Victor - Ruby SVG Image Builder

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Victor is a direct Ruby-to-SVG builder. All method calls are converted directly to SVG elements.

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Install

$ gem install victor

Or with bundler:

gem 'victor'

Examples

require 'victor'

svg = SVG.new width: 140, height: 100, style: { background: '#ddd' }

svg.build do 
  rect x: 10, y: 10, width: 120, height: 80, rx: 10, fill: '#666'
  
  circle cx: 50, cy: 50, r: 30, fill: 'yellow'
  circle cx: 58, cy: 32, r: 4, fill: 'black'
  polygon points: %w[45,50 80,30 80,70], fill: '#666'

  3.times do |i|
    x = 80 + i*18
    circle cx: x, cy: 50, r: 4, fill: 'yellow'
  end
end

svg.save 'pacman'

Output:

See the examples folder for several ruby scripts and their SVG output.

Usage

Initialize your SVG image:

require 'victor'
svg = SVG.new

Any option you provide to SVG.new will be added as an attribute to the main <svg> element. By default, height and width are set to 100%.

svg = SVG.new width: '100%', height: '100%'
# same as just SVG.new

svg = SVG.new width: '100%', height: '100%', viewBox: "0 0 200 100"

Victor uses a single method (element) to generate all SVG elements:

svg.element :rect, x: 2, y: 2, width: 200, height: 200
# => <rect x="2" y="2" width="200" height="200"/>

But you can omit it. Calls to any other method, will be delegated to the element method, so normal usage looks more like this:

svg.rect x: 2, y: 2, width: 200, height: 200
# => <rect x="2" y="2" width="200" height="200"/>

In other words, these are the same:

svg.element :anything, option: 'value'
svg.anything option: 'value'

You can use the build method, to generate the SVG with a block

svg.build do 
  rect x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100, fill: '#ccc'
  rect x: 20, y: 20, width: 60, height: 60, fill: '#f99'
end

If the value of an attribute is a hash, it will be converted to a style-compatible string:

svg.rect x: 0, y: 0, width: 100, height: 100, style: { stroke: '#ccc', fill: 'red' }
# => <rect x=0 y=0 width=100 height=100 style="stroke:#ccc; fill:red"/>

If the value of an attribute is an array, it will be converted to a space delimited string:

svg.path d: ['M', 150, 0, 'L', 75, 200, 'L', 225, 200, 'Z']
# => <path d="M 159 9 L 75 200 L 225 200 Z"/>

For SVG elements that have an inner content - such as text - simply pass it as the first argument:

svg.text "Victor", x: 40, y: 50
# => <text x="40" y="50">Victor</text>

You can also nest elements with blocks:

svg.build do
  g font_size: 30, font_family: 'arial', fill: 'white' do
    text "Scalable Victor Graphics", x: 40, y: 50
  end
end
# => <g font-size="30" font-family="arial" fill="white">
#      <text x="40" y="50">Scalable Victor Graphics</text>
#    </g>

Underscores in attribute names are converted to dashes:

svg.text "Victor", x: 40, y: 50, font_family: 'arial', font_weight: 'bold', font_size: 40
# => <text x="40" y="50" font-family="arial" font-weight="bold" font-size="40">
#      Victor
#    </text>

Saving the Output

Generate the full SVG to a string with render:

result = svg.render

Or, save it to a file with save:

svg.save 'filename'
# the '.svg' extension is optional

SVG Templates

The :default SVG template is designed to be a full XML document (i.e., a standalone SVG image). If you wish to use the output as an SVG element inside HTML, you can change the SVG template:

svg = SVG.new template: :html 
# accepts :html, :default or a filename

You can also point it to any other template file:

svg = SVG.new template: 'path/to/template.svg'

See the templates folder for an understanding of how templates are structured.

CSS

To add a CSS to your SVG, simply use the css command inside your build block, like this:

svg = SVG.new

svg.build do 
  css['.main'] = {
    stroke: "green", 
    stroke_width: 2,
    fill: "yellow"
  }

  circle cx: 35, cy: 35, r: 20, class: 'main'
end

You can also set CSS by providing a hash:

svg.css = {
  '.bar': {
    fill: '#666',
    stroke: '#fff',
    stroke_width: 1
  },
  '.negative': {
    fill: '#f66'
  },
  '.positive': {
    fill: '#6f6'
  }
}

Underscore characters will be converted to dashes (stroke_width becomes stroke-width).

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