Multiple Issues - Make a simple lib

[drveresh]

I tried several combinations but faced numerous issues as shown below, please make it as a plain lib and let us use it as a lib. The actual document and its code give conflicting ideas and are hard to run and test it.

Most of us want to use it as a lib/api, so don't make it or document it as a standalone command.

Also, I tried to give the local HTML file in the same path but didn't work.

[dtinth]

Hi @drveresh and thanks for your interest.

Creating a reusable library is out of the scope for this project right now, and I currently have no plans to do that.

However all of the logic you need is in a single render.js file, which is less than 400 lines long. Please feel free to copy it into your project and modify it according to your needs.

[drveresh]

I tried it, but it is not clear whether it should be used as a standalone CLI, constructor, method, or nested method, and not sure why express is there on top of it. I got errors like "renderer" is undefined (failing to refer from node_module/), not a function, etc.

I appreciate it if you could create or include one example here without express, it helps a lot of users.

[dtinth]

@drveresh You can delete the lines 296-342. Then you have a CLI without Express.

If you run into errors, please provide a reproduction case and paste an error message in your report, which would make it easier to help.

[drveresh]

@dtinth Thanks, but it is not for CLI. I want to call its methods programmatically like most names libs, like below:

const render = require("html5-animation-video-renderer");
console.log("BEGIN");

//<<<< If debug pointer is put here, then shows "'render' has no methods to call"; 

//render.render("./page1.html", "page.mp4"); //<<<< error: "undefined render" or "render not a function.."

/*render().render("./page1.html", "page.mp4").then(function (output) {
    console.error('Video created in:', output);  //<<<< Same error as above
});*/
console.log("END");

Here, several things are missing or may be you can please finish this program here? You may know what to call its methods.

[dtinth]

@drveresh I see. This project is a CLI and not a library. If you want to use it as a library, you can fork this project and turn it into a library by yourself. Here are some pointers for how to do that:

The main logic is in the main function:

https://github.com/dtinth/html5-animation-video-renderer/blob/23bdaad8e54eded9984568b046a5e05b37ea4373/render.js#L253-L294

You can start from there — extract the code into a new file that exports it as a reusable function, like lib/index.js. Then your IDE should complain about missing functions/variables. You can then move the required pieces over to the new library file.