Uncaught IndexSizeError: Failed to execute ‘getImageData’ on ‘CanvasRenderingContext2D’: The source width is 0.
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Introduction
In this post, we will discuss a problem, which I recently came across while working with images in coding.
Background
The work was to take one image from the file upload control and then compress it using Canvas before uploading it to the server. I used a plugin, but let’s not go into that. We will directly come to the point where this problem can happen.
Problem
So, the line that we are talking about is like below.
var canvas = canvas.getContext('2d') .getImageData(0, 0, imgWidth, imgHeight);
We are sending the image width and height to getImageData. However, if you analyze the error message, it says that the width is 0.
Solution
With further research on the developer console, while debugging, I found that the width and height are actually populated in some other properties named as naturalWidth and naturalHeight.
Therefore, we can write the code like below.
var imgWidth = image.width || image.naturalWidth;
var imgHeight = image.height || image.naturalHeight;
var canvas = canvas.getContext('2d') .getImageData(0, 0, imgWidth, imgHeight);
Now your program should work as expected without errors.
More on naturalHeight and naturalWidth from MDN
HTMLImageElement.naturalHeight (Read only)
Returns a unsigned long representing the intrinsic height of the image in CSS pixels, if it is available; else, it shows 0.
HTMLImageElement.naturalWidth (Read only)
Returns a unsigned long representing the intrinsic width of the image in CSS pixels, if it is available; otherwise, it will show 0.
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