Snapper 📷

Snapper allows you to generate images from ANSI formatted text.

🚧 Project is WIP, expect breaking changes

Generate this image:

With this:

import { snap } from "https://deno.land/x/snapper@v0.0.6/mod.ts";

const testText = `�[1mbold            �[22m�[2mdim             �[22m�[3mitalic          �[23m�[4munderline       �[24m�[7minverse         �[27m�[9mstrikethrough   �[29m 
�[1m�[30mblack           �[39m�[22m�[1m�[31mred             �[39m�[22m�[1m�[32mgreen           �[39m�[22m�[1m�[33myellow          �[39m�[22m�[1m�[34mblue            �[39m�[22m�[1m�[35mmagenta         �[39m�[22m�[1m�[36mcyan            �[39m�[22m�[1m�[37mwhite         �[39m�[22m
�[1m�[90mgray            �[39m�[22m�[30m�[91mredBright       �[30m�[39m�[30m�[92mgreenBright     �[30m�[39m�[30m�[93myellowBright    �[30m�[39m�[30m�[94mblueBright      �[30m�[39m�[30m�[95mmagentaBright   �[30m�[39m�[30m�[96mcyanBright      �[30m�[39m�[30m�[97mwhiteBright  �[30m�[39m
�[37m�[1m�[40mbgBlack         �[49m�[22m�[39m�[30m�[1m�[41mbgRed           �[49m�[22m�[39m�[30m�[1m�[42mbgGreen         �[49m�[22m�[39m�[30m�[1m�[43mbgYellow        �[49m�[22m�[39m�[30m�[1m�[44mbgBlue          �[49m�[22m�[39m�[30m�[1m�[45mbgMagenta       �[49m�[22m�[39m�[30m�[1m�[46mbgCyan          �[49m�[22m�[39m�[30m�[1m�[47mbgWhite       �[49m�[22m�[39m
�[37m�[3m�[100mbgBlackBright   �[49m�[23m�[39m�[30m�[3m�[101mbgRedBright     �[49m�[23m�[39m�[30m�[3m�[102mbgGreenBright   �[49m�[23m�[39m�[30m�[3m�[103mbgYellowBright  �[49m�[23m�[39m�[30m�[3m�[104mbgBlueBright    �[49m�[23m�[39m�[30m�[3m�[105mbgMagentaBright �[49m�[23m�[39m�[30m�[3m�[106mbgCyanBright    �[49m�[23m�[39m�[30m�[3m�[107mbgWhiteBright �[49m�[23m�[39m`;

await snap([
    {content: testText, imageSavePath: 'docs/images/all.png', viewport: {width: 1045}},
]);

Usage

Set up puppeteer

In the background the module uses deno Puppeteer, which is a fork of Puppeteer.

Follow the current setup steps, the basic setups should be something like:

PUPPETEER_PRODUCT=chrome deno run -A --unstable https://deno.land/x/puppeteer@9.0.2/install.ts

#windows
$env:PUPPETEER_PRODUCT='chrome'; deno run -A --unstable https://deno.land/x/puppeteer@9.0.2/install.ts

Generate images

After puppeteer was set up, simply run the following:

import { snap } from "https://deno.land/x/snapper@v0.0.6/mod.ts";

const snapperText = `\x1b[42m \x1b[1m\x1b[37mSnapper\x1b[39m\x1b[22m 📷  \x1b[49m`;

await snap([
    /* 1 */{content: snapperText, imageSavePath: 'snapper.png'},
    /* 2 */{content: snapperText, imageSavePath: 'snapper_theme.png', theme: {background: '#acacac', green: '#297', brightWhite: '#ddd'}},
    /* 3 */{content: snapperText, imageSavePath: 'snapper_font.png', fontFamily: "fantasy", fontSize: 10},
    /* 4 */{content: snapperText, imageSavePath: 'snapper_padding.png', padding: '0px 0px 0px 0px', viewport: {width: 135}},
    /* 5 */{content: snapperText, imageSavePath: 'snapper_viewport.png', viewport: {width: 135, height: 35, deviceScaleFactor: 1}},
], { verbose: true, viewport: {width: 135}});

The generated images will be placed placed into cwd+imageSavePath:

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When creating multiple images, provide your inputs to snap in bulk, otherwise, calling the function one-by-one will take a lot of time to finish.

Options

See the docs and the example code above for the different options.

height cuts the image, while a small width will result in the content wrapping

🚩 Flags

Flag	Required	Reason
🚧 --unstable	yes	Needed for Puppeteer
🧭 --allow-env	yes	Needed for Puppeteer to access which browser to use
🔍 --allow-read	yes	Needed for Puppeteer to read the browser executable
💾 --allow-write	yes	Needed for Puppeteer to read the browser executable and to save the generated images
⚠ --allow-run	yes	Needed for Puppeteer to run the browser in the background
🌐 --allow-net	yes	Needed to be able to run the background server which puppeteer visits and captures

Spread the word

If you use snapper in your module or to generate images for your documentation/Readme consider adding a badge to it:

TODO

• Try polyfill DOM+canvas, use xterm without puppeteer
• Improve server, so it can be hosted as a standalone site