lost_stories/static/main.js

var strokeWidth = 2;
var bufferSize;

var svgElement = document.getElementById("svgElement");
var rect = svgElement.getBoundingClientRect();
var path = null;
var strPath;
var buffer = []; // Contains the last positions of the mouse cursor

svgElement.addEventListener("mousedown", function (e) {
    bufferSize = 1;
    path = document.createElementNS('http://www.w3.org/2000/svg', 'path');
    path.setAttribute("fill", "none");
    path.setAttribute("stroke", "#000");
    path.setAttribute("stroke-width", strokeWidth);
    buffer = [];
    var pt = getMousePosition(e);
    appendToBuffer(pt);
    strPath = "M" + pt.x + " " + pt.y;
    path.setAttribute("d", strPath);
    svgElement.appendChild(path);
    console.log("start-drawing");
});

svgElement.addEventListener("mousemove", function (e) {
    if (path) {
        appendToBuffer(getMousePosition(e));
        updateSvgPath();
    }
});

svgElement.addEventListener("mouseup", function () {
    if (path) {
        path = null;
    }
    console.log("end-drawing");
});

var getMousePosition = function (e) {
    return {
        x: e.pageX - rect.left,
        y: e.pageY - rect.top
    }
};

var appendToBuffer = function (pt) {
    buffer.push(pt);
    while (buffer.length > bufferSize) {
        buffer.shift();
    }
};

// Calculate the average point, starting at offset in the buffer
var getAveragePoint = function (offset) {
    var len = buffer.length;
    if (len % 2 === 1 || len >= bufferSize) {
        var totalX = 0;
        var totalY = 0;
        var pt, i;
        var count = 0;
        for (i = offset; i < len; i++) {
            count++;
            pt = buffer[i];
            totalX += pt.x;
            totalY += pt.y;
        }
        return {
            x: totalX / count,
            y: totalY / count
        }
    }
    return null;
};

var updateSvgPath = function () {
    var pt = getAveragePoint(0);

    if (pt) {
        // Get the smoothed part of the path that will not change
        strPath += " L" + pt.x + " " + pt.y;

        // Get the last part of the path (close to the current mouse position)
        // This part will change if the mouse moves again
        var tmpPath = "";
        for (var offset = 2; offset < buffer.length; offset += 2) {
            pt = getAveragePoint(offset);
            tmpPath += " L" + pt.x + " " + pt.y;
        }

        // Set the complete current path coordinates
        path.setAttribute("d", strPath + tmpPath);
    }
};

var xhr = new XMLHttpRequest();

function sender(){
    xhr.open("POST", "/2ndpage", true);
    xhr.setRequestHeader("Content-Type", "application/x-www-form-urlencoded; charset=UTF-8");
    someStuff=document.getElementById("svgElement").innerHTML;
    xhr.send("data="+someStuff);
    console.log(someStuff);
    console.log("I'm sending");
}