github.com/capnspacehook/screenshot

screenshot

• Go library to capture desktop screen.
• Support Windows, Mac, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and Solaris environment.
• Multiple display supported.
• cgo free for Windows, Linux, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, and Solaris.

example

• sample program main.go

package main

import (
  "github.com/capnspacehook/screenshot"
  "image/png"
  "os"
  "fmt"
)

func main() {
  n := screenshot.NumActiveDisplays()

  for i := 0; i < n; i++ {
    bounds := screenshot.GetDisplayBounds(i)

    img, err := screenshot.CaptureRect(bounds)
    if err != nil {
      panic(err)
    }
    fileName := fmt.Sprintf("%d_%dx%d.png", i, bounds.Dx(), bounds.Dy())
    file, _ := os.Create(fileName)
    defer file.Close()
    png.Encode(file, img)

    fmt.Printf("#%d : %v \"%s\"\n", i, bounds, fileName)
  }
}

• output example

$ go run main.go
#0 : (0,0)-(1280,800) "0_1280x800.png"
#1 : (-293,-1440)-(2267,0) "1_2560x1440.png"
#2 : (-1373,-1812)-(-293,108) "2_1080x1920.png"
$ ls -1
0_1280x800.png
1_2560x1440.png
2_1080x1920.png
main.go

coordinate

Y-axis is downward direction in this library. The origin of coordinate is upper-left corner of main display. This means coordinate system is similar to Windows OS

license

MIT Licence

author

kbinani audiolion