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February 21, 2012 08:29
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// Get a reference to the image element | |
var elephant = document.getElementById("elephant"); | |
// Take action when the image has loaded | |
elephant.addEventListener("load", function () { | |
var imgCanvas = document.createElement("canvas"), | |
imgContext = imgCanvas.getContext("2d"); | |
// Make sure canvas is as big as the picture | |
imgCanvas.width = elephant.width; | |
imgCanvas.height = elephant.height; | |
// Draw image into canvas element | |
imgContext.drawImage(elephant, 0, 0, elephant.width, elephant.height); | |
// Get canvas contents as a data URL | |
var imgAsDataURL = imgCanvas.toDataURL("image/png"); | |
// Save image into localStorage | |
try { | |
localStorage.setItem("elephant", imgAsDataURL); | |
} | |
catch (e) { | |
console.log("Storage failed: " + e); | |
} | |
}, false); |
what is 'localStorage' is referring to?? what kinda object is this?
what is 'localStorage' is referring to?? what kinda object is this?
It is a storage where data is saved. Like cookies, but it can be for local files too and has no expiry (unless you remove it).
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https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/HTML/CORS_enabled_image
Either I'm misreading or you need to allow CORS from the image server to allow this technique to work.