webscreenshot

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WebScreenShot allows you to take screenshots of webpages through a REST API.

Usage

Install webscreenshot on your computer

npm install -g webscreenshot

And start the service

webscreenshotd --port 8080

To take a screenshot of a website, POST the following payload at the / endpoint

curl -XPOST -H "Content-Type: application/json" -d '
{
    "config": {
        "width": 1600, 
        "height": 1000, 
        "top": 0, 
        "left": 0, 
        "delay": 1000
    }, 
    "url": "https://github.com/clems4ever/webscreenshot"
}' localhost:8080/ > example.png 

After about 1 second, you receive the image.

Parameters

Below is the list of available parameters

Parameter	Description
url	The url to take a screenshot of.
config.width	The width of the viewport in pixels.
config.height	The height of the viewport in pixels.
config.top	The vertical shift regarding the top of the page in pixels.
config.left	The horizontal shift regarding the left ot page in pixels.
config.delay	The delay to wait before the screenshot is taken in milliseconds.
config.username	The username to use for basic authentication.
config.password	The password to use for basic authentication.

Contributing to WebScreenShot

Follow contributing file.

License

WebScreenShot is licensed under the MIT License. The terms of the license are as follows:

The MIT License (MIT)

Copyright (c) 2016 - Clement Michaud

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