JSFiddle - React, Tailwind, and code Playground
by deswolf
HTML
<img id="image" width="100" src="https://i.imgur.com/Oq3ie1b.jpg">
<button onclick="copyImageViaSelector('#image')">Copy image</button>
JavaScript
function createImage(options) {
options = options || {};
const img = (Image) ? new Image() : document.createElement("img");
if (options.src) {
img.src = options.src;
}
return img;
}
function convertToPng(imgBlob) {
const imageUrl = window.URL.createObjectURL(imgBlob);
const canvas = document.createElement("canvas");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
const imageEl = createImage({ src: imageUrl });
imageEl.onload = (e) => {
canvas.width = e.target.width;
canvas.height = e.target.height;
ctx.drawImage(e.target, 0, 0, e.target.width, e.target.height);
canvas.toBlob(copyToClipboard, "image/png", 1);
};
}
async function copyImg(src) {
const img = await fetch(src);
const imgBlob = await img.blob();
if (src.endsWith(".jpg") || src.endsWith(".jpeg")) {
convertToPng(imgBlob);
} else if (src.endsWith(".png")) {
copyToClipboard(imgBlob);
} else {
console.error("Format unsupported");
}
}
async function copyToClipboard(pngBlob) {
try {
await navigator.clipboard.write([
new ClipboardItem({
[pngBlob.type]: pngBlob
})
]);
console.log("Image copied");
} catch (error) {
console.error(error);
}
}
function copyImageViaSelector(selector) {
copyImg(document.querySelector(selector).src);
}