node-svg2img

A high-performance in-memory convertor to convert svg to png/jpeg images for Node. Based on canvg and node-canvas

Because of jsdom, it requires Node.js 4 or newer.

Please notice: this library is only for Node, can not run in browsers.

Install

npm install svg2img

Usage

Conversion

To output JPEG image, you should install node-canvas with jpeg support.

var fs = require('fs');
var svg2img = require('svg2img');
var btoa = require('btoa');

var svgString = [
'<svg xmlns="http://www.w3.org/2000/svg" version="1.1" width="236" height="120" ',
'viewBox="0 0 236 120">',
'<rect x="14" y="23" width="200" height="50" fill="#55FF55" stroke="black" stroke-width="1" />',
'</svg>'
].join('');

//1. convert from svg string
svg2img(svgString, function(error, buffer) {
    //returns a Buffer
    fs.writeFileSync('foo1.png', buffer);
});

//2. convert from svg's base64 string
svg2img(
    'data:image/svg+xml;base64,'+ btoa(svgString),
    function(error, buffer) {
        fs.writeFileSync('foo2.png', buffer);
});

fs.writeFileSync('foo.svg', new Buffer(svgString));

//3. convert from a local file
svg2img(__dirname+'/foo.svg', function(error, buffer) {
    fs.writeFileSync('foo3.png', buffer);
});

//4. convert from a remote file
svg2img(
    'https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a0/Svg_example1.svg',
    function(error, buffer) {
        fs.writeFileSync('foo4.png', buffer);
});

//5. convert to jpeg file
svg2img(svgString, {format:'jpg','quality':75}, function(error, buffer) {
    //default jpeg quality is 75
    fs.writeFileSync('foo5.jpg', buffer);
});

Scale

You can scale the svg by giving width and height.

svg2img(__dirname+'/foo.svg', {'width':800, 'height':600} ,function(error, buffer) {
    fs.writeFileSync('foo.png', buffer);
});

By default, the aspect ratio isn't preserved when scaling (same as preserveAspectRatio="none"). You can change it using preserveAspectRatio option. It can be true to keep original value or any other value to replace with.

// use original preserveAspectRatio
svg2img(
    __dirname+'/foo.svg',
    {width:800, height:600, preserveAspectRatio:true},
    function(error, buffer) {
        fs.writeFileSync('foo.png', buffer);
    }
);

// use custom preserveAspectRatio
svg2img(
    __dirname+'/foo.svg',
    {width:800, height:600, preserveAspectRatio:'xMinYMid meet'},
    function(error, buffer) {
        fs.writeFileSync('foo.png', buffer);
    }
);

Run the Test

    npm test