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Meraki Javascript SDK
- Meraki Javascript SDK
Overview
The Meraki platform requires that artists provide scripts created using a framework that we provide - this SDK. At its core, a script is an ES2015+ class that extends a base class and implemented specific methods.
Note: This SDK is a beta release and is subject to change.
Writing Scripts for Meraki
To create a script for Meraki, you must use the framework (SDK) we provide as an npm package. This allows for uniformity between scripts, regardless of what rendering library is in use. This makes it easier to create scripts as there's a single, documented way to write a valid Meraki script.
It is important to note that you should NOT reference the Meraki
class, p5
functions, or any other external libraries from outside of the Script
class. Doing so may cause your script not to render, cause automated code analyzers to fail (resulting in approval delays), or other cause unforeseen errors.
The core of your script will be a modern ECMAScript class named Script
that extends a MerakiScript
class, as shown below:
class Script extends MerakiScript {
//
}
See below for more information on creating the Script
class implementation.
Requirements
- Total submission size may not exceed 60kb unminified and uncompressed. This includes both
Script.js
andScriptTraits.js
combined. - Meraki does not accept minified or obfuscated submissions.
- Scripts must pass all Meraki automated checks.
Creating A Project
The easiest way to get started is to use our starter template. Click the "Use This Template" button to generate a new GitHub repository based on the template.
Or install the sdk into your existing project:
npm install meraki-js-sdk
Submitting your work
The package you submit for review should contain a Script.js
file that exports a Script
class, and a ScriptTraits.js
file that exports a ScriptTraits
class. Both files should use named exports (ESM).
Do not submit minified or transpiled/compiled scripts.
Please see the Artist Application on mraki.io for more information about applying.
SDK Overview
The Meraki
class
Properties
project
The Meraki.project
property provides access to some information about the current project. It has the following properties:
interface MerakiProject {
identifier: string;
title: string;
symbol: string|null;
active: boolean;
}
canvas
The Meraki.canvas
property provides information about the canvas you should create. It has width
and height
properties:
interface Dimensions {
height: number;
width: number;
}
data
The Meraki.data
property provides information about the image to generate, including a random entropy hash that must seed all random values generators in the script.
interface MerakiTokenData {
tokenHash: string; // random 64-character hexadecimal value used for seeding RNGs, etc.; starts with '0x'.
tokenId: string; // the specific token (NFT) identifier that the script is creating.
mintedAt: number|string; // the unix timestamp that the minting of the token occurred.
}
While Meraki
provides random number generation functions, if you choose to write your own you must seed it with the tokenHash
value:
function my_custom_rng(seed) {
// do some work
}
const value = my_custom_rng(Meraki.data.tokenHash);
Writing your own RNG function is optional - see the random documentation for information on the functions that the Meraki
class provides.
utils
This Meraki.utils
property provides access to common helper functions that you may choose to use when writing your script.
hash
The Meraki.utils.hash
property provides common hash functions:
murmurhash3.hash32()
murmurhash3.hash128()
sha256()
const hash1 = Meraki.utils.hash.sha256('my string');
const hash2 = Meraki.utils.hash.murmurhash3.hash32('my string');
chunkify()
The chunkify()
function separates string into chunks of the same size.
// function signature
function chunkify(str: string, size: number): string[];
const hashChunks = Meraki.utils.chunkify(Meraki.data.tokenHash, 4);
assets
The Meraki.assets
property provides access to several p5.js
functions that are used to load assets.
The functions for loading data files from the Meraki CDN are:
Meraki.assets.loadStrings()
Meraki.assets.loadTable()
Meraki.assets.loadJSON()
Meraki.assets.loadXML()
Additionally, the following functions are provided for loading font, image, shader and other assets from the Meraki CDN:
Meraki.assets.loadBytes()
Meraki.assets.loadFont()
Meraki.assets.loadImage()
Meraki.assets.loadShader()
These functions are used to load assets from the Meraki CDN, and MUST be used in place of the original p5 functions.
For information on how to use the functions, see the p5.js documentation.
Examples
To load a JSON file from the CDN:
const data = await Meraki.assets.loadJSON('your-project-identifier/data.json');
These helper functions should be used instead of the p5.js
equivalents.
To add script assets for your script, see the "Script Assets" tab in the Meraki Artist dashboard. On this tab, you can select the data format you'd like to use, modify the contents of the script asset (JSON, etc.), and receive a URL that you can use to load the asset in your script, such as:
a1c1c433-1ae9-2b9b-a8cd-62c55a12b5d2/data.json
This URL would be used as follows:
const data = await Meraki.assets.loadJSON('a1c1c433-1ae9-2b9b-a8cd-62c55a12b5d2/data.json');
You can also access the project identifier for your script using the Meraki.project.identifier
property:
const data = await Meraki.assets.loadJSON(`${Meraki.project.identifier}/data.json`);
Using
Meraki.project.identifier
should be preferred over hard-coding the project identifier in your script.
