Sometimes, we want to capture HTML Canvas as gif/jpg/png/pdf with JavaScript.
In this article, we’ll look at how to capture HTML Canvas as gif/jpg/png/pdf with JavaScript.
How to capture HTML Canvas as gif/jpg/png/pdf with JavaScript?
To capture HTML Canvas as gif/jpg/png/pdf with JavaScript, we call the toDataURL method.
For instance, we write
const canvas = document.getElementById("mycanvas");
const image = canvas.toDataURL("image/png");
to get the canvas with getElementById.
Then we call toDataURL with 'image/png' to return a base64 string with the canvas content in png format.
Conclusion
To capture HTML Canvas as gif/jpg/png/pdf with JavaScript, we call the toDataURL method.
