@googleforcreators/animation

The @googleforcreators/animation package provides a comprehensive animation system for Web Stories. It supports both Web Animations API (WAAPI) for modern browsers and AMP animations for AMP-compatible output.

Installation

npm install @googleforcreators/animation

Quick Start

import { 
  AnimationProvider, 
  WAAPIWrapper,
  createAnimationPart 
} from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function StoryPage() {
  return (
    <AnimationProvider>
      <WAAPIWrapper
        target="element-id"
        animations={[
          {
            type: 'effectFadeIn',
            duration: 600,
            delay: 0,
          }
        ]}
      >
        <div id="element-id">
          This element will fade in!
        </div>
      </WAAPIWrapper>
    </AnimationProvider>
  );
}

Components

AnimationProvider

Provides animation context to child components:

import { AnimationProvider } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function App() {
  return (
    <AnimationProvider>
      {/* Your story content */}
    </AnimationProvider>
  );
}

WAAPIWrapper

Wraps elements with Web Animations API support:

import { WAAPIWrapper, AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function AnimatedElement() {
  const animations = [
    {
      type: AnimationType.EffectFadeIn,
      duration: 1000,
      delay: 200,
      easing: 'cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)',
    }
  ];

  return (
    <WAAPIWrapper
      target="my-element"
      animations={animations}
    >
      <img id="my-element" src="image.jpg" alt="Animated" />
    </WAAPIWrapper>
  );
}

AMPWrapper

Wraps elements for AMP-compatible animations:

import { AMPWrapper } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function AMPAnimatedElement() {
  return (
    <AMPWrapper
      target="amp-element"
      animations={[
        {
          type: 'effectZoom',
          duration: 800,
        }
      ]}
    >
      <div id="amp-element">AMP Content</div>
    </AMPWrapper>
  );
}

AMPAnimations

Generates AMP animation definitions:

import { AMPAnimations } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function StoryOutput() {
  const animations = [
    { id: '1', type: 'effectFadeIn', duration: 600 },
    { id: '2', type: 'effectZoom', duration: 800 },
  ];

  return (
    <>
      <AMPAnimations animations={animations} />
      {/* Story content */}
    </>
  );
}

AMPKeyframes

Generates AMP keyframe definitions:

import { AMPKeyframes } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function StoryOutput() {
  return (
    <>
      <AMPKeyframes animations={animations} />
      {/* Story content */}
    </>
  );
}

Animation Effects

The library provides numerous pre-built animation effects:

Entrance Effects

Fade In
Fly In
Drop
Zoom

import { AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const fadeIn = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectFadeIn,
  duration: 600,
  delay: 0,
  easing: 'cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)',
};

import { AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const flyIn = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectFlyIn,
  duration: 600,
  delay: 0,
  flyInDirection: 'leftToRight', // or 'rightToLeft', 'topToBottom', 'bottomToTop'
};

import { AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const drop = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectDrop,
  duration: 1600,
  delay: 0,
  easing: 'cubic-bezier(0.4, 0.4, 0.0, 1)',
};

import { AnimationType, ScaleDirection } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const zoom = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectZoom,
  duration: 600,
  delay: 0,
  scaleDirection: ScaleDirection.ScaleInTopLeft,
};

More Effects

import { AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const twirlIn = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectTwirlIn,
  duration: 600,
  delay: 0,
};

Background Animations

Special animations for background elements:

Background Zoom
Background Pan
Pan and Zoom

import { AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const bgZoom = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectBackgroundZoom,
  duration: 1000,
  delay: 0,
  zoomFrom: 100,
  zoomTo: 120,
};

import { AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const bgPan = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectBackgroundPan,
  duration: 1000,
  delay: 0,
  panX: 20,
  panY: 0,
};

import { AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const bgPanZoom = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectBackgroundPanAndZoom,
  duration: 1500,
  delay: 0,
  panX: 10,
  panY: 10,
  zoomFrom: 100,
  zoomTo: 150,
};

Animation Parts

Create custom animations using animation parts:

import { createAnimationPart, AnimationType } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const customAnimation = createAnimationPart({
  type: AnimationType.Move,
  duration: 1000,
  delay: 0,
  offsetX: 100,
  offsetY: 50,
});

Available Animation Parts

BlinkOn - Blinking effect
Bounce - Bouncing motion
Fade - Opacity transition
Flip - 3D flip effect
FloatOn - Floating appearance
Move - Position translation
Pulse - Scaling pulse
Spin - Rotation effect
Zoom - Scale effect

Constants

Easing Functions

import { BEZIER } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const animation = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectFadeIn,
  duration: 600,
  easing: BEZIER.inOutQuad, // Smooth in-out easing
};

// Available easing options:
// linear, in, out, inOut, inQuad, outQuad, inOutQuad,
// inCubic, outCubic, inOutCubic, inQuart, outQuart, inOutQuart,
// inQuint, outQuint, inOutQuint, inSine, outSine, inOutSine,
// inExpo, outExpo, inOutExpo, inCirc, outCirc, inOutCirc, default

Animation Effects Constants

import { 
  ANIMATION_EFFECTS,
  BACKGROUND_ANIMATION_EFFECTS,
  ANIMATION_PARTS 
} from '@googleforcreators/animation';

