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How to restore/reuse json serialized objects in fabricjs?

I am trying to create a collaborative whiteboard with socket.io and fabric.js.

When a user draws something I send the path to other users as a JSON format:

canvas.on('path:created', function(e) {
  canvas.remove(fabric.Path.fromObject(JSON.stringify(e.path)));
  socket.emit('add path', e.path.toJSON());
});

How can I recreate this object on the canvas here?

socket.on('add path', function(path) {
  canvas.add(path); // doesn't work
});
Solution

  • try to use fabric.util.enlinvenObjects

    The purpouse of that function is to switch from object form to istance.

    socket.on('add path', function(path) {
  fabric.util.enlivenObjects([path], function(objects) {
    objects.forEach(function(o) {
      canvas.add(o);
    });
  });
});