This blog will tell you the complete process of converting HTML to Image.
You will learn how to generate images from web pages or convert any part of an HTML page into an image. To accomplish this, you will need an image library that’s htmlL2canvas. This library helps you create images. The job of this library is to convert HTML pages into PNG or JPG format.
In the field of web development, capturing the visual reflection of any web page or any particular element as an image can also be of great use, whether you are making a screenshot, creating a visual of a video, or sharing web content as an image, you can convert HTML code into an image using JavaScript. To do this, you may need a library. The name of that library is HTML2Canvas. By using this library, you can convert HTML code into an image.
So let’s see how to make it, there is an example code given below, you can see it.
<!DOCTYPE html>
<html lang=”en”>
<head>
<meta charset=”UTF-8″>
<meta name=”viewport” content=”width=device-width, initial-scale=1.0″>
<title>Convert HTML to Image</title>
</head>
<body>
<div id=”capture” style=”padding: 10px; background: #f5da55; width: 200px;”>
<h4 style=”color: #000;”>convert html into image using JavaScript</h4>
</div>
<button id=”download”>Download Image</button>
<script src=”https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/npm/html2canvas@1.0.0-rc.7/dist/html2canvas.min.js”></script>
<script>
document.getElementById(‘download’).addEventListener(‘click’, function() {
html2canvas(document.querySelector(“#capture”)).then(canvas => {
let link = document.createElement(‘a’);
link.download = ‘screenshot.png’;
link.href = canvas.toDataURL(‘image/png’);
link.click();
});
});
</script>
</body>
</html>
Output:
Advantages of converting HTML to image using JavaScript:
Processing for client side:
It uploads the processing to the client-side machine, which reduces the server load, and the website loads quickly at the same time the performance of the user is very good, and performance improves.
Interactivity:
It allows capturing dynamic pictures of what a user views on a page in their web browser, which may contain some animation or some content created by the user.
User Experience:
Provides immediate visibility to users such as capturing the state of a form or representing form inputs which enhances the overall user experience