Note the use of await
in the example above. The above functions are asynchronous and must be used with await
or then()
and should be placed in the initialization
method of the MerakiScript
class.
Complete Example with loadFont()
Complete example using Meraki.assets.loadFont()
:
class Script extends MerakiScript {
font = null;
execute() {
createCanvas(Meraki.window.width, Meraki.window.height, WEBGL);
noLoop();
}
draw() {
super.draw();
fill('#ED225D');
textFont(this.font);
textSize(36);
text('hello from loadFont()', 10, 50);
}
async initialize() {
super.initialize();
// must load the font in the initialize() method to ensure it is fully loaded by the
// time rendering begins.
this.font = await Meraki.assets.loadFont(`${Meraki.project.identifier}/38e6naM9.otf`);
}
version() {
return '0.0.1';
}
configure() {
return {
renderTimeMs: 50,
library: {
name: 'p5',
version: '1.4.0',
},
};
}
traits() {
return [];
}
}
When using
Meraki.assets.loadFont()
,Meraki.assets.loadImage()
, orMeraki.assets.loadShader()
, access the correct filename for the asset from the "Digital Assets" tab in the Meraki Artist dashboard.
random
The Meraki.random
property provides access to random value generation functions using a Random
class.
Your script may require random values (integers, decimals, etc.), but you're required to use the Meraki-provided value (the "entropy hash") as the basis for all randomness. To make it easier, the SDK provides helper methods to generate predictable random values based on the entropy hash.
You may access the helper methods via the Meraki.random
class, which provides the following methods:
boolean(percent)
: random boolean, where optionalpercent
is the percentage chance of atrue
resultdecimal()
: returns a random decimal between 0 and 1.element(array)
: returns a random element from the provided arrayinteger(min, max)
: random integer;max
is an optional integer valuenumber(min, max)
: random number (with a decimal value);max
is an optional numeric valueshuffle(array)
: returns a shuffled copy of the provided array
// return true approxamtely 50% of the time
for(let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
Meraki.log(`loop ${i + 1}: `, Meraki.random.boolean());
}
// return true approxamtely 10% of the time
for(let i = 0; i < 10; i++) {
Meraki.log(`loop ${i + 1}: `, Meraki.random.boolean(10));
}
const numberBelowTen = Meraki.random.element([1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9]);
window
The Meraki.window
property provides information about the size of the browser window. It has width
and height
properties:
interface MerakiWindowInformation {
height: number;
width: number;
}
Methods
log()
The Meraki.log()
method acts in the same manner as console.log()
, and should be used INSTEAD OF console.log
. Please do not use console.log
directly to avoid polluting the console output in production/rendering environments.
Meraki.log('hello world');
Meraki.log('hello', 'world');
registerScript()
The Meraki.registerScript(instance)
method registers your script class to allow for automated rendering of your code. You may call this method manually as the last line in your script, or omit it entirely (it's called automatically).
tokenAgeInSeconds()
The Meraki.tokenAgeInSeconds()
method returns the number of seconds since the token was originally minted.
The Script
class
The Script
class you create must extend the MerakiScript
class.
NOTE: It is critical that you do not execute any code in the global namespace. All code should be contained within class methods or functions. Submissions that do not observe this requirement may be rejected.
Required Methods
execute()
The execute
method is where you place the code that renders the artwork. It's equivalent to the setup
function for p5
. If you have a p5
script, you should extract the body of that function and place it in the execute
method.
initialize()
Called before execution to allow for initial setup of class properties or other values and actions to prepare for rendering. When using the p5
library, it's equivalent to preload()
.
configure()
Every script class must have a configure
method that returns a MerakiScriptConfiguration
type object with the following properties:
animation
: a boolean indicating if the generated image is an animation. optional.sdkVersion
: a string containing the SDK version used when developing your script. Valid values include '2', '2.0', '2.0.1', etc. optional.renderTimeMs
: an integer value that indicates an approximate time in milliseconds for how long the script takes to render. If your artwork is an animation, it should be the number of milliseconds the longest render can take plus 20%. optional.library
: returns an object withname
andversion
properties that specify the name and desired version of the rendering library to use. required.
configure() {
return {
animation: false,
sdkVersion: '2.0',
renderTimeMs: 100,
library: {
name: 'p5',
version: '1.4.0',
}
};
}
If you are using plain javascript, set library.name
to 'javascript'
and library.version
to 'none'
.
All properties except for library
are optional, so this would also be a valid configure()
method:
configure() {
return {
library: {
name: 'p5',
version: '1.x',
}
};
}
- The
library.name
value must be the name of a supported library:p5
,three
, orjavascript
. - The
library.version
value must be a valid semver version,latest
, ornone
.
