Can you acquire raw image data without drawing to a canvas in javascript?

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Can you acquire raw image data without drawing to a canvas in javascript? Can you give an example of this in practice? Thanks!

Could [this](http://stackoverflow.com/a/12755042/1319187) be your answer? — jdepypere, Aug 12 '13 at 12:11

score 0 · Answer 1 · answered Aug 12 '13 at 12:25

You could acquire that data using an ajax call to that address. Something like

$.ajax($self.attr("src"), {
    complete: function (jqxhr) {
        $self.text(jqxhr.responseText);
        }
});

See this jsFiddle I've prepared that demonstrates that method.

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