svgdom

Straightforward DOM implementation for SVG, HTML and XML

Usage no npm install needed!

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

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svgdom

Straightforward DOM implementation to make SVG.js run headless on Node.js

While this dom implementation was designed to run svg.js on node, it now is much more feature complete and can be used by anyone needing an xml, svg or html dom.

Get started with svg.js v2.x (x>5)

npm install svg.js svgdom

// returns a window with a document and an svg root node
const { createSVGWindow } = require('svgdom')
const window = createSVGWindow()
const SVG = require('svg.js')(window)
const document = window.document

// create svg.js instance
const canvas = SVG(document.documentElement)

// use svg.js as normal
canvas.rect(100, 100).fill('yellow').move(50,50)

// get your svg as string
console.log(canvas.svg())
// or
console.log(canvas.node.outerHTML)

Get started with svg.js v3.x

npm install @svgdotjs/svg.js svgdom

// returns a window with a document and an svg root node
const { createSVGWindow } = require('svgdom')
const window = createSVGWindow()
const document = window.document
const { SVG, registerWindow } = require('@svgdotjs/svg.js')

// register window and document
registerWindow(window, document)

// create canvas
const canvas = SVG(document.documentElement)

// use svg.js as normal
canvas.rect(100, 100).fill('yellow').move(50,50)

// get your svg as string
console.log(canvas.svg())
// or
console.log(canvas.node.outerHTML)

Create an HTML Dom or XML Dom

// create HTML window with a document and an html root node
const { createHTMLWindow } = require('svgdom')
const window = createHTMLWindow()

// create XML window with a document and a given xml root node
const { createWindow } = require('svgdom')
const window = createWindow(namespaceURI, rootNode)
// e.g. createWindow('http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML', 'math')

Use svgdom as esm module

svgdom is used best as esm module. So in case you already did the step to esm modules on node, you can just go ahead and import svgdom:

import { createSVGWindow } from 'svgdom'

Fonts

In order to calculate bounding boxes for text the font needs to be loaded first. svgdom loads Open Sans-Regular by default when no font file for the specified font was found. The following options must be set in order to load your own fonts:

const { config } = require('svgdom')
config.
    // your font directory
    .setFontDir('./fonts')
    // map the font-family to the file
    .setFontFamilyMappings({'Arial': 'arial.ttf'})
    // you can preload your fonts to avoid the loading delay
    // when the font is used the first time
    .preloadFonts()

// Alternatively you can import the functions itself and use them
const {setFontDir, setFontFamilyMappings, preloadFonts} = require('svgdom')
setFontDir('./fonts')
setFontFamilyMappings({'Arial': 'arial.ttf'})
preloadFonts()

Limitations

Almost all functions of svg.js work properly with svgdom. However there are a few known limitations:

  • font properties like bold, italic... are only supported when you explicitely load that font e.g.
    setFontFamilyMappings({'Arial-italic': 'arial_italic.ttf'})
  • querySelector only supports the following pseudo classes:
    • first-child
    • last-child
    • nth-child
    • nth-last-child
    • first-of-type
    • last-of-type
    • nth-of-type
    • nth-last-of-type
    • only-child
    • only-of-type
    • root
    • not
    • matches
    • scope

Using svgdom in your own projects

Albeit this dom implementation aims to work with svgjs, it is of course possible to use it in your own projects. Keep in mind, that some functions are just not needed in svgjs and therefore not implemented or tested. If you need a certain feature don't hesistate to open an issue or submit a pull request.

Last thing to say: childNodes is an array! (yet)

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