https://github.com/CogappLabs/StoriiiesViewer
An open source online storytelling platform for everyone. Built by Cogapp.
https://github.com/CogappLabs/StoriiiesViewer
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An open source online storytelling platform for everyone. Built by Cogapp.
- Host: GitHub
- URL: https://github.com/CogappLabs/StoriiiesViewer
- Owner: CogappLabs
- License: mit
- Created: 2023-07-12T10:47:27.000Z (almost 3 years ago)
- Default Branch: main
- Last Pushed: 2026-02-16T11:29:57.000Z (4 months ago)
- Last Synced: 2026-02-16T19:59:26.637Z (4 months ago)
- Topics: cogapp, iiif, musetech, storytelling
- Language: TypeScript
- Homepage: https://www.cogapp.com/storiiies
- Size: 12.1 MB
- Stars: 40
- Watchers: 3
- Forks: 2
- Open Issues: 1
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Metadata Files:
- Readme: README.md
- License: LICENSE
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README
# Storiiies Viewer 
Storiiies Viewer is an open source viewer for [Storiiies](https://www.cogapp.com/r-d/storiiies), the IIIF digital storytelling platform.
## Demo
[See an example StoriiiesViewer in action on codepen](https://codepen.io/Cogapp/pen/JjxbjGz)
## Usage
[API documentation](https://cogapplabs.github.io/StoriiiesViewer/api)
### Adding the dependencies
There are two options for adding StoriiiesViewer to your project:
#### In the browser
(This is the quickest and easiest way to get started)
You can include the JavaScript and CSS in the HTML like so, using the [unpkg CDN](https://unpkg.com/):
```HTML
```
Or you could save these files and serve them locally if you prefer.
Including the JavaScript file this way will make `StoriiiesViewer` available globally in JavaScript.
#### Using a bundler
1. Install the dependecy with `npm install @cogapp/storiiies-viewer`
2. Use `import StoriiiesViewer from '@cogapp/storiiies-viewer'` in your code to access the StoriiiesViewer constructor
3. Depending on how your tooling handles importing CSS you might also be able to import the CSS file with `import @cogapp/storiiies-viewer/dist/storiiies-viewer.css` — but you could also use the method above, or copy the contents of the CSS file into your own src files.
### Initialise a viewer
In your HTML:
```HTML
```
In your JavaScript
```JS
document.addEventListener('DOMContentLoaded', () => {
const myViewer = new StoriiiesViewer({
container: "#storiiies-viewer", // or document.querySelector("#storiiies-viewer")
manifestUrl: "https://path-to-your-storiiies-manifest",
});
});
```
## Customisation
To customise of appearance of StoriiiesViewer you have a few options:
1. If you'd prefer to bring all your own styles, StoriiiesViewer can be styled from scratch without needing to include the default stylesheet
2. To 'theme' StoriiiesViewer, you may find the custom properties provided by the default stylesheet to be sufficient
3. Start with default stylesheet and expand or override these styles as you see fit
### Disabling Mouse Navigation
If you want to disable interactions such as panning and zooming via scroll, you can pass the `disablePanAndZoom` option when initializing the viewer:
```js
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
const myViewer = new StoriiiesViewer({
container: "#storiiies-viewer",
manifestUrl: "https://path-to-your-storiiies-manifest",
disablePanAndZoom: true, // Disables mouse navigation
});
});
```
### Using a custom "point of interest" SVG
You may provide a custom SVG graphic to use with points of interest.
```js
document.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded", () => {
const myViewer = new StoriiiesViewer({
container: "#storiiies-viewer",
manifestUrl: "https://path-to-your-storiiies-manifest",
pointOfInterestSvgUrl: 'https://path-to-your-svg'
});
});
```
This overrides the default graphic from StoriiiesViewer. This SVG will be sanitized before it's inserted, and we have a permissive but possibly not exhaustive list of tags and attributes which are allowed.
The default colour and highlighting on activation and hover of points of interest are controlled by a CSS custom property applied to the `color` rule. If you'd like your custom graphic to use this colourisation then you can use `currentColor` on the parts of the graphic that should adopt this.
