Yet Another PNG Decoder

Pure JavaScript implemented png decoder (as well as encoder) that supports modern browsers as well as Node.JS

View this demo

Supported PNG features:

• PNG-8 1~256 colored platte mode with transparency
• PNG-24 RGBA mode

Usage

In Browser:

<canvas></canvas>
<script src="src/zlib/zlib.js"></script>
<!-- load inflate.js only if you don't want inflate run in Worker -->
<script src="src/zlib/inflate.js"></script>
<script src="src/png.js"></script>
<script>
    PNG.load(image_url).then(function (png) {
        png.renderTo(document.querySelector('canvas'))
    })
</script>

In Node.JS:

var fs = require('fs')
require('yapd').load('rgba.png')

Encoder support

PNG encoder is added. See encoder

API reference

PNG.load(image_path)

Returns a promise of type PNGImage.

In web browsers, a fetch or XHR request is sent to get the content. In Node.JS, a local file is read.

PNG.load('rgba.png').then(function (png) {
    // png instanceof PNGImage
})

PNG.decode(buf: Buffer|ArrayBuffer|Uint8Array)

Decodes the png image file content.

var buf = ...
png.decode(buf).then(function (png) {
    // png instanceof PNGImage
})

class PNGImage

A png image decoded from buffer, contains several properties and methods:

• width: image width, in pixel
• height: image height, in pixel
• bitDepth: bits of each channel at one pixel
• colorMode: color mode indicator, one of grayscale rgb rgba platte and grayscale_alpha
• data: array of channels in R,G,B,A.
• renderTo(canvas): browser API, resizes the canvas to the size of the image and renders the image into an canvas