javascript - outputting HTML5 canvas as an image, howto?

Question

I have already looked into this tutorial on how to use canvas in HTML5 to create a clipping mask. http://www.benbarnett.net/2011/06/02/using-html5-canvas-for-image-masks/

The question i have now is it possible to save the canvas as an image (including the mask effect) ?

thanks

Answer 1

Getting PNG output can be done with canvas.toDataURL().

It is also possible to get JPEG output on Chrome/Firefox. Below is a code to convert to JPEG data as HTML5 Blob.

   /**
    * http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4998908/convert-data-uri-to-file-then-append-to-formdata/5100158
    *
    *
    */
    function dataURItoBlob(dataURI, callback) {
        // convert base64 to raw binary data held in a string
        // doesn't handle URLEncoded DataURIs

        var byteString;
        if (dataURI.split(',')[0].indexOf('base64') >= 0) {
            byteString = atob(dataURI.split(',')[1]);
        } else {
            byteString = unescape(dataURI.split(',')[1]);
        }

        // separate out the mime component
        var mimeString = dataURI.split(',')[0].split(':')[1].split(';')[0];

        // write the bytes of the string to an ArrayBuffer
        var ab = new ArrayBuffer(byteString.length);
        var ia = new Uint8Array(ab);
        for (var i = 0; i < byteString.length; i++) {
            ia[i] = byteString.charCodeAt(i);
        }

        // write the ArrayBuffer to a blob, and you're done
        var BlobBuilder = window.WebKitBlobBuilder || window.MozBlobBuilder;
        var bb = new BlobBuilder();
        bb.append(ab);
        return bb.getBlob(mimeString);
    }

   function getAsJPEGBlob(canvas) {
        if(canvas.mozGetAsFile) {
            return canvas.mozGetAsFile("foo.jpg", "image/jpeg");
        } else {
            var data = canvas.toDataURL('image/jpeg', 0.7);
            var blob = dataURItoBlob(data);
            return blob;
        }
    }