// Entrance effects
console.log(ANIMATION_EFFECTS.FADE_IN.value); // 'effectFadeIn'
console.log(ANIMATION_EFFECTS.FADE_IN.name); // 'Fade In'

// Background effects
console.log(BACKGROUND_ANIMATION_EFFECTS.ZOOM.value);

// Animation parts
console.log(ANIMATION_PARTS.BOUNCE.value);

Scale Directions

import { SCALE_DIRECTIONS, ScaleDirection } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const scaleIn = SCALE_DIRECTIONS.IN; // Scale in from corners
const scaleOut = SCALE_DIRECTIONS.OUT; // Scale out to corners

// Individual directions:
// ScaleDirection.ScaleInTopLeft
// ScaleDirection.ScaleInBottomRight
// ScaleDirection.ScaleOutTopRight
// ScaleDirection.ScaleOutBottomLeft

Background Scale Limits

import { BG_MIN_SCALE, BG_MAX_SCALE } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

const bgAnimation = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectBackgroundZoom,
  zoomFrom: BG_MIN_SCALE, // 100
  zoomTo: BG_MAX_SCALE,   // 400
};

Hooks

useStoryAnimationContext

Access the animation context:

import { useStoryAnimationContext } from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function MyComponent() {
  const { animationState, setAnimationState } = useStoryAnimationContext();

  const playAnimation = () => {
    setAnimationState({ playing: true });
  };

  return (
    <button onClick={playAnimation}>
      Play {animationState.playing ? 'Playing...' : 'Paused'}
    </button>
  );
}

TypeScript

The package is written in TypeScript and exports comprehensive type definitions:

import type { 
  AnimationType,
  AMPEffectTiming,
  ScaleDirection,
  BezierType,
  FadeInEffect,
  FlyInEffect,
  ZoomEffect,
} from '@googleforcreators/animation';

interface AnimationConfig extends AMPEffectTiming {
  type: AnimationType;
  duration: number;
  delay?: number;
  easing?: BezierType;
}

const config: AnimationConfig = {
  type: AnimationType.EffectFadeIn,
  duration: 600,
  delay: 0,
  easing: 'ease-in-out',
};

Complete Example

import { 
  AnimationProvider,
  WAAPIWrapper,
  AnimationType,
  BEZIER,
  ANIMATION_EFFECTS,
  useStoryAnimationContext 
} from '@googleforcreators/animation';

function Story() {
  return (
    <AnimationProvider>
      <StoryPage />
    </AnimationProvider>
  );
}

function StoryPage() {
  const { animationState, setAnimationState } = useStoryAnimationContext();

  const animations = [
    {
      type: AnimationType.EffectFadeIn,
      duration: 600,
      delay: 0,
      easing: BEZIER.inOutQuad,
    },
    {
      type: AnimationType.EffectZoom,
      duration: 800,
      delay: 600,
      easing: BEZIER.outQuad,
    }
  ];

  return (
    <div>
      <WAAPIWrapper
        target="headline"
        animations={animations}
      >
        <h1 id="headline">Animated Headline</h1>
      </WAAPIWrapper>

      <WAAPIWrapper
        target="image"
        animations={[
          {
            type: AnimationType.EffectFlyIn,
            duration: 1000,
            delay: 1400,
            flyInDirection: 'leftToRight',
          }
        ]}
      >
        <img id="image" src="photo.jpg" alt="Animated" />
      </WAAPIWrapper>

      <button onClick={() => setAnimationState({ playing: true })}>
        Play Animations
      </button>
    </div>
  );
}

Output Generation

Generate animation outputs for different platforms:

import { 
  AnimationOutput,
  KeyframesOutput 
} from '@googleforcreators/animation';

// For AMP output
function AMPStory({ animations }) {
  return (
    <>
      <AnimationOutput animations={animations} />
      <KeyframesOutput animations={animations} />
      {/* Story content */}
    </>
  );
}

REST API

JavaScript Packages

Hooks & Filters

Installation

Quick Start

Components

AnimationProvider

WAAPIWrapper

AMPWrapper

AMPAnimations

AMPKeyframes

Animation Effects

Entrance Effects

More Effects

Background Animations

Animation Parts

Available Animation Parts

Constants

Easing Functions

Animation Effects Constants

Scale Directions

Background Scale Limits

Hooks

useStoryAnimationContext

TypeScript

Complete Example

Output Generation

Links

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

REST API

JavaScript Packages

Hooks & Filters

​Installation

​Quick Start

​Components

​AnimationProvider

​WAAPIWrapper

​AMPWrapper

​AMPAnimations

​AMPKeyframes

​Animation Effects

​Entrance Effects

​More Effects

​Background Animations

​Animation Parts

​Available Animation Parts

​Constants

​Easing Functions

​Animation Effects Constants

​Scale Directions

​Background Scale Limits

​Hooks

​useStoryAnimationContext

​TypeScript

​Complete Example

​Output Generation

​Links

Build docs developers (and LLMs) love

Installation

Quick Start

Components

AnimationProvider

WAAPIWrapper

AMPWrapper

AMPAnimations

AMPKeyframes

Animation Effects

Entrance Effects

More Effects

Background Animations

Animation Parts

Available Animation Parts

Constants

Easing Functions

Animation Effects Constants

Scale Directions

Background Scale Limits

Hooks

useStoryAnimationContext

TypeScript

Complete Example

Output Generation

Links