url-to-screenshot

Capture screenshots using phantomjs.

Example

Capture a 800x600 screenshot of ghub.io:

const Screenshot = require('url-to-screenshot')
const fs = require('fs')

new Screenshot('http://ghub.io/')
  .width(800)
  .height(600)
  .capture()
  .then(img => {
    fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/example.png`, img)
    console.log('open example.png')
  })

Clipped Example

Capture a clipped 320x320 screenshot of ghub.io:

const Screenshot = require('url-to-screenshot')
const fs = require('fs')

new Screenshot('http://ghub.io/')
  .width(320)
  .height(320)
  .clip()
  .capture()
  .then(img => {
    fs.writeFileSync(__dirname + '/example.png', img)
    console.log('open example.png')
  })

API

Screenshot(url[, opts])

Create a screenshot object for url.

Use opts if passing arguments this way is more convenient than using the api, e.g.:

const s = new Screenshot('http://google.com', { width: 800 })
// is the same as
const s = new Screenshot('http://google.com').width(800)

Screenshot#width(width)

Set the screenshot's width in pixel. Defaults to 1024.

Screenshot#height(height)

Set the screenshot's height in pixel. Defaults to 768.

Screenshot#clip()

Set the screenshot's clipRect to:

{
  top: 0,
  left: 0,
  width: s.width
  height: s.height
}

Screenshot#format(format)

Set the output format. Supported formats:

jpg, jpeg
png
gif

Defaults to png.

Screenshot#timeout(timeout)

After loading the page, make phantomjs wait for timeout milliseconds before taking the screenshot. Defaults to 0 ms.

Screenshot#ignoreSslErrors()

Make PhantomJS ignore invalid ssl certificates.

Screenshot#sslCertificatesPath(values)

Set the path of the ssl certificates PhantomJS should use.

Screenshot#sslProtocol(values)

Override the default ssl protocol, sslv3.

Supported protocols:

sslv3
sslv2
tlsv1
any

promise = Screenshot#capture()

Capture the screenshot and return a promise resoving with the Buffer containing the image.

If the page has a transparent background, it will be set to white before capturing.

Installation

With npm do:

npm install url-to-screenshot

License

(MIT)

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.

juliangruber/url-to-screenshot