Drawing square using canvas Javascript

Question

Making a random art generator for assignment. We are supposed to have squares randomly pop up but I can't figure out to draw a square. This is what I have so far

function drawSquare(canvas, context, color){
    var x= Math.floor(Math.random()*canvas.width);
    var y= Math.floor(Math.random()*canvas.height);
    context.beginPath();
    context.fillStyle = color;
    context.fillRect (x,y, canvas.width, canvas.height)
 }

Answer 1

I don't like doing homework for people, but then again getting past the technical stuff and being able to get creative and artistic is the fun part. So, here is a random square generator you can play with, and learn from. There are some comments to explain it more.

const canvas = document.getElementById("canv");
const ctx = canvas.getContext("2d");
const width = window.innerWidth;
const height = window.innerHeight;
const maxWH = Math.max(width, height);

//use resize event listener to change these on window resize...
canvas.width = width;
canvas.height = height;

//to generate random intergers from 0 to 255, for colour channels
function randomInteger(max = 256){
  return Math.floor(Math.random()*max);
}
//draw n squares at random places and sizes
function makeRandomSquares(n){
  for(let i = 0; i < n; i++){
    const size = Math.random()*(maxWH*0.15);
    //minus half the size from x,y
    //so they can overlap left and top of screen, not just bottom and right.
    const x = Math.random()*width-size/2;
    const y = Math.random()*height-size/2;
    //random rgba colour
    ctx.fillStyle = `rgba(${randomInteger()},${randomInteger()},${randomInteger()},${Math.random()*0.4})`;
    ctx.fillRect(x,y,size,size);
  }
}
//initialize with 2 squares
makeRandomSquares(2);
//make 2 more squares each click
document.addEventListener("click", function(){
  makeRandomSquares(2);
}, false);

html, body {
  margin: 0;
  padding: 0;
}
canvas {
  width: 100%;
  height: 100%;
}

<canvas id="canv"></canvas>

Answer 2

this is what you want?

function drawSquare(canvas, context, color){
    var x= Math.floor(Math.random()*canvas.width);
    var y= Math.floor(Math.random()*canvas.height);    
    context.fillStyle = color;
    context.fillRect (x,y, canvas.width, canvas.height)
 }
 
 let canvas=document.getElementById('canvas');
 drawSquare(canvas,canvas.getContext('2d'),'pink');

<canvas width=300 height=300 id="canvas" ></canvas>