A Node.JS module that converts images to ASCII art.
$ npm i --save image-to-ascii
💡 ProTip: You can install the cli version of this module by running npm i -g image-to-ascii-cli
Check out the INSTALLATION.md guide for more information.
// Dependencies
const imageToAscii = require("image-to-ascii");
// The path can be either a local path or an url
imageToAscii("https://octodex.github.com/images/octofez.png", (err, converted) => {
console.log(err || converted);
});
// Passing options
imageToAscii("https://octodex.github.com/images/privateinvestocat.jpg", {
colored: false
}, (err, converted) => {
console.log(err || converted);
});
In order to run the webcam.sh
provided in the example
folder, you will also need streamer. The script uses streamer to make webcam pictures and converts them into ASCII art using the webcam.js
# Ubuntu
$ sudo apt-get install streamer
To run the script just use:
sh webcam.sh
Converts the provided image in ASCII art.
- String
source
: The path/url to the image. - Object|String
options
: The path to the image or an object containing the following fields:
Size Options:
pxWidth
(Number): The pixel width used for aspect ratio (default:2
).size
(Object): The size of the result image (ASCII art)—interpreted bycompute-size
:height
(Number|String): The height value (default:"100%"
).width
(Number|String): The width value (default: computed value to keep aspect ratio). This is optional if the height is provided.
size_options
(Object): The options forcompute-size
:screen_size
(Object): The screen size (defaults to terminal width and height):width
(Number): The screen width.height
(Number): The screen height.
px_size
(Object): The pixel size.width
(default:1
)height
(default:1
)
preserve_aspect_ratio
(Boolean): Iffalse
, the aspect ratio will not be preserved (default:true
).fit_screen
(Boolean): Iffalse
, the result size will not fit to screen (default:true
).
Matrix asciifier options:
stringify
(Boolean): Iffalse
, the pixel objects will not be stringified.concat
(Boolean): Iffalse
, the pixel objects will not be joined together.
Pixel asciifier options:
pixels
(Array|String): An array or string containing the characters used for converting the pixels in strings (default:" .,:;i1tfLCG08@"
).reverse
(Boolean): Iftrue
, the pixels will be reversed creating a negative image effect (default:false
).colored
(Boolean): Iftrue
, the output will contain ANSI styles (default:true
).bg
(Boolean): Iftrue
, the background color will be used for coloring (default: false).fg
(Boolean): Iftrue
, the foreground color will be used for coloring (default: true).white_bg
(Boolean): Turn on the white background for transparent pixels (default:true
).px_background
(Object): An object containing ther
(red),g
(green) andb
(blue) values of the custom background color.
Other options:
image_type
(String): Use this to explicitely provide the image type.stringify_fn
(Function): A function getting thepixels
matrix and theoptions
in the arguments. Use this option to implement your own stringifier.- Function
callback
: The callback function.
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