colormapsdeprecated

Node/JavaScript client for colormaps.io

Usage no npm install needed!

<script type="module">
  import colormaps from 'https://cdn.skypack.dev/colormaps';
</script>

README

Colormaps

A package for the colormaps.io API.

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Installation

You can install this package from NPM:

npm add colormaps

Or with Yarn:

yarn add colormaps

CDN

For CDN, you can use unpkg:

https://unpkg.com/colormaps/dist/bundles/colormaps.umd.min.js

The global namespace for colormaps is colormaps:

const {getList} = colormaps;
const items = await getList();

Usage

ES6

Get the list of colormap names:

import {getList} from 'colormaps';
const items = await getList();

Get a colormap by name:

import {getColormap} from 'colormaps';
const colormap = await getColormap('viridis');
// Get it in a different format
const hexColormap = await getColormap('viridis', 'hex');

Get a random colormap:

import {randomColormap} from 'colormaps';
const colormap = await randomColormap(2); // Colormap with 2 colors

Get a random color:

import {randomColor} from 'colormaps';
const {color} = await randomColor();

Search a colormap by name:

import {search} from 'colormaps';
const matches = await search({
    name: 'vi'
});

Search a colormap by Euclidean distance:

import {search} from 'colormaps';
const matches = await search({
    color: '#eee',
    format: 'hex',
    distance: 0.1
});

CommonJS

Get the list of colormap names:

const {getList} = require('colormaps');
const items = await getList();

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