## ChartJSNodeCanvas
**Kind**: global class
* [ChartJSNodeCanvas](#ChartJSNodeCanvas)
* [new ChartJSNodeCanvas(options)](#new_ChartJSNodeCanvas_new)
* [.renderToDataURL(configuration, mimeType)](#ChartJSNodeCanvas+renderToDataURL)
* [.renderToDataURLSync(configuration, mimeType)](#ChartJSNodeCanvas+renderToDataURLSync)
* [.renderToBuffer(configuration, mimeType)](#ChartJSNodeCanvas+renderToBuffer)
* [.renderToBufferSync(configuration, mimeType)](#ChartJSNodeCanvas+renderToBufferSync)
* [.renderToStream(configuration, mimeType)](#ChartJSNodeCanvas+renderToStream)
* [.registerFont(path, options)](#ChartJSNodeCanvas+registerFont)
### new ChartJSNodeCanvas(options)
Create a new instance of CanvasRenderService.
| Param | Description |
| --- | --- |
| options | Configuration for this instance |
### chartJSNodeCanvas.renderToDataURL(configuration, mimeType)
Render to a data url.
**Kind**: instance method of [ChartJSNodeCanvas](#ChartJSNodeCanvas)
**See**: https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#canvastodataurl
| Param | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| configuration | | The Chart JS configuration for the chart to render. |
| mimeType | image/png | The image format, `image/png` or `image/jpeg`. |
### chartJSNodeCanvas.renderToDataURLSync(configuration, mimeType)
Render to a data url synchronously.
**Kind**: instance method of [ChartJSNodeCanvas](#ChartJSNodeCanvas)
**See**: https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#canvastodataurl
| Param | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| configuration | | The Chart JS configuration for the chart to render. |
| mimeType | image/png | The image format, `image/png` or `image/jpeg`. |
### chartJSNodeCanvas.renderToBuffer(configuration, mimeType)
Render to a buffer.
**Kind**: instance method of [ChartJSNodeCanvas](#ChartJSNodeCanvas)
**See**: https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#canvastobuffer
| Param | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| configuration | | The Chart JS configuration for the chart to render. |
| mimeType | image/png | A string indicating the image format. Valid options are `image/png`, `image/jpeg` (if node-canvas was built with JPEG support) or `raw` (unencoded ARGB32 data in native-endian byte order, top-to-bottom). Defaults to `image/png` for image canvases, or the corresponding type for PDF or SVG canvas. |
### chartJSNodeCanvas.renderToBufferSync(configuration, mimeType)
Render to a buffer synchronously.
**Kind**: instance method of [ChartJSNodeCanvas](#ChartJSNodeCanvas)
**See**: https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#canvastobuffer
| Param | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| configuration | | The Chart JS configuration for the chart to render. |
| mimeType | image/png | A string indicating the image format. Valid options are `image/png`, `image/jpeg` (if node-canvas was built with JPEG support), `raw` (unencoded ARGB32 data in native-endian byte order, top-to-bottom), `application/pdf` (for PDF canvases) and image/svg+xml (for SVG canvases). Defaults to `image/png` for image canvases, or the corresponding type for PDF or SVG canvas. |
### chartJSNodeCanvas.renderToStream(configuration, mimeType)
Render to a stream.
**Kind**: instance method of [ChartJSNodeCanvas](#ChartJSNodeCanvas)
**See**: https://github.com/Automattic/node-canvas#canvascreatepngstream
| Param | Default | Description |
| --- | --- | --- |
| configuration | | The Chart JS configuration for the chart to render. |
| mimeType | image/png | A string indicating the image format. Valid options are `image/png`, `image/jpeg` (if node-canvas was built with JPEG support), `application/pdf` (for PDF canvases) and image/svg+xml (for SVG canvases). Defaults to `image/png` for image canvases, or the corresponding type for PDF or SVG canvas. |
### chartJSNodeCanvas.registerFont(path, options)
Use to register the font with Canvas to use a font file that is not installed as a system font, this must be done before the Canvas is created.
**Kind**: instance method of [ChartJSNodeCanvas](#ChartJSNodeCanvas)
| Param | Description |
| --- | --- |
| path | The path to the font file. |
| options | The font options. |
**Example**
```js
registerFont('comicsans.ttf', { family: 'Comic Sans' });
```