For reference, the MerakiScriptConfiguration
interface definition is as follows:
interface MerakiScriptConfiguration {
animation?: boolean;
sdkVersion?: string;
renderTimeMs?: number;
library?: {
name?: string;
version?: string;
};
}
traits()
Every script class must have a traits
method that returns a an array of trait names and values that were used during the generation of the image based on the entropy hash. There are different ways of storing this information, but you might choose to store the selected traits as properties on the Script
class:
traits() {
return {
color: this.selectedColorTrait,
size: this.selectedSizeTrait,
}
}
The best practice for generating traits for your artwork is to use the following pattern, generating the traits on the class initialization and storing them as properties:
class Script extends MerakiScript {
traitValues = {
color: '',
size: '',
speed: '',
palette: '',
};
traitsPrepared = this.prepareTraits();
prepareTraits() {
const traits = new ScriptTraits();
this.traitValues.color = Meraki.random.element(traits.color());
this.traitValues.size = Meraki.random.element(traits.size());
this.traitValues.speed = Meraki.random.element(traits.speed());
this.traitValues.palette = Meraki.random.element(traits.palette());
return true;
}
// ...code omitted for brevity
traits() {
return this.traitValues;
}
}
Optional Methods
version()
You may provide a version
method that returns a semantic version string for the current version of your script.
version() {
return '1.2.0';
}
draw()
The draw
method is where you place code that renders the artwork in a loop (i.e., for animated images). This is only relevant when using the p5
rendering library. This method is optional.
The ScriptTraits
class
Your script must define all possible trait names and values that may exist within a generated image. This should be defined as a separate class named ScriptTraits
that does not extend any other class. Each feature name should be a method, should be singular and not plural, written in camelCase, and its return value should always be an array of all possible values for that feature.
The package you submit for review should contain a ScriptTraits.js
file that exports a ScriptTraits
class as a named export (ESM).
For example:
export class ScriptTraits {
color() {
return ['red', 'blue', 'green', 'purple'];
}
size() {
return ['small', 'medium', 'large'];
}
form() {
return ['circle', 'hard', 'soft'];
}
speed() {
return ['conceptual', 'meditative'];
}
palette() {
return ['darkness', 'laguna', 'light', 'oracle', 'phoenix', 'sands'];
}
}
It is important that you do not execute any code outside of the
ScriptTraits
class definition.You should ONLY define the
ScriptTraits
class in theScriptTraits.js
file.
Creating Scripts for P5
When creating a script class to for rendering by the p5
library, you may use the same code that you'd use when not using a framework. The primary difference is that the code placed within setup()
is now located in the execute()
method in your MerakiScript
class.
If you have a draw()
function defined, you should instead add a draw()
method to your script class and place the code there.
Note: The MerakiScript
class gets included automatically by the SDK browser bundle during rendering.
// Sample script implementation using p5.js
import { MerakiScript } from 'meraki-js-sdk/sdk';
export class Script extends MerakiScript {
randomFill = 0;
execute() {
createCanvas(Meraki.canvas.width, Meraki.canvas.height);
fill(randomFill, 31, 81);
noStroke();
rect(55, 55, 250, 250);
fill(255);
textSize(14);
}
draw() {
super.draw();
text("hello world !", 50, 250);
}
initialize() {
//called before execution
super.initialize();
this.randomFill = Meraki.random.integer(0, 200);
}
version() {
return '1.0.0';
}
configure() {
return {
renderTimeMs: 100,
library: {
name: 'p5',
version: '1.4.0',
}
}
}
traits() {
const color = Meraki.random.element(new ScriptTraits().color());
return { color, size: 'small' };
}
}
Animated Example Script
import { MerakiScript } from 'meraki-js-sdk/sdk';
export class Script extends MerakiScript {
randomFill = 0;
redraw() {
fill(this.randomFill, 31, 81);
noStroke();
rect(55, 55, 250, 250);
fill(255);
textSize(23);
text("Counter: " + this.getSeconds(), 100, 250);
}
execute() {
createCanvas(Meraki.canvas.width, Meraki.canvas.height);
this.randomFill = Meraki.random.integer(1, 240);
this.redraw();
}
getSeconds() {
return new Date().getSeconds();
}
draw() {
super.draw();
this.redraw();
}
initialize() {
super.initialize();
Meraki.log('init');
}
version() {
return '1.1.0';
}
configure() {
return {
renderTimeMs: 50
}
}
traits() {
const color = Meraki.random.element(new ScriptTraits().color());
return { color, size: 'small' };
}
}
The resulting animated image renders in the browser:
Loading Resources
If you need to use the p5
loadStrings()
or loadFont()
methods, you may call them from your script; however, your assets must be submitted to us for review at [email protected]. We will review your assets and if approved we will provide you with a link to the assets to use in your script.
SDK Development
Setup
For development of the SDK, you must first install all dependencies, and then run the build script:
npm install
npm run build:dev
This process will create a file named sdk.js
in the dist
directory. This is a valid javascript library that may be used within the browser environment for rendering generative art scripts.
Testing
meraki-js-sdk
uses Jest for unit tests. To run the test suite:
npm run test
Changelog
Please see CHANGELOG for more information on what has changed between versions.
Contributing
Please see CONTRIBUTING for details.
Security Vulnerabilities
Please review our security policy on how to report security vulnerabilities.
Credits
License
The MIT License (MIT). Please see License File for more information.