/webimage

A simple command line program that uses webkit to render a preview image from a web page. A live demo that has been wrapped with a web interface can be found here: http://previewtool.raphaelcruzeiro.com/

Primary LanguageC++GNU General Public License v3.0GPL-3.0

Live demo

http://previewtool.raphaelcruzeiro.com

###Setup Instructions

http://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=4034671

git clone https://github.com/raphaelcruzeiro/webimage.git

sudo aptitude install -y xvfb

sudo aptitude install -y libqtwebkit-dev

cd webimage

qmake webimage.pro

make all Makefile

xvfb-run --server-args="-screen 0, 1024x768x24" ./webimage http://news.ycombinator.com/ output.jpg 1024

Webimage will generate the file on the appropriate format for the output file name. Current supported formats are: jpg and pdf.

Note: xvfb is only necessary for running webimage on a headless server (i.e. a server without a GUI or even a graphics card)