SVG Image Utils is a lightweight Python SVG parser that focuses on correctly layering SVG images
When appending SVGs, the name selectors in the style tag and class paths are the same in both the base template and the appended SVG images. As a result, an abnormal looking SVG image will be created.
SVG Image Utils modifies attributes that contradict each other between all the appended SVGs and thus outputs a new, intuitive looking layered SVG image.
Install svgimgutils:
$ pip install --save svgimgutils
We will stack SVG images over the following SVG image:
The following snippet will create an SVG Image Utils for each SVG image and will append them onto the base template SVG.
from svgimgutils import SVGImgUtils
# Create SVG Image Utils for each SVG image
base_template = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/monkey.svg')
pants = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/pants.svg')
shoes = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/shoes.svg')
tail = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/tail.svg')
mouth = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/mouth.svg')
glasses = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/glasses.svg')
hat = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/hat.svg')
misc = SVGImgUtils.fromfile('Images/misc.svg')
# Append SVG images onto base template
base_template.append(pants)
base_template.append(shoes)
base_template.append(tail)
base_template.append(mouth)
base_template.append(glasses)
base_template.append(hat)
base_template.append(misc)
# Save new merged SVG image
base_template.save('Images/merged.svg')
This will result in a new "merged" svg image:
This project is licensed under the MIT License - see the LICENSE.md file for details