Code Snipper

Export your code as PNG, and use them in blog posts, or wherever it is you wanna use them

TOC

• Installation
• Command Line Usage
• Syntax
• Options
• Module Usage
• Available Themes
• Contributing
• Copyright

Installation

We are sticking with yarn for its speed but you can use npm.

$ yarn add code-snipper

For npm,

$ npm install -g code-snipper

Note: If you want to use it as a library in your project, you can remove the optional -g flag above.

Command Line Usage

Let's say you have a JS file with the following contents:

const success = 'false';
while(!success){
    keepWorking();
}

To generate an Image for the above code snippet:

$ copper index.js

This will save an image named index.js.png with the above JS code.

image.js.png

Syntax

The basic syntax for the copper command is,

$ copper (filename) [options|flags]

filename : Can be any source code file. (.js, .html, .sh, .cc, etc.,)

options : a CLI option (used as --flag value)

Options

-o, --output : define output path

Define the output filepath for image. Defaults to: location/of/file.png

$ copper index.js --output ~/index.png

-t, --theme : defines theme

To change the theme, pass this argument. To see the available themes, see themes.md

$ copper index.js -t hybrid //uses 'hybrid' instead of default theme

-f, --font : defines font

You can use any font pre-installed in your system. (Google Fonts support is on the list of things to be added.)

$ copper index.js -f Raleway //uses 'Raleway' instead of 'Source Code Pro'

-r, --resolution : defines resolution(zoomFactor)

This flag changes the size of the image.

$ copper index.js -r 2

--fontSize : defines font size

Change the default font size. (Don't pass in units, or it won't work.)

$ copper index.js --fontSize 25 Raleway //uses '25px' instead of '20px'

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Module Usage

Step 1. Require the module

const copper = require('code-snipper');

Step 2. Use it.

copper(fileName, options);

fileName required

Name of the file containing the code snippet.

options optional

An object via which you can pass in the following parameters.

• theme – See Available Themes
• font – Any font installed on your machine.
• fontSize – Without units.
• resolution – Make the image fatter

Default options object

{
    resolution: 1,
    theme: 'hybrid',
    font: 'Source Code Pro',
    fontSize: 20,
    background: '#fff',
    prettify: true, // use prettify to format `js`
    style: null, // override code styles injected by theme
    webshotCustomConfig: { // Using webshot default options
        shotSize: {
            width: 'window',
            height: 'window'
        },
        windowSize: {
            width: 1024,
            height: 768
        },
        shotOffset: {
            top: 0,
            right: 0,
            bottom: 0,
            left: 0
        }
    }

See webshot for a description of webshot options.

Available Themes

All the themes available in hightlight.js can be used. The list can be found at Themes.md

To check out how each theme looks, check this Highlight.js demo:

Contributing

You're welcome to fix any bugs, or add new features. Just fork the project, work on your local copy, and send a PR against master branch.

1. Fork this repo. (That button in the top-right corner of this page.)

2. Make a local copy, by cloning your forked copy.

3. Fix whatever it is you think needs fixing. (or Add new features!)

4. Send a PR against master branch.