ?

Thanks for your comments! I got it working now with the callback function :-)
function getpalette(colors) {
$("#clusters").empty().append("<div>calculating colors...</div>");
kmeans_paint.clusterColors(colors, k);
}
$(".kmeans-error-button").click(function() {
k = $(this).attr("data-k-e");
if (!colors) {
getImageColors(getpalette);
}
})
function getImageColors(callback) {
var img = new Image();
img.setAttribute('crossOrigin', 'anonymous');
img.onload = function () {
var width = img.width;
var height = img.height;
var canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.drawImage(img, 0, 0);
var data = context.getImageData(0, 0, width, height).data;
var colors = [];
for(var x = 0; x < width-12; x += 3) {
for(var y = 0; y < height-12; y += 3) { // sample image, every 3rd row and column
var offs = x*4 + y*4*width;
var color = [data[offs + 0], data[offs + 1], data[offs + 2]];
colors.push(color);
}
}
callback(colors);
}
img.src=document.getElementById("test-image").src;
}

cache a canvas in an object (in memory)

I am trying to cache the different states a user sets for a canvas,
The thing is that using .push and canvas.clone() when I append it later it's same size, but white; without the image that it was showing,
Any posible way to store a canvas in memory?
-EDIT-
This is how I'm trying
effectosFotos: function ($foto) {
var t;
var selector = '#'+$foto.attr('id');
var $foto = $(selector);
var $backup = $foto.clone();
var times = 0;
var cached = [];
$('.filters').show();
var img1 = document.createElement('img');
img1.onload = function () {
var width1 = $('.filters li').eq(0).width()/3;
var height1 = this.height*(width1/this.width);
console.log(width1, height1);
var canvas1 = document.createElement('canvas'),
ctx1 = canvas1.getContext('2d');
canvas1.width = width1;
canvas1.height = height1;
ctx1.drawImage(this, 0, 0, width1, height1);
var newUrl = canvas1.toDataURL('image/jpeg', 0.8);
$('.filters li a').each(function() {
$(this).append( '<img id="preview_'+$(this).data('id')+'" src="'+newUrl+'">' );
});
$('.filters li a').each(function(i) {
var $this = $(this);
t = setTimeout(function () {
var effect = $this.data('id');
var $img = $('#preview_'+effect);
//console.log('Item='+i +' About to render '+ effect +' and exists? ' + $img.length );
Caman('#preview_'+effect, function () {
this[effect]();
this.render(function(){
//console.log('rendered '+effect);
$this.parent().addClass('rendered');
});
});
}, 1*i)
});
}
img1.src = $foto.attr('src');
$('.filters').on('click', 'li:not(.active) a', function(e){
var start = new Date().getTime();
var $this = $(this).addClass('loading');
$this.parent().addClass('loading');
e.preventDefault();
var effect = $(this).data('id');
var parent = $(selector).parent();
//console.log('f'+$(selector).length, effect,times,$(selector).prop("tagName"),$backup.prop("tagName"));
/*if(times == 0){
$backup = $foto.clone();
}
times++;*/
$(selector).remove();
parent.append($backup);
console.log(cached);
var found = -1;
for ( var c = 0; c < cached.length; c++ ) {
var item = cached[c];
if ( item.effect == effect ) {
found = c;
}
}
if (effect == 'normal'){
$(selector).css('opacity',1);
$this.parent().addClass('active').removeClass('loading').siblings().removeClass('active');
} else if ( found > -1 ) {
console.log('Cargamos caché ' + effect + ' a '+width +'x'+height);
var canvas = document.getElementById($foto.attr('id'))
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;
var ctx3 = canvas.getContext('2d');
ctx3.clearRect( 0, 0, width, height );
ctx3.drawImage( cached[found].canvas, 0, 0);
$this.parent().addClass('active').removeClass('loading').siblings().removeClass('active');
} else {
$(selector).remove();
parent.append($backup);
$(selector).css('opacity',0.3);
$('.takePictureHolder').addClass('caming');
Caman(selector, function () {
this[effect]();
this.render(function(){
$(selector).css('opacity',1);
$this.parent().addClass('active').removeClass('loading').siblings().removeClass('active');
$('.takePictureHolder').removeClass('caming');
if (found == -1) {
var canvas = document.getElementById($foto.attr('id'));
var clone = canvas.cloneNode(true);
clone.getContext('2d').drawImage(canvas, 0,0);
cached.push({ 'effect' :effect, "canvas":clone });
/*var ctx4 = document.getElementById($foto.attr('id')).getContext('2d');
console.log('Cacheamos ' + effect + ' a '+width +'x'+height);
cached.push({ 'effect' :effect, "canvas":ctx4.getImageData(0,0,width, height) });*/
}
var end = new Date().getTime();
var time = end - start;
console.log('Execution time: ' + time);
});
});
}
});
}

