Downloading a canvas element with WebParser?

[Halloyo]

Hello,

Is it possible for Rainmeter to download canvas elements as images? I know right-clicking and downloading the image works, but would it be compatible with Rainmeter?

[Mor3bane]

I might be wrong but the parser is not meant to do whole canvas elements, if i surmise this as implied, the whole shebang so to speak is not a parse-able thing only the parts or parse of the canvas will be available to the webparser.

reminder: i could be wrong, but... hmmm...

[Yincognito]

Hello,

Is it possible for Rainmeter to download canvas elements as images? I know right-clicking and downloading the image works, but would it be compatible with Rainmeter?

Not possible, as far as I'm aware of. The canvas element is as far as I know, drawn "on the fly", which means that is not available to be downloaded with Rainmeter as it's not an actual saved image file on some server, but rather a "work in progress" from a technical point of view. That being said, if the downloaded image is stable (i.e. it exists on the server independently of whether the canvas is drawn or not - but somehow I doubt that) and supported by Rainmeter, I don't see why not. The best thing though is to look for an alternative to the whole canvas thing, like a supported bare image that you can statically access through an URL (preferably no Javascript involved).

[balala]

Sorry, maybe this is a little bit stupid question, but what the canvas elements are? Beacuse I can't realize.

[Yincognito]

Sorry, maybe this is a little bit stupid question, but what the canvas elements are? Beacuse I can't realize.

No question aimed at accumulating knowledge is stupid. The canvas element is basically a HTML element used to hold up drawings created with Javascript. See here for details (you can click on the Try It Yourself buttons on the page to see how the element appears both in the HTML and visually).

[balala]

No question aimed at accumulating knowledge is stupid. The canvas element is basically a HTML element used to hold up drawings created with Javascript. See here for details (you can click on the Try It Yourself buttons on the page to see how the element appears both in the HTML and visually).

I see now and thanks for the details. Since they are using JavaScripts, I'd tempted to agree with you, that it probably is not possible to download them with WebParser measures.

[Yincognito]

I see now and thanks for the details. Since they are using JavaScripts, I'd tempted to agree with you, that it probably is not possible to download them with WebParser measures.

Yeah, but it isn't really about Javascript per se. If the drawing was created by Javascript but also saved as an image file on the server at the same time, Rainmeter would have to problem getting the image file and display it. But since the drawings are created "on the fly" by Javascript, that option is unlikely. That's why I recommended an alternate way to get a similar already made image.

[balala]

Yeah, but it isn't really about Javascript per se. If the drawing was created by Javascript but also saved as an image file on the server at the same time, Rainmeter would have to problem getting the image file and display it. But since the drawings are created "on the fly" by Javascript, that option is unlikely. That's why I recommended an alternate way to get a similar already made image.

Yep, probably you're right, I'm not sure yet.