# prawn-svg
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An SVG renderer for the Prawn PDF library.
This will take an SVG document as input and render it into your PDF. Find out more about the Prawn PDF library at:
http://github.com/prawnpdf/prawn
prawn-svg is compatible with all versions of Prawn from 0.11.1 onwards, including the 1.x and 2.x series.
The minimum Ruby version required is 2.1.0.
## Using prawn-svg
```ruby
Prawn::Document.generate("test.pdf") do
svg '<svg><rect width="100" height="100" fill="red"></rect></svg>'
end
```
prawn-svg will do something sensible if you call it with only an SVG document, but you can also
pass the following options to tailor its operation:
Option | Data type | Description
----------- | --------- | -----------
:at | [integer, integer] | Specify the location on the page you want the SVG to appear.
:position | :left, :center, :right, integer | If :at not specified, specifies the horizontal position to show the SVG. Defaults to :left.
:vposition | :top, :center, :bottom, integer | If :at not specified, specifies the vertical position to show the SVG. Defaults to current cursor position.
:width | integer | Desired width of the SVG. Defaults to horizontal space available.
:height | integer | Desired height of the SVG. Defaults to vertical space available.
:enable_web_requests | boolean | If true, prawn-svg will make http and https requests to fetch images. Defaults to true.
:enable_file_requests_with_root | string | If not nil, prawn-svg will serve `file:` URLs from your local disk if the file is located under the specified directory. It is very dangerous to specify the root path ("/") if you're not fully in control of your input SVG. Defaults to `nil` (off).
:cache_images | boolean | If true, prawn-svg will cache the result of all URL requests. Defaults to false.
:fallback_font_name | string | A font name which will override the default fallback font of Times-Roman. If this value is set to <tt>nil</tt>, prawn-svg will ignore a request for an unknown font and log a warning.
## Examples
```ruby
# Render the logo contained in the file logo.svg at 100, 100 with a width of 300
svg IO.read("logo.svg"), at: [100, 100], width: 300
# Render the logo at the current Y cursor position, centered in the current bounding box
svg IO.read("logo.svg"), position: :center
# Render the logo at the current Y cursor position, and serve file: links relative to its directory
root_path = "/apps/myapp/current/images"
svg IO.read("#{root_path}/logo.svg"), enable_file_requests_with_root: root_path
```
## Supported features
prawn-svg supports most but not all of the full SVG 1.1 specification. It currently supports:
- <tt><line></tt>, <tt><polyline></tt>, <tt><polygon></tt>, <tt><circle></tt> and <tt><ellipse></tt>
- <tt><rect></tt>. Rounded rects are supported, but only one radius is applied to all corners.
- <tt><path></tt> supports all commands defined in SVG 1.1, although the
implementation of elliptical arc is a bit rough at the moment.
- `<text>`, `<tspan>` and `<tref>` with attributes `x`, `y`, `dx`, `dy`, `rotate`, 'textLength', 'lengthAdjust', and with extra properties
`text-anchor`, `text-decoration` (underline only), `font-size`, `font-family`, `font-weight`, `font-style`, `letter-spacing`
- <tt><svg></tt>, <tt><g></tt> and <tt><symbol></tt>
- <tt><use></tt>
- <tt><style></tt> (see CSS section below)
- <tt><image></tt> with <tt>http:</tt>, <tt>https:</tt>, <tt>data:image/\*;base64</tt> and `file:` schemes
(`file:` is disabled by default for security reasons, see Options section above)
- <tt><clipPath></tt>
- `<marker>`
- `<linearGradient>` and `<radialGradient>` are implemented on Prawn 2.2.0+ with attributes `gradientUnits` and `gradientTransform` (spreadMethod and stop-opacity are unimplemented.)
- `<switch>` and `<foreignObject>`, although prawn-svg cannot handle any data that is not SVG so `<foreignObject>`
tags are always ignored.
- properties: `clip-path`, `color`, `display`, `fill`, `fill-opacity`, `fill-rule`, `opacity`, `overflow`, `stroke`, `stroke-dasharray`, `stroke-linecap`, `stroke-opacity`, `stroke-width`
- properties on lines, polylines, polygons and paths: `marker-end`, `marker-mid`, `marker-start`
- attributes on all elements: `class`, `id`, `style`, `transform`, `xml:space`
- the <tt>viewBox</tt> attribute on <tt><svg></tt> and `<marker>` elements
- the <tt>preserveAspectRatio</tt> attribute on <tt><svg></tt>, <tt><image></tt> and `<marker>` elements
- transform methods: `translate`, `translateX`, `translateY`, `rotate`, `scale`, `skewX`, `skewY`, `matrix`
- colors: HTML standard names, <tt>#xxx</tt>, <tt>#xxxxxx</tt>, <tt>rgb(1, 2, 3)</tt>, <tt>rgb(1%, 2%, 3%)</tt>
- measurements specified in <tt>pt</tt>, <tt>cm</tt>, <tt>dm</tt>, <tt>ft</tt>, <tt>in</tt>, <tt>m</tt>, <tt>mm</tt>, <tt>yd</tt>, <tt>pc</tt>, <tt>%</tt>
- fonts: generic CSS fonts, built-in PDF fonts, and any TTF fonts in your fonts path, specified in any of the measurements above plus `em` or `rem`
## CSS
prawn-svg supports CSS, both in `<style>` blocks and `style` attributes.
In CSS selectors you can use element names, IDs, classes, attributes (existence, `=`, `^=`, `$=`, `*=`, `~=`, `|=`)
and all combinators (` `, `>`, `+`, `~`).
The pseudo-classes `:first-child`, `:last-child` and `:nth-child(n)` (where n is a number) also work.
Warning: Ruby versions less than 2.6.0 have a bug in the REXML XPath implementation which means under some
conditions the `+` combinator will not pick up all matching elements. See `stylesheets_spec.rb` for an
explanation if you're stuck on an old version of Ruby.
Pseudo-elements and the other pseudo-classes are not supported. Specificity ordering is
implemented, but `!important` is not.
## Not supported
prawn-svg does not support hyperlinks, patterns or filters.
It does not support text in the clip area, but you can clip shapes and text by any shape.
## Configuration
### Fonts
By default, prawn-svg has a fonts path of <tt>["/Library/Fonts", "/System/Library/Fonts", "#{ENV["HOME"]}/Library/Fonts", "/usr/share/fonts/truetype"]</tt> to catch
Mac OS X and Debian Linux users. You can add to the font path:
```ruby
Prawn::SVG::FontRegistry.font_path << "/my/font/directory"
```
### Using with prawn-rails
In your Gemfile, put `gem 'prawn-svg'` before `gem 'prawn-rails'` so that prawn-rails can see the prawn-svg extension.
## Licence
MIT licence. Copyright Roger Nesbitt.