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Detect Webp browser support
// check_webp_feature:
// 'feature' can be one of 'lossy', 'lossless', 'alpha' or 'animation'.
// 'callback(feature, isSupported)' will be passed back the detection result (in an asynchronous way!)
// see: https://stackoverflow.com/a/54631141/4845112
function check_webp_feature(feature, callback) {
var kTestImages = {
lossy: "UklGRiIAAABXRUJQVlA4IBYAAAAwAQCdASoBAAEADsD+JaQAA3AAAAAA",
lossless: "UklGRhoAAABXRUJQVlA4TA0AAAAvAAAAEAcQERGIiP4HAA==",
alpha: "UklGRkoAAABXRUJQVlA4WAoAAAAQAAAAAAAAAAAAQUxQSAwAAAARBxAR/Q9ERP8DAABWUDggGAAAABQBAJ0BKgEAAQAAAP4AAA3AAP7mtQAAAA==",
animation: "UklGRlIAAABXRUJQVlA4WAoAAAASAAAAAAAAAAAAQU5JTQYAAAD/////AABBTk1GJgAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAGQAAABWUDhMDQAAAC8AAAAQBxAREYiI/gcA"
};
var img = new Image();
img.onload = function () {
var result = (img.width > 0) && (img.height > 0);
callback(feature, result);
};
img.onerror = function () {
callback(feature, false);
};
img.src = "data:image/webp;base64," + kTestImages[feature];
}
//example usage:
check_webp_feature('lossy', function (feature, isSupported) {
if (isSupported) {
// webp is supported,
// you can cache the result here if you want
}
});
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