@kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw
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Vite plugin enabling module-like import of local tldraw .tldr files with automatic conversion to SVG or PNG.
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@kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw
Vite plugin enabling module-like import of local tldraw .tldr files with automatic conversion to SVG or PNG.
Overview
A Vite plugin to automate the import and conversion of local tldraw .tldr
files into SVG or PNG image assets.
This allows .tldr
files to be imported just like regular .webp
, .jpeg
etc. files in Vite-powered projects:
// main.ts
import tldrImage from './assets/test-sketch.tldr'
const body = document.querySelector<HTMLDivElement>('body')
if (body) body.innerHTML = `<img src="${tldrImage}" />`
The above transforms ./assets/test-sketch.tldr
into ./assets/test-sketch-{hash}.svg
, caches the output file, and then returns an SVG URL ready to be passed to an img
element's src
attribute.
The plugin provides a global configuration object to customize of several aspects of the conversion process, and also allows overrides on a per-import basis via query parameters on the asset import path, e.g.:
import tldrImage from './assets/test-sketch.tldr?format=png&tldr'
For lower-level processing of .tldr
files in Node projects or via the command line, please see @kitschpatrol/tldraw-cli.
Installation
1. Install the plugin package
Assuming you're starting with a Vite project of some flavor:
npm install --save-dev @kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw
2. Add the plugin to your vite.config
file
// vite.config.ts
import tldraw from '@kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw'
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [tldraw()],
})
3. Configure TypeScript
Skip this step if you're using plain JavaScript.
Add the extension declarations to your types in tsconfig.json:
{
"compilerOptions": {
"types": ["@kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw/ext"]
}
}
Alternately, you can add a triple-slash package dependency directive to your global types file (e.g. env.d.ts
or similar):
/// <reference types="@kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw/ext" />
This step should take care of errors like:
Cannot find module './assets/test-sketch.tldr' or its corresponding type declarations.ts(2307)
Usage
Save your tldraw project to a .tldr
file.
Add it to your project, most likely in an assets
folder.
Then simply import the .tldr
file to get a working asset URL:
// example.ts
import tldrImage from './assets/test-sketch.tldr'
// Logs a working SVG URL
console.log(tldrImage)
See the sections below for additional conversion options.
Plugin Options
vite-plugin-tldraw
inherits most of the configuration flags available in @kitschpatrol/tldraw-cli.
TldrawPluginOptions
| Key | Type | Description | Default |
| --------------------- | -------------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ------------------- |
| defaultImageOptions
| TldrawImageOptions
| Default options object for all the image conversion process. See section below for more detail. | See section below |
| cacheEnabled
| boolean
| Caches generated image files. Hashes based on the source .tldr
content and any TldrawImageOptions or import query parameters ensure the cache regenerates as needed. Cached files are stored in Vite's config.cacheDir
(usually /node_modules/.vite
). | true
|
| verbose
| boolean
| Log information about the conversion process to the console. | false
|
TldrawImageOptions
| Key | Type | Description | Default |
| ------------- | ---------------- | ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ | ------- |
| format
| "png" \| "svg"
| Output image format. | "svg"
|
| transparent
| boolean
| Output image with a transparent background. | false
|
| dark
| boolean
| Output a dark theme version of the image. | false
|
| stripStyle
| boolean
| Remove <style>
elements from SVG output, useful to lighten the load of embedded fonts or if you are providing your own stylesheet for the SVG. | false
|
| padding
| number
| Set a specific padding amount around the exported image. | 32
|
| scale
| number
| Set a sampling factor for raster image exports. | 1
|
Plugin options example
Configure the plugin to always generate PNGs with a transparent background, and to log conversion details:
// vite.config.ts
import tldraw from '@kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw'
import { defineConfig } from 'vite'
export default defineConfig({
plugins: [
tldraw({
verbose: true,
format: 'png',
transparent: true,
}),
],
})
The @kitschpatrol/vite-plugin-tldraw
also exports TldrawPluginOptions
and TldrawImageOptions
types for your convenience.
Import path options
Import directives may include query parameters to set image conversion options on a per-import basis.
Query parameters take precedence over TldrawPluginOptions
set at plugin instantiation in your vite.config.ts
.
Note: Due to constraints in TypeScript's module declaration wildcards, the import path must be suffixed with &tldr
or &tldraw
when query parameters are used.
Additional query parameter options
In addition to all TldrawImageOptions
, query parameters also accept additional options for selecting specific parts of a sketch:
| Key | Type | Description | Default |
| ------- | --------------------- | ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ----------- |
| frame
| string \| undefined
| When defined, outputs only a specific frame from the .tldr
file. Provide either the frame name or its shape ID, e.g. Frame 1
. Slugified frame names will also match, e.g. frame-1
. | undefined
|
| page
| string \| undefined
| When defined, outputs only a specific page from the .tldr
file. Provide either the frame name or its page ID, e.g. Page 1
. Slugified frame names will also match, e.g. page-1
. | undefined
|
Import path query parameter examples
// example.ts
import tldrImagePng from './assets/test-sketch.tldr?format=png&tldr'
import tldrImageTransparentPng from './assets/test-sketch.tldr?format=png&transparent=true&tldr'
import tldrImageFrame from './assets/test-sketch-three-frames.tldr?frame=frame-1&tldr'
// Logs a PNG URL
console.log(tldrImagePng)
// Logs a transparent-background PNG URL
console.log(tldrImageTransparentPng)
// Logs an SVG URL for "Frame 1" in the source `.tldr`
console.log(tldrImageFrame)
Implementation notes
This tool is not a part of the official tldraw project, and it is currently only tested and known to be compatible with tldraw 2.0.0-beta.2.
Behind the scenes, the plugin calls @kitschpatrol/tldraw-cli's Node API to generate image files from .tldr
files, and then passes the resulting URL as the value of the module import.
Because tldraw-cli
relies on the browser automation tool Puppeteer for its output, conversion can be a bit slow (on the order of a second or two), so by default generated image assets are cached to expedite subsequent builds.
During development, images are served from the cache, and when Vite builds for production the image files are bundled into the output with a hashed filename to simplify cache busting.
The future
Possible paths for future improvements include the following:
- Rollup cross-compatibility
- Support importing tldraw.com URLs
- SVG compression, PNG resizing / optimization (or test integration with other asset pipeline plugins)
Any other suggestions are welcome.
I'm consciously releasing this tool under the @kitschpatrol
namespace on NPM to leave the vite-plugin-tldraw
package name available to the core tldraw project.
References
Some links and issues from development are retained for my own reference below:
TypeScript module query parameter compatibility:
- https://github.com/microsoft/TypeScript/issues/38638
- https://www.typescriptlang.org/docs/handbook/modules/reference.html#ambient-modules
- https://github.com/JonasKruckenberg/imagetools/issues/70
- https://github.com/JonasKruckenberg/imagetools/issues/160
Vite asset plugin approach:
- https://github.com/vitejs/vite/discussions/7515
- https://liana.one/custom-language-plugin-for-vite
- https://github.com/UstymUkhman/vite-plugin-glsl
Vite asset Path issues:
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Contributing
Issues and pull requests are welcome.
License
MIT © Eric Mika