Angular Share Buttons

Simple, lightweight, customizable share buttons with counts | live demo | vertical demo | popup demo

Supported services:

Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, Google, Tumbler, Reddit, StumbleUpOn, LinkedIn

Installation

Install it with npm

npm install ng2-sharebuttons --save

Basic usage:

Add ShareButtonsModule to NgModule imports array

import {ShareButtonsModule} from "ng2-sharebuttons";
@NgModule({
  imports: [
    ShareButtonsModule
  ]
})

in your template

<share-buttons [url]="linkToShare"></share-buttons>

The default icons requires fontawesome to be loaded into your project.

To display share counts on buttons, enable the input [count]="true" , To display the total count of all shares, enable the input [totalCount]="true" , To display a title for share buttons container use [title]="yourTitle"

<share-buttons [shareTitle]="'Share Twitter Site'"
 [url]="'https://twitter.com'"
 [count]="true"
 [totalCount]="true"
 ></share-buttons>

Customization:

Customization is very easy, disable the default style with [defaultStyle]=false then use the following classes to add your own css.

.sb-container{
    //ShareButtons Holder
 }
 .sb-title{
    //Share Title
 }
 .sb-count{
    //Total Share Count
 }
 .sb-buttons{
    //Buttons Container
 }
 .sb-btn{
    //Share Button, the container of the button template 
 }
 .sb-btn-count{
    //Button Share Count
 }

Each share service has its own button template, pass your custom button template as string in its input, e.g. give facebook a custom template [facebook]="facebookTemplate".

To exclude a button, pass false to the button input. e.g. [facebook]="false"

<share-buttons
   [shareTitle]="shareTitle"
   [defaultStyle]="false"

   [facebook]="fbInner"
   [twitter]="twitterInner"
   [pinterest]="pintInner"
   [linkedIn]="inInner"
   [google]="googleInner"
   [tumblr]="tumblrInner"

   [reddit]="false"
   [stumbleUpOn]="false"
></share-buttons>

export class SomeComponent {
  shareTitle = "Sharing is caring";
  fbInner = "<img src='../assets/img/custom/facebook.svg'>";
  twitterInner = "<img src='../assets/img/custom/twitter.svg'>";
  pintInner = "<img src='../assets/img/custom/pinterest.svg'>";
  inInner = "<img src='../assets/img/custom/linkedin.svg'>";
  googleInner = "<img src='../assets/img/custom/google-plus.svg'>";
  tumblrInner = "<img src='../assets/img/custom/tumblr.svg'>";
}

Advanced usage:

Sometimes you just want to add a single button, or you want to make your own complex design, use the component <share-button> in this case.

In this example, we will add a Tweet button, we will also add text and hashtags to the tweet.

import {ShareButton, ShareProvider} from "ng2-sharebuttons";
  
export class TestComponent{
  twitterButton;
  tags = 'Hello, World';
  description = "This is a test";
  
  ngOnInit() {
    this.twitterButton = new ShareButton(
        ShareProvider.TWITTER,              //choose the button from ShareProvider
        "<img src='../../assets/img/custom/single-twitter.svg'> Tweet",    //set button template
        'twitter'                           //set button classes
      );
  }
}

<share-button [button]='twitterButton' [description]="description" [tags]="tags"></share-button>

Another example for adding Pinterest button

import {ShareButton, ShareProvider} from "ng2-sharebuttons";
  
export class TestComponent{
  pinButton;
  description = "This is a test";
  image= "../../assets/img/pinExample.jpg";
  
  ngOnInit() {
    this.pinButton = new ShareButton(
        ShareProvider.PINTEREST,
        "<img src='../../assets/img/custom/single-pinterest.svg'> Pin it",
        'pinterest'
      );
  }
}

<share-button [button]='pinButton' [description]="description" [image]="image"></share-button>

<share-buttons> share buttons component:

• [url]: If URL is not valid or not presented, it will use window.location.href

Meta tags alternates:

• [title]
• [description]
• [image]
• [tags]: Adds hashtags to the tweet, also for tumblr tags

Sharebuttons container:

• [shareTitle]: Sharebuttons container title, default: false
• [count]: Enable counts on share buttons, default: false
• [totalCount]: Show total count of all buttons, default: false
• [defaultStyle]: Use default style is applied to the buttons, default: true
• [buttonClass]: Add custom classes to all buttons
• (popUpClosed): Output when pop up window is closed

Buttons inputs Pass a custom button template to replace the default, Switch off a button by passing false

• [facebook]
• [twitter]
• [linkedIn]
• [tumblr]
• [google]
• [pinterest]
• [stumbleUpOn]
• [reddit]

<share-button> single share button component:

• [url]: If URL is not valid or not presented, it will use window.location.href

Meta tags alternates:

• [title]
• [description]
• [image]
• [tags]: Adds hashtags to the twitter and tumblr

Button options

• [button]: Pass ShareButton object, like fb, twitter, reddit...etc
• [count]: Enable share count on the button, default: false
• (countOuter): Output share count of the button
• (popUpClosed): Output when pop up window is closed

[shareButon] directive to add Share features to any clickable element:

This is the best option to add Share features to elements with other directives on it, like for e.g Angular Material Buttons.

• [shareButon]: Mandatory. Must be set to any valid value from ShareProvider enum, either numeric or string (case insensitive)

Meta tags alternates:

• [title]
• [description]
• [image]
• [tags]: Adds hashtags to the twitter and tumblr

Button options

• [count]: Enable share count on the button, default: false
• (countOuter): Output share count of the button
• (popUpClosed): Output when pop up window is closed

Misc

Use the service ShareButtonsService to set global variables like:

• Site twitter account
• The popup share window's dimension.

import {ShareButtonsService} from "ng2-sharebuttons";
.
.
  constructor(sbService:ShareButtonsService){

    //Add `Via @yourTwitterAccount` to tweet button. 
    sbService.twitterAccount = "yourTwitterAccount";

    //Set the height and width of the popup share window.
    sbService.height = 600; //default: 400
    sbService.width = 800;  //default: 500
  }

If you identify any errors in this component, or have an idea for an improvement, please open an issue. I am excited to see what the community thinks of this project, and I would love your input!

Author

Murhaf Sousli

• github/murhafsousli
• twitter/murhafsousli