png-img

Lite self-contained png image processing library for macOS and Linux.

Requirements

Linux

• Depends on GCC 4.6+

macOs

• Tested with Xcode 6.0 (but should also work with 5.0) and Xcode 11.3
• node-gyp installation docs
• node-gyp installation docs for Calalina

Windows

• Tested with MSVC 2013 Express
• node-gyp installation docs

Installation

npm install png-img

API

new PngImg(buffer)

Create PngImg object from passed buffer with image.

Arguments:

• buf - Buffer with image file content.

const fs = require('fs');
const {PngImg} = require('png-img');

const buf = fs.readFileSync('path/to/img.png');
const img = new PngImg(buf);

size()

Get image size as an object.

console.log(img.size());

for 32x32 image will print out:

{ width: 32, height: 32 }

get(x, y)

Get pixel color and alpha.

Returns object:

• r: red channel (0 to 255)
• g: green channel (0 to 255)
• b: blue channel (0 to 255)
• a: alpha (0 to 255). 0 - transparent

console.log(img.get(0, 0));

will print pixel and color for pixel (0, 0):

{
  r: 100,
  g: 150,
  b: 200,
  a: 255
}

fill(offsetX, offsetY, widht, height, color)

Fill region with passed color. Modifies current image.

Arguments:

• offsetX - horizontal offset from the left side of the image
• offsetY - vertical offset from the top side of the image
• width - region width
• height - region height
• color - color as {r,g,b,a} object or as a '#XXXXXX' string

Returns: current image object

Throws if region is not inside the current image

img
  .fill(0, 0, 16, 16, '#00ffFF') // fill with cyan
  .fill(16, 16, 16, 16, {r: 0, g: 255, b: 255, a: 127}); // fill with half-transparent cyan

set(x, y, color)

Same as fill(x, y, 1, 1, color)

crop(offsetX, offsetY, widht, height)

Crop image. Modifies current image.

Arguments:

• offsetX - horizontal offset from the left side of the image
• offsetY - vertical offset from the top side of the image
• width - new width
• height - new height

Returns: current image object

Throws if new image is not inside the current image.

img
    .crop(0, 0, 16, 16)
    .crop(8, 8, 8, 8);

setSize(width, height)

Sets new image size. Modifies current image.

Arguments:

• width - new width
• height - new height

Returns: current image object

If new size is less or equal than current size, than crop will be performed.

Note: this method doesn't strech current image, it just sets new size. If new dimension is less than previous than image will be cut. If new dimension is greater than previous than image will be extended with black area.

var size = img.size();
img
  .setSize(size.width/2, size.height*2);

insert(img, offsetX, offsetY)

Inserts image into specified place.

Arguments:

• img - image to insert. Should be a PngImg object
• offsetX - horizontal offset from the left side of the image
• offsetY - vertical offset from the top side of the image

Join to images (pretend that they have same witdh):

var otherImg = new PngImg(/*...*/)
img
 .setSize(img.size().width, img.size().height + otherImg.size().height)
 .insert(otherImg, 0, img.size().height);

rotateRight()

Rotates image 90 degrees clockwise

rotateLeft()

Rotates image 90 degress counterclockwise

save(file)

Save image to file. Asynchronous operation.

Arguments:

• file - path to file to save image

Overwrites existing file.

await img.save('path/to/file.png');

Build

npm run build

This will build native node extension and place it to the compiled directory

Release

1. Up version in package json, create tag, and push it to repo. Note: Do not publish the package.

$ npm version <patch|minor|major>
$ git push && git push --tags

2. Go to tags page and create release from pushed tag.
3. Wait for the release workflow to finish. See the actions page to find the workflow.

Vagrant

Use Vagrant to build and test on Linux and Windows from macOS.

Tested with Vagrant 1.7 and VirtualBox 4.3.

1. Install Vagrant and VirtualBox.
2. Create Windows vagrant box (see howto)
3. Run vagrant up --provider virtualbox
4. Specify OS env variable to run and test on specific platform:

• npm run build, npm test - current platform
• OS=linux npm test - Ubuntu 14.04
• OS=linux-old npm test - Ubuntu 12.04
• OS=win npm test - Windows
• OS=all npm test - all