SVG Convert to Path

Performs runtime shapes & text to path conversion of complex SVG files.

Installation

npm install --save svg-convert-to-path

Usage

const ConvertToPath = require('svg-convert-to-path');

Load | Save as Files

var options={
loadAs:'file.svg',
saveAs:'file-convert.svg'
}	

const convert = await ConvertToPath.getPath(options);

Load | Save as Buffer

var svg = fs.readFileSync('./public/file.svg');
svg=Buffer.from(svg);

var options={
loadAs:svg,
saveAs:'buffer'
}

const convert = await ConvertToPath.getPath(options);

Load | Save as Base64

var svg = fs.readFileSync('./public/file.svg','base64');

var options={
loadAs:svg,
saveAs:'base64'
}

const convert = await ConvertToPath.getPath(options);

Load | Save as SVG String (utf-8)

var svg = fs.readFileSync('./public/file.svg',{encoding:'utf8'});

var options={
loadAs:svg,
saveAs:'utf8' | 'utf-8'
}

const convert = await ConvertToPath.getPath(options);

Fonts Handling

All dynamically added & built-in fonts load from svg-convert-to-path/config/fonts.json file

Dynamically Add Fonts

Dynamically add fonts with json key & value pair {"name", "path"}. Each font needs to be added one time only for all future purposes.

var font={"name":"Lexend Tera","path": "/lexend_tera.ttf"};

const addFonts = await ConvertToPath.push(font);

Add Fonts Manually

Open svg-convert-to-path/config/fonts.json and simply add more fonts.

{
   "font":[
      {
         "name":"Times New Roman",
         "path":"./public/fonts/times.ttf"
      },
      {
         "name":"Anton",
         "path":"./public/fonts/anton.ttf"
      }	  
   ]
}

Supported Tags

'text | tspan | rect | circle | ellipse | line | polyline | polygon'

Attributes

Supports all major attributes including x, y, dx, dy, opacity, stroke, transform, class-based styling etc. Supports Solid Fill, Linear and Radial Gradients.

Multilingual Font Handling

Supports all Languages & Unicode characters. The package will auto detect Multilingual & Unicode characters in the svg file.

To make Multilingual work, download Arial Unicode MS font and save it to svg-convert-to-path/config/fonts location as arial-unicode-ms.ttf. You can click here to download.

Google Fonts Handling

In case of a missing font, the code will search for the required font from Google Fonts Github.

On failure, loads font from default settings. You may change the default font settings using the font, fontPath and fontSize params.

Built-in Common Fonts

'Helvetica | Arial | Verdana | Tahoma | Trebuchet MS | Impact | Times New Roman | Courier | Comic Sans MS'

Options

Params	Data Type	Description
options.loadAs	{String - Buffer - Base64 - UTF-8}	Contains SVG object that needs to be converted. Loads from a Local Directory or from type Buffer - Base64 - SVG String
options.saveAs	{String}	Returns the convert to path SVG object. Saves to a Local Directory or returns type Buffer - Base64 - SVG String
options.font	{String}	Optional - Param for default font. Applicable if unable to find the relevant font. Default is Times New Roman
options.fontPath	{String}	Optional - Param for default font path. Applicable if unable to find relevant fonts and options.font param is defined. Default is svg-convert-to-path/config/fonts/times.ttf
options.fontSize	{Number}	Optional - Param for default font size. Applicable if no font size is defined within SVG text tag. Default is 16

Performance & Compatibility

The package ensures fast and efficient performance and is fully compatible with all the popular Node.js frameworks.

Upgrade

For additions & upgrades, the creator of this package can be contacted any time at [e-mail] or via LinkedIn.

License

MIT