Spck Editor is an embeddable online code editor, optimized for the web and building web projects. This library builds is a wrapper around the iframe
messaging interface provided by the editor and allows you to control the editor for your needs.
Use cases for this library include:
- Embedding editable demos in your website
- Creating edtor tools (i.e. minifiers, beautifiers, formatters, source-mapping, etc.)
- Creating interactive tutorials
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You have two options to install the library:
1. Install with bower:
bower install spck-embed
2. Install with npm:
npm install spck-embed
<script src="https://embed.spck.io/embed/spck-embed.min.js"></script>
<!--Vanilla editor, no files, no preview-->
<iframe id="editor" src="https://embed.spck.io/" frameBorder="0" width="600" height="360"></iframe>
<!--Load library-->
<script src="https://embed.spck.io/embed/spck-embed.min.js"></script>
<!--With files, but no preview-->
<iframe id="editor" src="https://embed.spck.io/?files=1" frameBorder="0" width="600" height="360"></iframe>
<!--Load library-->
<script src="https://embed.spck.io/embed/spck-embed.min.js"></script>
<!--With files, and preview-->
<iframe id="editor" src="https://embed.spck.io/?files=1&preview=1" frameBorder="0" width="600" height="360"></iframe>
<!--Load library-->
<script src="https://embed.spck.io/embed/spck-embed.min.js"></script>
// Connect by passing an HTML id to the iframe
var editor = new SpckEditor('#editor');
// Or by passing an HTML element
var editor = new SpckEditor(document.getElementById('editor'));
// Or with any query selector
var editor = new SpckEditor(document.getElementById('iframe'));
// Connect and handle with a callback
editor.connect(function (connected) {
// Number of tries it took to connect
console.log(connected.tries)
editor.send({
project: 'Simple Project', // Project name
open: 'index.js', // Open file
files: [ // Create following files
{path: 'index.js', text: 'console.log("entry point")'}
]
}, function () {
// Success
}, function () {
// Failure
})
}, function () {
// Handle connection failure
console.log('connection failed')
}, {
maxTries: 20, // Maximum number of attempts to wait for iframe to load
interval: 500 // Interval between attempts
});
// Or handle with a promise
editor.connect()
.then(() => {
// Control the editor
return editor.send({
project: 'Simple Project', // Project name
open: 'index.js', // Open file
files: [ // Create following files
{path: 'index.js', text: 'console.log("entry point")'}
]
})
})
.catch(() => console.log('failure'))
// Or handle using async/await
await editor.connect()
// Control the editor
await editor.send({
project: 'Simple Project', // Project name
open: 'index.js', // Open file
files: [ // Create following files
{path: 'index.js', text: 'console.log("entry point")'}
]
})
define(['SpckEditor'] , function (SpckEditor) {
var editor = new SpckEditor('#editor');
// Do stuff with editor here
});
var SpckEditor = require('SpckEditor');
var editor = new SpckEditor('#editor');
// Do stuff with editor here
import {SpckEditor} from 'spck-embed';
var editor = new SpckEditor('#editor');
// Do stuff with editor here
Certain cosmetic features can be set by the iframe's src
url by using query parameters.
URL Parameter | Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
files |
Yes | If present, will display a side menu for file management. |
preview |
Yes | If present, will display a Run button for previewing code output. |
theme |
Yes | Changes the editor theme. Options: chrome, xcode, ayu-light, dracula, monokai, ayu-mirage. |
project |
Yes | The name of the project to create. |
<iframe src="https://embed.spck.io/?files=1&preview=1&theme=dracula"></iframe>
new SpckEditor(element, origin)
Parameter | Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
element |
No | Either a CSS selector string or the iframe HTMLElement to connect to. |
origin |
Yes | String to specify another domain origin for the editor. (Defaults to https://embed.spck.io ) |
connect(opts: {
maxTries: Number,
interval: Number
}): Promise
Parameter | Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
opts.maxTries |
Yes | Maximum attempts to establish connection with iframe. (default: 20) |
opts.interval |
Yes | Time to wait between attempts to connect. (default: 500ms) |
send(msg: {
project: String,
clearProjects: Boolean | [String]
files: [{path: String, text: String?, url: String?}],
appendFiles: Boolean,
open: String,
editor: {
mode: String,
text: String,
fontSize: String,
tabSize: Number,
position: {row: Number, column: Number},
gutter: Boolean
}
}): Promise
Parameter | Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
msg.project |
Yes | Specifies the project name, projects are namespaced by domain. The same project name from different domains will not overwrite each other. |
msg.clearProjects |
Yes | If true, clear all projects in the domain; or if an array of project names, then delete the list of projects. |
msg.files |
Yes | List of files to create in the project, if url is specified instead of text , the contents will be fetched instead. |
msg.appendFiles |
Yes | Keep existing project files, append/overwrite the files. |
msg.open |
Yes | Opens this file in the project. |
msg.editor |
Yes | Configures the editor window directly. |
editor.send({
files: [
{
path: 'src/index.html',
text: '...'
}, {
path: 'src/index.js',
text: '...'
}
],
// Keep existing files in the project, append/overwrite new files
appendFiles: false,
// Open this file
open: 'index.js',
// Create a project
project: 'ProjectA',
editor: {
// Sets the language mode
mode: 'javascript' // 'typescript, javascript, css, less, scss, html, etc.',
// Sets the editor current text
text: '...',
// Sets the editor font size
fontSize: '12px',
// Sets the editor tab size
tabSize: 2,
// Show line numbers or not
gutter: true
}
})
editor.on(handlers: {
textChange: Function,
positionChange: Function,
selectionChange: Function,
fileOpen: Function,
projectOpen: Function,
projectClose: Function,
blur: Function,
focus: Function
})
Parameter | Optional | Description |
---|---|---|
handlers.textChange |
Yes | Detect whenever the editor text is changed. |
handlers.positionChange |
Yes | Detect when the cursor position is changed. |
handlers.selectionChange |
Yes | Detect when the text selection is changed. |
handlers.fileOpen |
Yes | Detect when a new file is opened. |
handlers.projectOpen |
Yes | Detect when a project is opened. |
handlers.projectClose |
Yes | Detect when a project is closed. |
handlers.blur |
Yes | Detect when editor blurs focus. |
handlers.focus |
Yes | Detect when editor focuses. |
getMode(): Promise<String>
getPosition(): Promise<{row: Number, coluumn: Number}>
getTabSize(): Promise<Number>
getText(): Promise<String>
getTheme(): Promise<String>