The easiest and way more efficient than export methods is to draw your to-be-saved canvas on a clone, using clonedCtx.drawImage(canvas, 0,0). You will then be able to store the cloned canvas in an array :
Andreas' snippet with modified code :
var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
context = canvas.getContext("2d"),
states = [];
console.log('setup states...');
setupState();
function rndColor() {
var rgb = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
rgb.push(Math.floor(Math.random() * 255));
}
return "rgb(" + rgb.join(",") + ")";
}
function setupState() {
canvas.width = 50 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
canvas.height = 50 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
context.fillStyle = rndColor();
context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
var clone = canvas.cloneNode(true);
clone.getContext('2d').drawImage(canvas, 0,0);
states.push(clone)
if (states.length < 5) {
setTimeout(setupState, 1000);
} else {
console.log("restore states...");
setTimeout(restoreStates, 2000);
}
}
function restoreStates() {
var state = states.shift();
canvas.width = state.width;
canvas.height = state.height;
context.clearRect(0, 0, state.width, state.height);
context.drawImage(state, 0, 0);
if (states.length) {
setTimeout(restoreStates, 1000);
}
}
canvas { border: solid 5px blue }
<canvas></canvas>
But, as pointed out by #markE, if you need to store a lot of these states (e.g if you want to implement an undo/redo feature), it can quickly fill all your memory.
Then the recommended way is to save all drawing operations and reapply them. Still using Andreas' snippet, a minimal implementation could be :
var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
context = canvas.getContext("2d"),
states = [];
console.log('setup states...');
setupState();
function rndColor() {
var rgb = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
rgb.push(Math.floor(Math.random() * 255));
}
return "rgb(" + rgb.join(",") + ")";
}
function setupState() {
// create an object with all our states settings and operations
var state = {fillStyle: rndColor(), width: Math.floor(Math.random() * 100), height:Math.floor(Math.random() * 100)};
// save the operations in an array
state.operations = [{name:'fillRect',arguments: [0,0,state.width, state.height]}];
// save the state
states.push(state);
// parse it a first time;
parse(state);
if (states.length < 5) {
setTimeout(setupState, 1000);
} else {
console.log("restore states...");
setTimeout(restoreStates, 2000);
}
}
function parse(state){
// restore our canvas and context's properties
// this could be improved by creating canvas and context objects in our state and then restore the corresponding with a for(x in y) loop
canvas.width = state.width;
canvas.height = state.height;
context.fillStyle = state.fillStyle;
// retrieve the operations we applied
var op = state.operations;
// loop through them
for(var i=0; i<op.length; i++){
// check it actually exists as a function
if(typeof context[op[i].name]==='function')
// apply the saved arguments
context[op[i].name].apply(context, op[i].arguments);
}
}
function restoreStates() {
var state = states.shift();
parse(state);
if (states.length) {
setTimeout(restoreStates, 1000);
}
}
canvas { border: solid 1px blue }
<canvas></canvas>

You could save the content of the canvas with .getImageData().
And .putImageData() for restoring the old content.
var data = [];
// store canvas/image
data.push(context.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height));
// restore canvas/image
var oldData = data.pop();
canvas.width = oldData.width;
canvas.height = oldData.height;
context.clearRect(oldData, 0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
context.putImageData(oldData, 0, 0);
var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
context = canvas.getContext("2d"),
states = [],
img;
console.log("setup states...");
setupState();
function rndColor() {
var rgb = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
rgb.push(Math.floor(Math.random() * 255));
}
return "rgb(" + rgb.join(",") + ")";
}
function setupState() {
canvas.width = 50 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
canvas.height = 50 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
context.fillStyle = rndColor();
context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
states.push(context.getImageData(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height));
if (states.length < 5) {
setTimeout(setupState, 1000);
} else {
console.log("restore states...");
setTimeout(restoreStates, 2000);
}
}
function restoreStates() {
var state = states.shift();
canvas.width = state.width;
canvas.height = state.height;
context.clearRect(0, 0, state.width, state.height);
context.putImageData(state, 0, 0);
if (states.length) {
setTimeout(restoreStates, 1000);
}
}
canvas { border: solid 5px blue }
<canvas></canvas>
The same would be possible with .toDataUrl()
and .drawImage()
But this would be the slower approach: jsperf (at least in chrome)
var images = [];
// store canvas/image
var img = new Image();
img.src = canvas.toDataURL();
images.push(img);
// restore canvas/image
var oldImage = images.pop();
canvas.width = oldImage.width;
canvas.height = oldImage.height;
context.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
context.drawImage(oldImage, 0, 0);
var canvas = document.querySelector("canvas"),
context = canvas.getContext("2d"),
states = [],
img;
console.log("setup states...");
setupState();
function rndColor() {
var rgb = [];
for (var i = 0; i < 3; i++) {
rgb.push(Math.floor(Math.random() * 255));
}
return "rgb(" + rgb.join(",") + ")";
}
function setupState() {
canvas.width = 50 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
canvas.height = 50 + Math.floor(Math.random() * 100);
context.fillStyle = rndColor();
context.fillRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
img = new Image();
img.src = canvas.toDataURL();
states.push(img);
if (states.length < 5) {
setTimeout(setupState, 1000);
} else {
console.log("restore states...");
setTimeout(restoreStates, 2000);
}
}
function restoreStates() {
var state = states.shift();
canvas.width = state.width;
canvas.height = state.height;
context.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
context.drawImage(state, 0, 0);
if (states.length) {
setTimeout(restoreStates, 1000);
}
}
canvas { border: solid 5px blue }
<canvas></canvas>

