Improve Plotly.toImage

src/plot_api/plot_api.js

@@ -25,6 +25,7 @@ var Polar = require('../plots/polar');
 var initInteractions = require('../plots/cartesian/graph_interact');
 
 var Drawing = require('../components/drawing');
+var Color = require('../components/color');
 var ErrorBars = require('../components/errorbars');
 var xmlnsNamespaces = require('../constants/xmlns_namespaces');
 var svgTextUtils = require('../lib/svg_text_utils');
@@ -390,10 +391,17 @@ Plotly.plot = function(gd, data, layout, config) {
     });
 };
 
+function setBackground(gd, bgColor) {
+    try {
+        gd._fullLayout._paper.style('background', bgColor);
+    } catch(e) {
+        Lib.error(e);
+    }
+}
 
 function opaqueSetBackground(gd, bgColor) {
-    gd._fullLayout._paperdiv.style('background', 'white');
-    Plotly.defaultConfig.setBackground(gd, bgColor);
+    var blend = Color.combine(bgColor, 'white');
+    setBackground(gd, blend);
 }
 
 function setPlotContext(gd, config) {
@@ -410,8 +418,9 @@ function setPlotContext(gd, config) {
             if(key in context) {
                 if(key === 'setBackground' && config[key] === 'opaque') {
                     context[key] = opaqueSetBackground;
+                } else {
+                    context[key] = config[key];
                 }
-                else context[key] = config[key];
             }
         }
 
@@ -460,6 +469,11 @@ function setPlotContext(gd, config) {
     if(context.displayModeBar === 'hover' && !hasHover) {
         context.displayModeBar = true;
     }
+
+    // default and fallback for setBackground
+    if(context.setBackground === 'transparent' || typeof context.setBackground !== 'function') {
+        context.setBackground = setBackground;
+    }
 }
 
 function plotPolar(gd, data, layout) {

src/plot_api/plot_config.js

@@ -8,8 +8,6 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-/* eslint-disable no-console */
-
 /**
  * This will be transferred over to gd and overridden by
  * config args to Plotly.plot.
@@ -108,9 +106,11 @@ module.exports = {
     // increase the pixel ratio for Gl plot images
     plotGlPixelRatio: 2,
 
-    // function to add the background color to a different container
-    // or 'opaque' to ensure there's white behind it
-    setBackground: defaultSetBackground,
+    // background setting function
+    // 'transparent' sets the background `layout.paper_color`
+    // 'opaque' blends bg color with white ensuring an opaque background
+    // or any other custom function of gd
+    setBackground: 'transparent',
 
     // URL to topojson files used in geo charts
     topojsonURL: 'https://cdn.plot.ly/',
@@ -128,16 +128,3 @@ module.exports = {
     // specification needed
     globalTransforms: []
 };
-
-// where and how the background gets set can be overridden by context
-// so we define the default (plotly.js) behavior here
-function defaultSetBackground(gd, bgColor) {
-    try {
-        gd._fullLayout._paper.style('background', bgColor);
-    }
-    catch(e) {
-        if(module.exports.logging > 0) {
-            console.error(e);
-        }
-    }
-}

src/plot_api/to_image.js

@@ -8,101 +8,191 @@
 
 'use strict';
 
-var isNumeric = require('fast-isnumeric');
-
 var Plotly = require('../plotly');
 var Lib = require('../lib');
 
 var helpers = require('../snapshot/helpers');
-var clonePlot = require('../snapshot/cloneplot');
 var toSVG = require('../snapshot/tosvg');
 var svgToImg = require('../snapshot/svgtoimg');
 
