i want to convert an svg element to a base64 string.
i followed following tutorial: https://thewebdev.info/2021/08/28/how-to-convert-inline-svg-to-base64-string-with-javascript/
this is the code i used:
HTML:
<svg height="100" width="100">
<circle cx="50" cy="50" r="40" stroke="black" stroke-width="3" fill="red" />
</svg>
TypeScript:
constructor (
@Inject(DOCUMENT) document: Document
) {
document.querySelector("svg")
}
ngOnInit() {
const s = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(document.querySelector("svg"))
const encodedData = window.btoa(s)
console.log(encodedData)
}
but i get following error message in vs code at .serializeToString(document.querySelector("svg")):
Argument of type 'SVGSVGElement | null' is not assignable to parameter of type 'Node' TS 2345
The issue here is that svg isn't initialized when ngOnInit is called, hence querySelector returns null.
Move your code in ngAfterViewInit like below :- .
ngAfterViewInit() {
const svg = document.querySelector("svg");
if (svg) {
const s = new XMLSerializer().serializeToString(svg)
const encodedData = window.btoa(s)
console.log(encodedData)
}
}