HTML5 drawImage - Not working in Chrome while dragging

Im trying to drag and drop an image in canvas. But when dragging in chrome the image disapears but in Mozilla it works fine. Any help on this would be really appreciated.
HTML File
<head>
<script>
var canvasImages = [];
function imageProp() {
this.imgName = ' ';
this.imgX = 0;
this.imgY = 0;
this.ImgWidth = 1;
this.ImgHeight = 1;
}
function GetFilename(url) {
if (url) {
var m = url.toString().match(/.*\/(.+?)\./);
if (m && m.length > 1) {
return m[1];
}
}
return "";
}
function load(source) {
var canvas = document.getElementById("mycanvas");
var ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
var imageObj = new Image();
//Loading image to Canvas
imageObj.onload = function () {
ctx.drawImage(imageObj, 0, 0);
};
imageObj.src = source;
//Inserting properties of image loaded in canvas to an array
var Property = new imageProp;
//Property.imgName = GetFilename(source);
Property.imgName = source;
Property.imgX = 0;
Property.imgY = 0;
Property.ImgWidth = imageObj.width;
Property.ImgHeight = imageObj.height;
canvasImages.push(Property);
}
</script>
</head>
<body>
<img id = "imgID" onclick=" load(this.src)" src = 'download.png'/>
<canvas id="mycanvas" width="1000" height="1000">HTML5 Not Supported</canvas>
<script src="Canvas_js.js"></script>
</body>
Javascript file
(function () {
"use strict";
/*global document*/
/*global clear*/
/*global canvasImages*/
/*jslint devel: true */
/*jslint browser: true */
var canvas, ctx, ghostcanvas, gctx, RedrawInterval = 20, canvasValid = false, clickLoc = {}, isDragging = false, index = 0, selectedIndex = 0;
clickLoc.x = 0;
clickLoc.y = 0;
function drawCanv() {
var i = 0, imageObj;
ctx.clearRect(0, 0, canvas.width, canvas.height);
for (i = 0; i < canvasImages.length; i += 1) {
imageObj = new Image();
imageObj = document.createElement('img');
imageObj.src = canvasImages[i].imgName;
imageObj.onload = function () {
ctx.drawImage(imageObj, canvasImages[i].imgX, canvasImages[i].imgY);
};
}
}
function resizeHandler(index) {
ctx.beginPath();
ctx.strokeRect(canvasImages[index].imgX, canvasImages[index].imgY, canvasImages[index].ImgWidth + 5, canvasImages[index].ImgHeight + 5);
}
function canvasOnClick(e) {
var rect, i = 0;
isDragging = true;
//Get X and Y coordinates of the click
rect = canvas.getBoundingClientRect();
clickLoc.x = e.clientX - rect.left;
clickLoc.y = e.clientY - rect.top;
//Check whether any image is clicked
for (i = 0; i < canvasImages.length; i += 1) {
if (clickLoc.x >= canvasImages[i].imgX && clickLoc.x <= canvasImages[i].imgX + canvasImages[i].ImgWidth && clickLoc.y >= canvasImages[i].imgY && clickLoc.y <= canvasImages[i].imgY + canvasImages[i].ImgHeight) {
selectedIndex = i;
resizeHandler(i);
}
}
}
function canvasMouseUp(e) {
isDragging = false;
}
function canvasMouseMove(e) {
if (isDragging === true) {
canvasImages[selectedIndex].imgX += 5;
drawCanv();
}
}
function init() {
// Defining Canvas and fake canvas
canvas = document.getElementById('mycanvas');
ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');
ghostcanvas = document.createElement('canvas');
ghostcanvas.height = canvas.height;
ghostcanvas.width = canvas.width;
gctx = ghostcanvas.getContext('2d');
// Redrawing canvas for the interval
//setInterval(draw, RedrawInterval);
// Adding Eventlisteners
canvas.addEventListener("mousedown", canvasOnClick, false);
canvas.addEventListener("mouseup", canvasMouseUp, false);
canvas.addEventListener("mousemove", canvasMouseMove, false);
}
init();
}());

Start messing around with
user-select: none;
-webkit-user-select: none;
in your css.