## Supported manifest formats
StoriiiesViewer supports a subset of the [IIIF presentation API v3](https://iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0/). Specifically, we target `annotationPages` which are included directly in the manifest ([like in this cookbook recipe](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/recipe/0258-tagging-external-resource/)).
Text based annotations can either be `text/plain` or `text/html` denoted by the `format` field. For `text/plain` newline characters will be converted and output as `
` tags.
Support for audio exists, and StoriiiesViewer will render an `` element for annotations that have a type of `Sound`, and which are structured [like shown in this cookbook recipe](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/recipe/0002-mvm-audio/).
Points of interest (markers that target a single point, rather than a region), can be rendered by using a `target` with a type of `specificResource` and a `selector` of `type: "pointSelector"`. See this [cookbook recipe for an example]](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/recipe/0135-annotating-point-in-canvas/).
StoriiiesViewer has no required fields (aside from those required by the presentation API), but it will render certain values from the manifest if provided. These are:
- [A manifest `label`](https://iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0/#label), which is required by the presentation API and will be shown on a "title slide", before any annotations
- [A manifest level `summary`](https://iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0/#summary), which will appear below the label if provided
- [A manifest level `requiredStatement`](https://iiif.io/api/presentation/3.0/#requiredstatement), which will appear below the summary if provided
> [!NOTE]
> Certain features which aren't currently supported include:
>
> - Externally referenced `annotationPages` ([as shown in this cookbook recipe](https://iiif.io/api/cookbook/recipe/0306-linking-annotations-to-manifests/))
> - Multiple images
> - Full multi-lingual support
>
> However, pathways exist to enable these features with further development.
> [!WARNING]
> Manifest with a version lower than 3 may load images, but aren't guaranteed to work beyond this, and will display a warning in the console.
### Compatibility with Storiiies Editor
Cogapp maintains a free-to-use editor for Storiiies at [storiiies-editor.cogapp.com](https://storiiies-editor.cogapp.com/). To use a compatible v3 manifest for your story, append the short alphanumeric code from the "view and share" link to a base URL of `https://manifest.storiiies-editor.cogapp.com/v3/`
For example, for the link use a manifest URL of
## Local development
### Installation
#### Pre-requisites
- [Node.js / npm](https://docs.npmjs.com/downloading-and-installing-node-js-and-npm)
> [!IMPORTANT]
> Although optional, we recommend using [nvm](https://github.com/nvm-sh/nvm) to match the version of Node used in this project before running the install command, or the npm scripts described below.
>
> If you encounter problems and aren't using the version of Node shown in the [.nvmrc](.nvmrc) file, you should try aligning your node version to this first. This represents a known compatibility with the code here and our dependencies.
#### Setup
Switch node version and install the dependencies in the project root with:
```console
nvm use
npm ci
```
### Compiling and previewing changes
Command
Action
npm run dev
Watches files in the src directory for changes and serves a preview at https://localhost:43110 with hot module replacement
npm run build
Builds the package for use in production. See "Usage" for how this package can be used
### Running the tests
Command
Action
npm run test:gui
Will start the local dev server and run the e2e tests with the interactive GUI
npm run test
Starts the dev server as above, but instead runs the tests without the GUI
> [!NOTE]
`npm run cypress:gui` and `npm run cypress` will also do the same as the above _without_ starting the dev server, if you already have it running.
### Linting the code
Command
Action
npm run lint
Will lint (and fix where possible) all problems in the code
### Image credits from banner image
Georges Seurat. _[A Sunday on La Grande Jatte](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/27992/a-sunday-on-la-grande-jatte-1884)_, 1884-86. The Art Institute of Chicago.
Vincent van Gogh. _[The Bedroom](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/28560/the-bedroom)_, 1889. The Art Institute of Chicago.
Rosalba Carriera. _[A Young Lady with a Parrot](https://www.artic.edu/artworks/103887/a-young-lady-with-a-parrot)_, c. 1730. The Art Institute of Chicago.