How To Use HTML2Canvas In Vue.js

In this article, we will learn how to use html2canvas in vue.js

Step 1: Create a new vue project:

vue create vue-html2canvas-demo

Step 2: Install require packages:

npm i html2canvas

Step 3: Open App.vue file and add the following in it:

<template>
  <div id="printTemplate">
    <img alt="Vue logo" src="./assets/logo.png" />
    <HelloWorld msg="Welcome to Your Vue.js App" />
  </div>
</template>

<script>
import html2canvas from "html2canvas";
import HelloWorld from "./components/HelloWorld.vue";

export default {
  name: "App",
  components: {
    HelloWorld,
  },
  mounted() {
    this.print();
  },
  methods: {
    print() {
      html2canvas(document.querySelector("#printTemplate")).then((canvas) => {
        const h1tag = document.createElement("h1");
        h1tag.className = "heading";
        h1tag.innerText = "Output";
        document.body.appendChild(h1tag);
        document.body.appendChild(canvas);
        document.getElementById("printTemplate").style.opacity = '0.5';
      });
    },
  },
};
</script>

<style>
#app {
  font-family: Avenir, Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif;
  -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;
  -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale;
  text-align: center;
  color: #2c3e50;
  margin-top: 60px;
}
h1.heading {
  text-align: center;
  color: red;
  padding-top: 1.5rem;
}
</style>

Code in Action: