Download Highchart as PNG - V2
Use canvg and msSaveOrOpenBlob for IE compatibility
HTML
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/4.0.4/highcharts.js"></script>
<script src="http://code.highcharts.com/4.0.4/modules/exporting.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/amcharts/3.10.0/exporting/canvg.min.js"></script>
<script src="http://cdnjs.cloudflare.com/ajax/libs/amcharts/3.10.0/exporting/rgbcolor.min.js"></script>
<div id='container'></div>
<button id='save_btn'>Save Chart</button>
CSS
#container {
max-width: 800px;
height: 400px;
margin: 1em auto;
}
JavaScript
EXPORT_WIDTH = 1000;
function save_chart(chart, filename) {
var render_width = EXPORT_WIDTH;
var render_height = render_width * chart.chartHeight / chart.chartWidth
var svg = chart.getSVG({
exporting: {
sourceWidth: chart.chartWidth,
sourceHeight: chart.chartHeight
}
});
var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
canvas.height = render_height;
canvas.width = render_width;
canvg(canvas, svg, {
scaleWidth: render_width,
scaleHeight: render_height,
ignoreDimensions: true
});
download(canvas, filename + '.png');
}
function download(canvas, filename) {
download_in_ie(canvas, filename) || download_with_link(canvas, filename);
}
// Works in IE10 and newer
function download_in_ie(canvas, filename) {
return(navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob && navigator.msSaveOrOpenBlob(canvas.msToBlob(), filename));
}
// Works in Chrome and FF. Safari just opens image in current window, since .download attribute is not supported
function download_with_link(canvas, filename) {
var a = document.createElement('a')
a.download = filename
a.href = canvas.toDataURL("image/png")
document.body.appendChild(a);
a.click();
a.remove();
}
$(function() {
$('#container').highcharts({
exporting: {
enabled: false
},
title: {
text: 'Client-Side Download Example'
},
subtitle: {
text: 'Click "Save Chart" to download chart as PNG'
},
chart: {
type: 'area'
},
xAxis: {
categories: ['Jan', 'Feb', 'Mar', 'Apr', 'May', 'Jun',
'Jul', 'Aug', 'Sep', 'Oct', 'Nov', 'Dec']
},
series: [{
data: [29.9, 71.5, 106.4, 129.2, 144.0, 176.0, 135.6, 148.5, 216.4, 194.1, 95.6, 54.4]
}]
});
$('#save_btn').click(function() {
save_chart($('#container').highcharts(), 'chart');
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