scratch-it

A light weight javascript library for simulating a scratch off lottery ticket. It works on mobile and is responsive.

Usage

A new ScratchIt instance may be instantiated with:

ScratchIt( containerEl, overlayImgUrl, brushImgUrl, onReveal, revealPercent );

Argument	Required	Description
containerEl	Required	A DOM Element that will have an HTML5 <canvas> element appended within. Typically this element will also contain an image or have a background image that is meant to be reavealed once the overlay has been scratched off.
overlayImgUrl	Required	A URL to an image that will act as the overlay image. This is the image the user will interact with and scratch off.
brushImgUrl	Required	A URL to an image that will act as a "brush". This can be used to give different textures to the edges where the user has scratched off.
onReveal	Optional	A user defined callback function that is executed after some percentage of the overlay image has been scratched off. Default: none.
revealPercent	Optional	The percentage of the overlay image that must be scratched off before the onReveal handler is called. Must be a number between 0 and 100. Default: 50

Testing For Support

The library comes with a simple isSupported() method for testing whether the browser supports the browser technologies necessary to function.

if(ScratchIt.isSupported()){
  // Library is supported
}

Example Code

<div id="scratch"><img src="hiddenMessage.jpg" /></div>

<script src="ScratchIt.min.js"></script>
<script>
  var containerEl = document.getElementById('scratch'),
      overlayImgUrl = 'overlay.jpg',
      brushImgUrl = 'brush.png',
      revealPercent = 50;

  function onReveal(){
    // TODO: Your code here
  }

  if(ScratchIt.isSupported()){
    ScratchIt(containerEl, overlayImgUrl, brushImgUrl, onReveal, revealPercent);
  }
</script>

Demo

Visit the Demo Page to see this library in action.

Browser Support

This library has been tested to work with:

• Chrome
• Safari
• Firefox
• Internet Explorer 9+
• Edge 16+
• Opera 51+
• Android 4.4, 6.0, 7.0, 8.0
• iOS 10+

Other browsers may be supported as well, but have not been tested. This library requires the browser to support HTML5 Canvas and RequestAnimationFrame

Caveats

If your image assets are hosted on another domain (like a CDN), this host will need to have CORS enabled. CORS is required so that HTML5 canvas may have permission to read the contents of an image from an outside domain. Please note that Internet Explorer 9 does not have the ability to properly fetch images this way and will not work with images hosted on another domain.