-/**
- * @param {object} gd figure Object
- * @param {object} opts option object
- * @param opts.format 'jpeg' | 'png' | 'webp' | 'svg'
- * @param opts.width width of snapshot in px
- * @param opts.height height of snapshot in px
+var getGraphDiv = require('./helpers').getGraphDiv;
+
+var attrs = {
+    format: {
+        valType: 'enumerated',
+        values: ['png', 'jpeg', 'webp', 'svg'],
+        dflt: 'png',
+        description: 'Sets the format of exported image.'
+    },
+    width: {
+        valType: 'number',
+        min: 1,
+        description: [
+            'Sets the exported image width.',
+            'Defaults to the value found in `layout.width`'
+        ].join(' ')
+    },
+    height: {
+        valType: 'number',
+        min: 1,
+        description: [
+            'Sets the exported image height.',
+            'Defaults to the value found in `layout.height`'
+        ].join(' ')
+    },
+    setBackground: {
+        valType: 'any',
+        dflt: false,
+        description: [
+            'Sets the image background mode.',
+            'By default, the image background is determined by `layout.paper_bgcolor`,',
+            'the *transparent* mode.',
+            'One might consider setting `setBackground` to *opaque*',
+            'when exporting a *jpeg* image as JPEGs do not support opacity.'
+        ].join(' ')
+    },
+    imageDataOnly: {
+        valType: 'boolean',
+        dflt: false,
+        description: [
+            'Determines whether or not the return value is prefixed by',
+            'the image format\'s corresponding \'data:image;\' spec.'
+        ].join(' ')
+    }
+};
+
+var IMAGE_URL_PREFIX = /^data:image\/\w+;base64,/;
+
+/** Plotly.toImage
+ *
+ * @param {object | string | HTML div} gd
+ *   can either be a data/layout/config object
+ *   or an existing graph <div>
+ *   or an id to an existing graph <div>
+ * @param {object} opts (see above)
+ * @return {promise}
  */
 function toImage(gd, opts) {
+    opts = opts || {};
+
+    var data;
+    var layout;
+    var config;
+
+    if(Lib.isPlainObject(gd)) {
+        data = gd.data || [];
+        layout = gd.layout || {};
+        config = gd.config || {};
+    } else {
+        gd = getGraphDiv(gd);
+        data = Lib.extendDeep([], gd.data);
+        layout = Lib.extendDeep({}, gd.layout);
+        config = gd._context;
+    }
+
+    function isImpliedOrValid(attr) {
+        return !(attr in opts) || Lib.validate(opts[attr], attrs[attr]);
+    }
+
+    if(!isImpliedOrValid('width') || !isImpliedOrValid('height')) {
+        throw new Error('Height and width should be pixel values.');
+    }
+
+    if(!isImpliedOrValid('format')) {
+        throw new Error('Image format is not jpeg, png, svg or webp.');
+    }
+
+    var fullOpts = {};
+
+    function coerce(attr, dflt) {
+        return Lib.coerce(opts, fullOpts, attrs, attr, dflt);
+    }
+
+    var format = coerce('format');
+    var width = coerce('width');
+    var height = coerce('height');
+    var setBackground = coerce('setBackground');
+    var imageDataOnly = coerce('imageDataOnly');
+
+    // put the cloned div somewhere off screen before attaching to DOM
+    var clonedGd = document.createElement('div');
+    clonedGd.style.position = 'absolute';
+    clonedGd.style.left = '-5000px';
+    document.body.appendChild(clonedGd);
+
+    // extend layout with image options
+    var layoutImage = Lib.extendFlat({}, layout);
+    if(width) layoutImage.width = width;
+    if(height) layoutImage.height = height;
+
+    // extend config for static plot
+    var configImage = Lib.extendFlat({}, config, {
+        staticPlot: true,
+        plotGlPixelRatio: config.plotGlPixelRatio || 2,
+        setBackground: setBackground
+    });
 
-    var promise = new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-        // check for undefined opts
-        opts = opts || {};
-        // default to png
-        opts.format = opts.format || 'png';
-
-        var isSizeGood = function(size) {
-            // undefined and null are valid options
-            if(size === undefined || size === null) {
-                return true;
-            }
-
-            if(isNumeric(size) && size > 1) {
-                return true;
+    var redrawFunc = helpers.getRedrawFunc(clonedGd);
+
+    function wait() {
+        return new Promise(function(resolve) {
+            setTimeout(resolve, helpers.getDelay(clonedGd._fullLayout));
+        });
+    }
+
+    function convert() {
+        return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+            var svg = toSVG(clonedGd);
+            var width = clonedGd._fullLayout.width;
+            var height = clonedGd._fullLayout.height;
+
+            Plotly.purge(clonedGd);
+            document.body.removeChild(clonedGd);
+
+            if(format === 'svg') {
+                if(imageDataOnly) {
+                    return resolve(svg);
+                } else {
+                    return resolve('data:image/svg+xml,' + encodeURIComponent(svg));
+                }
             }
 
-            return false;
-        };
-
-        if(!isSizeGood(opts.width) || !isSizeGood(opts.height)) {
-            reject(new Error('Height and width should be pixel values.'));
-        }
-
-        // first clone the GD so we can operate in a clean environment
-        var clone = clonePlot(gd, {format: 'png', height: opts.height, width: opts.width});
-        var clonedGd = clone.gd;
-
-        // put the cloned div somewhere off screen before attaching to DOM
-        clonedGd.style.position = 'absolute';
-        clonedGd.style.left = '-5000px';
-        document.body.appendChild(clonedGd);
-
-        function wait() {
-            var delay = helpers.getDelay(clonedGd._fullLayout);
-
-            return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
-                setTimeout(function() {
-                    var svg = toSVG(clonedGd);
-
-                    var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
-                    canvas.id = Lib.randstr();
-
-                    svgToImg({
-                        format: opts.format,
-                        width: clonedGd._fullLayout.width,
-                        height: clonedGd._fullLayout.height,
-                        canvas: canvas,
-                        svg: svg,
-                        // ask svgToImg to return a Promise
-                        //  rather than EventEmitter
-                        //  leave EventEmitter for backward
-                        //  compatibility
-                        promise: true
-                    }).then(function(url) {
-                        if(clonedGd) document.body.removeChild(clonedGd);
-                        resolve(url);
-                    }).catch(function(err) {
-                        reject(err);
-                    });
-
-                }, delay);
-            });
+            var canvas = document.createElement('canvas');
+            canvas.id = Lib.randstr();
+
+            svgToImg({
+                format: format,
+                width: width,
+                height: height,
+                canvas: canvas,
+                svg: svg,
+                // ask svgToImg to return a Promise
+                //  rather than EventEmitter
+                //  leave EventEmitter for backward
+                //  compatibility
+                promise: true
+            })
+            .then(resolve)
+            .catch(reject);
+        });
+    }
+
+    function urlToImageData(url) {
+        if(imageDataOnly) {
+            return url.replace(IMAGE_URL_PREFIX, '');
+        } else {
+            return url;
         }
+    }
 
-        var redrawFunc = helpers.getRedrawFunc(clonedGd);
-
-        Plotly.plot(clonedGd, clone.data, clone.layout, clone.config)
+    return new Promise(function(resolve, reject) {
+        Plotly.plot(clonedGd, data, layoutImage, configImage)
             .then(redrawFunc)
             .then(wait)
-            .then(function(url) { resolve(url); })
-            .catch(function(err) {
-                reject(err);
-            });
+            .then(convert)
+            .then(function(url) { resolve(urlToImageData(url)); })
+            .catch(function(err) { reject(err); });
     });
-
-    return promise;
 }
 
 module.exports = toImage;

src/plots/gl2d/scene2d.js

@@ -356,6 +356,8 @@ proto.handleAnnotations = function() {
 };
 
 proto.destroy = function() {
+    if(!this.glplot) return;
+
     var traces = this.traces;
 
     if(traces) {

src/plots/gl3d/scene.js

@@ -593,6 +593,8 @@ proto.plot = function(sceneData, fullLayout, layout) {
 };
 
 proto.destroy = function() {
+    if(!this.glplot) return;
+
     this.camera.mouseListener.enabled = false;
     this.container.removeEventListener('wheel', this.camera.wheelListener);
     this.camera = this.glplot.camera = null;

src/plots/mapbox/mapbox.js

@@ -454,8 +454,8 @@ proto.destroy = function() {
     if(this.map) {
         this.map.remove();
         this.map = null;
+        this.container.removeChild(this.div);
     }
-    this.container.removeChild(this.div);
 };
 
 proto.toImage = function() {