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Node.JS - SVG to Image Buffer for Sharp's overlayWith() Function?

I'm using the Sharp NPM library with Node.JS and I'm trying to add text to my canvas. I found out here that I need to use .overlayWith(), along with another library that can convert text to an SVG. A comment there suggested to use text-to-svg or vectorize-text, but both of those, along with text2svg, return an SVG. Sharp's .overlayWith() function requires an image Buffer. How can I convert the SVG that these libraries return, into an image Buffer for Sharp?

Solution

  • Found out the solution: The NPM module SVG2IMG takes an SVG string and converts it into an image Buffer.