R/pattern-array-placeholder.R

Defines functions fetch_placeholder_array fetch_placeholder_img grid.pattern_placeholder

Documented in grid.pattern_placeholder

#' Placeholder image patterned grobs
#'
#' `grid.pattern_placeholder()` draws a placeholder image pattern onto the graphic device.
#' `names_placeholder` are character vectors of supported placeholder types.
#'
#' @inheritParams grid.pattern_plasma
#' @param type Image source.  `names_placeholder` is a vector of supported values.
#'             If you would like only greyscale images append `bw` to the name.
#' @return A grid grob object invisibly.  If `draw` is `TRUE` then also draws to the graphic device as a side effect.
#' @examples
#'   if (requireNamespace("magick")) {
#'     x_hex <- 0.5 + 0.5 * cos(seq(2 * pi / 4, by = 2 * pi / 6, length.out = 6))
#'     y_hex <- 0.5 + 0.5 * sin(seq(2 * pi / 4, by = 2 * pi / 6, length.out = 6))
#'     # requires internet connection to download from placeholder image websites
#'     try(grid.pattern_placeholder(x_hex, y_hex, type="bear"))
#'   }
#'
#'   print(names_placeholder)
#' @seealso [reset_image_cache()] resets the image cache used by [grid.pattern_image()] and `grid.pattern_placeholder()`.
#' @export
grid.pattern_placeholder <- function(
	x = c(0, 0, 1, 1),
	y = c(1, 0, 0, 1),
	id = 1L,
	...,
	type = "bear",
	alpha = gp$alpha %||% NA_real_,
	aspect_ratio = 1,
	key_scale_factor = 1,
	res = getOption("ggpattern_res", 72),
	default.units = "npc",
	name = NULL,
	gp = gpar(),
	draw = TRUE,
	vp = NULL
) {
	grid.pattern(
		"placeholder",
		x,
		y,
		id,
		type = type,
		alpha = alpha,
		aspect_ratio = aspect_ratio,
		key_scale_factor = key_scale_factor,
		res = res,
		default.units = default.units,
		name = name,
		gp = gp,
		draw = draw,
		vp = vp
	)
}

## All placeholder names

#' @rdname grid.pattern_placeholder
#' @export
names_placeholder <- c(
	"bear",
	"bearbw",
	"beard",
	"beardbw",
	"cage",
	"cagebw",
	"dummy",
	"dummybw",
	"flickr",
	"flickrbw",
	"keanu",
	"keanubw",
	"kitten",
	"kittenbw",
	"murray",
	"murraybw",
	"picsum",
	"picsumbw",
	"placeholder",
	"placeholderbw",
	"seagal",
	"seagalbw"
)

#' Fetch a placeholder image of the correct dimensions
#'
#' Fetch a placeholder image from one of the sites used by web designers.  Append
#' 'bw' to the name to fetch greyscale images instead of colour.
#'
#' \describe{
#'   \item{`bear`}{ - Bears from \url{https://placebear.com/}}
#'   \item{`beard`}{ - Beards! \url{https://placebeard.it/}}
#'   \item{`cage`}{ - Nicholas Cage images from \url{https://placecage.lucidinternets.com}}
#'   \item{`dummy`}{ - Numeric placeholder images from \url{https://dummyimage.com}}
#'   \item{`flickr`}{ - Images from Flickr \url{https://loremflickr.com/}}
#'   \item{`keanu`}{ - Keanu Reeves images from \url{https://placekeanu.com}}
#'   \item{`kitten`}{ - Kittens from \url{https://placecats.com/}}
#'   \item{`murray`}{ - Bill Murrary images from \url{https://fillmurray.lucidinternets.com}}
#'   \item{`picsum`}{ - Images from \url{https://picsum.photos/}}
#'   \item{`placeholder`}{ - Numeric placeholder images from \url{placehold.co}}
#'   \item{`seagal`}{ - Steven Seagal images from \url{https://stevensegallery.lucidinternets.com/}}
#' }
#'
#' @param width,height image dimensions
#' @param type specify the server from which to fetch images. default: 'kitten'
#'
#' @noRd
fetch_placeholder_img <- function(width = 100, height = 100, type = 'dummy') {
	width <- as.integer(width)
	height <- as.integer(height)

	img_url <- switch(
		type,
		bear = glue("https://placebear.com/{width}/{height}"),
		bearbw = glue("https://placebear.com/g/{width}/{height}"),
		beard = glue("https://placebeard.it/{width}/{height}"),
		beardbw = glue("https://placebeard.it/g/{width}/{height}"),
		cage = glue("https://placecage.lucidinternets.com/{width}/{height}"),
		cagebw = glue("https://placecage.lucidinternets.com/g/{width}/{height}"),
		dummy = glue("https://dummyimage.com/{width}x{height}"),
		dummybw = glue("https://dummyimage.com/{width}x{height}/fff/000"),
		flickr = glue("https://loremflickr.com/{width}/{height}"),
		flickrbw = glue("https://loremflickr.com/g/{width}/{height}/all"),
		keanu = glue("https://placekeanu.com/{width}/{height}"),
		keanubw = glue("https://placekeanu.com/{width}/{height}/g"),
		kitten = glue("https://placecats.com/{width}/{height}"),
		kittenbw = glue("https://placecats.com/g/{width}/{height}"),
		murray = glue("https://fillmurray.lucidinternets.com/{width}/{height}"),
		murraybw = glue("https://fillmurray.lucidinternets.com/g/{width}/{height}"),
		picsum = glue("https://picsum.photos/{width}/{height}"),
		picsumbw = glue("https://picsum.photos/{width}/{height}?grayscale"),
		placeholderbw = glue("https://placehold.co/{width}x{height}/000000/FFFFFF/png"),
		placeholder = glue("https://placehold.co/{width}x{height}/png"),
		seagal = glue("https://www.stevensegallery.lucidinternets.com/{width}/{height}"),
		seagalbw = glue("https://www.stevensegallery.lucidinternets.com/g/{width}/{height}"),
		{
			warn(glue("Unknown placeholder type '{type}' using 'bear' instead"))
			glue("https://dummyimage.com/{width}x{height}")
		}
	)

	img_read_memoised(filename = img_url)
}

#' Fetch a placeholder image of the correct size and return as an array
#'
#' @inheritParams create_gradient_as_array
#'
#' @return RGBA array
#'
#' @noRd
fetch_placeholder_array <- function(width, height, params, legend) {
	assert_suggested("magick", "placeholder")

	if (legend) {
		img <- magick::image_blank(width, height)
		return(convert_img_to_array(img))
	}

	placeholder_type <- check_default(
		as.character(params$pattern_type),
		default = 'kitten',
		type = 'char'
	)
	img <- fetch_placeholder_img(width = width, height = height, type = placeholder_type)

	convert_img_to_array(img)
}

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