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crates canvas with onclick event to get value of a clicked pixel
<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<img style="display:none" src="image.png" alt="">
<canvas id="canvas" onClick="selectPixel(this,event)"></canvas>
<script>
window.onload = function() {
var myImg = document.querySelector("img");
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
context.drawImage(myImg, 0, 0);
}
var selectPixel = function ($this,event){
console.log(event.offsetX,event.offsetY);
getImageData(event.offsetX,event.offsetY);
}
var getImageData = function (x,y) {
var canvas = document.getElementById("canvas");
var context = canvas.getContext("2d");
data = context.getImageData(x, y, 1, 1);
//returns rgba()
console.log(data);
}
</script>
</body>
</html>
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