Canvas

Create and manipulate images programmatically using canvas APIs.

Node.js (node-canvas)

const { createCanvas } = require('canvas');
const fs = require('fs');

const canvas = createCanvas(800, 600);
const ctx = canvas.getContext('2d');

ctx.fillStyle = '#1a1a2e';
ctx.fillRect(0, 0, 800, 600);
ctx.fillStyle = '#e94560';
ctx.font = 'bold 48px sans-serif';
ctx.fillText('Hello Canvas', 200, 300);

fs.writeFileSync('/tmp/canvas.png', canvas.toBuffer('image/png'));

Use Cases

• Generate social media images
• Create charts and graphs
• Process and annotate screenshots
• Build thumbnail generators