Paper.js: ImportSVG returns undefined

[sansumbrella]

When importing the ghostscript tiger in javascript, no value is returned from project.importSVG. The graphic is displayed correctly.

Expected behavior:
importSVG returns a reference to the Item containing the SVG.

Current behavior:
importSVG returns undefined.

paper.setup(document.getElementById("paper_canvas"));
var svg = paper.project.importSVG("img/ghostscript_tiger.svg");
console.log(svg); // => undefined

[lehni]

You need to use an onload callback function to know when the file is loaded:

paper.project.importSVG("img/ghostscript_tiger.svg", function(item) {
    console.log(item);
});

[sansumbrella]

Thanks!

The documentation doesn't mention callback functions (and I was a bit surprised that the docs suggested it would be a blocking call in js). Is there somewhere I can contribute to the documentation?

[lehni]

Yeah that feature was added later. Hard to keep it all in sync...