Image API documentation

Version: alpha

FUNCTION
image.load() load image from buffer
CONSTANT
image.TYPE_RGB RGB image type
image.TYPE_RGBA RGBA image type
image.TYPE_LUMINANCE luminance image type

Functions

image.load()

image.load(buffer,[premult])

Load image (PNG or JPEG) from buffer.

PARAMETERS

buffer string image data buffer
[premult] boolean optional flag if alpha should be premultiplied. Defaults to false

RETURNS

image table, nil object or nil if loading fails. The object is a table with the following fields:
  • number width: image width
  • number height: image height
  • constant type: image type
    • image.TYPE_RGB
    • image.TYPE_RGBA
    • image.TYPE_LUMINANCE
  • string buffer: the raw image data

EXAMPLES

How to load an image from an URL and create a GUI texture from it: 
local imgurl = "http://www.site.com/image.png"
http.request(imgurl, "GET", function(self, id, response)
        local img = image.load(response.response)
        local tx = gui.new_texture("image_node", img.width, img.height, img.type, img.buffer)
    end)

Constants

image.TYPE_RGB

RGB image type

image.TYPE_RGBA

RGBA image type

image.TYPE_LUMINANCE

luminance image type