Confetti Cannon

Launch Confetti

Install

npm i confetti-cannon

How to use

This is the basic use of the cannon where we render everything we need and then create confetti on the canvas where the user clicks. For more advanced uses, check out the stories.

import {
  ConfettiCanvas,
  Environment,
  SpriteCanvas,
  useConfettiCannon,
  ConfettiCanvasHandle,
  SpriteCanvasHandle,
} from "confetti-cannon";

const SPRITES = [
  require("./images/square.svg"),
  require("./images/circle.svg"),
];
const COLORS = ["#FF73FA", "#FFC0FF"];
const SIZE = 40;

function Example() {
  const [confettiCanvas, setConfettiCanvas] =
    React.useState<ConfettiCanvasHandle | null>(null);
  const [spriteCanvas, setSpriteCanvas] =
    React.useState<SpriteCanvasHandle | null>(null);
  const environment = React.useMemo(() => new Environment(), []);
  const cannon = useConfettiCannon(confettiCanvas, spriteCanvas);

  const addConfetti = React.useCallback(
    (x: number, y: number) => {
      cannon.createConfetti({
        position: {
          type: "static",
          value: { x, y },
        },
        size: {
          type: "static",
          value: SIZE,
        },
      });
    },
    [cannon]
  );

  const handleClick = (e: MouseEvent) => {
    const { x, y } = getClickPosition(e, confettiCanvas?.getCanvas());
    addConfetti(x, y);
  };

  return (
    <>
      <SpriteCanvas
        ref={setSpriteCanvas}
        sprites={SPRITES}
        colors={COLORS}
        spriteWidth={SIZE}
        spriteHeight={SIZE}
      />
      <ConfettiCanvas
        ref={setConfettiCanvas}
        onClick={handleClick}
        environment={environment}
      />
    </>
  );
}

Components

SpriteCanvas

A SpriteCanvas is used to pre-render your confetti. You'll need to render this somewhere in your app in order to launch confetti on an ConfettiCanvas. This will not be visible to users.

Prop	Type	Description
spriteWidth	number	The width to render the confetti at. Should be the largest width your confetti will be rendered at if possible
spriteHeight	number	The height to render the confetti at. Should be the largest width your confetti will be rendered at if possible
colors	string[]	The colors your confetti will be rendered as
sprites	Array<string | {src: string, colorized: boolean}>	The sources of your confetti images. If you do not want to color an image, use {src, colorize: false}
visible	boolean	Used for debugging if you'd like to see the SpriteCanvas on screen

ConfettiCanvas

A ConfettiCanvas is the canvas that will render your confetti on screen

Prop	Type	Description
environment	Environment	An object representing the environment effecting the confetti
onClick	(e: MouseEvent, confetti: Confetti | null) => void	Event fired when the user clicks the canvas, if they clicked a confetti, that confetti is included
onMouseDown	(e: MouseEvent, confetti: Confetti | null) => void	Event fired when the user mouses down on the canvas, if they moused down on a confetti, that confetti is included

to create an Environment, use new Environment().

Arg	Type	Default	Description
gravity	number	-9.8	How confetti will be effected on the y axis
wind	number	0	How confetti will be effected on the x axis

useConfettiCannon

useConfettiCannon is the hook that will allow you to launch confetti. This takes a ConfettiCanvas and a SpriteCanvas and provides a few functions to create confetti.

Cannon methods

There's several methods available to add and manage confetti on the canvas. Typically, you'll want to use createMultipleConfetti.

Method	Description
createConfetti	Create a single confetti and add it to the canvas
createMultipleConfetti	Create multiple confetti and add them to the canvas
addConfetti	Add a confetti on the canvas
deleteConfetti	Delete a confetti from the canvas
clearConfetti	Delete all confetti from the canvas

CreateConfettiArgs

These are passed to createConfetti methods to create a confetti and define how it is updated. Each includes a type, which then defines the rest of the args.

Arg	Type	Default	Description
id	?string	A uuid	A unique id to a confetti if you want to reference it later, will be a uuid if not specified
position	ConfigVector2Input	N/A	The position to launch the confetti at and how it will be updated
velocity	?ConfigVector2Input	static, 0	The velocity to launch the confetti at and how it will be updated
rotation	?ConfigVector3Input	static, 0	The rotation to launch the confetti at and how it will be updated
dragCoefficient	?ConfigVector2Input	static, 0.001	The drag coefficient to launch the confetti at and how it will be updated. This effects how much gravity and wind effect the confetti
size	ConfigVector2Input	N/A	The size to launch the confetti at and how it will be updated
opacity	?ConfigNumberInput	static 1	The opacity to launch the confetti at and how it will be updated

Config Inputs Config inputs are helper objects that will eventually create an UpdatableValue that lives on Confetti that tells the Confetti how to update on every tick.

Valid types include:

• static: Will not change on updates (gravity and wind will still effect relevant fields)
• linear: Will update linearly on every update
• oscillating: Will oscillate between two values with a given easing

Each type also includes a -random option (ex: static-random) which allows you to add randomization with the initial value and the update values.

Any Vector2 or Vector3 will also accept a number as a shortcut to set all x, y, and z values to that number.

CreateConfettiRequestedOptions

This is an optional object that will request that the canvas create a specific sprite or color. The sprite and color must be included on your sprite canvas for this to work.

Arg	Type	Description
sprite	?Array<string | {src: string, colorized: boolean}>	The requested sprite
color	?string	The requested color