node-server-screenshot
A server-side NodeJS component that takes screenshots of:
- Webpage at a
URLlocation - Pure
HTML HTMLinjected into a webpage at aURL
API:
fromURL(url, destinationFile, options, callback)
This will navigate to the url, take a screenshot and save it to the destination file
- Url:
Stringwith the URL - DestinationFile:
Stringwith the location of the image file that will be saved. If null is provided then the callback will return as 2nd parameter a PNG buffer. - Options:
Object[={}]with options- width:
Number[=1280]to set the width of the viewport - height:
Number[=720]to set the height of the viewport - waitAfterSelector:
String[="html"]to set the selector that will be awaited for completion before taking the screenshot - waitMilliseconds:
Number[=1000]to set the waiting time after the selector is ready before taking the screenshot - clip:
Object[={}]crops the image- x:
Number - y:
Number - width:
Number - height:
Number
- x:
- scale:
Number[=1]to set the scaling of the browser.
- width:
- Callback:
Functionwith an optional error argument, and an optional PNG buffer argument.
Example:
var app = require("node-server-screenshot");
app.fromURL("https://google.com", "test.png", function(){
//an image of google.com has been saved at ./test.png
});fromHTML(html, destinationFile, options, callback)
This will navigate to the url, take a screenshot and save it to the destination file
- Url:
Stringwith the URL - DestinationFile:
Stringwith the location of the image file that will be saved. If null is provided then the callback will return as 2nd parameter a PNG buffer. - Options:
Object[={}]with options- width:
Number[=1280]to set the width of the viewport - height:
Number[=720]to set the height of the viewport - waitAfterSelector:
String[="html"]to set the selector that will be awaited for completion before taking the screenshot - waitMilliseconds:
Number[=1000]to set the waiting time after the selector is ready before taking the screenshot - clip:
Object[={}]crops the image- x:
Number - y:
Number - width:
Number - height:
Number
- x:
- inject:
Object[={}]- url:
String[="about:blank"]the url that the html will be injected in - selector
String[="html"]: selecting the nodes where the HTML will be injectedString{tag: String}{id: String}{className: String}{jQuery: String}- Note! JQuery must be embedded in the page already
- url:
- width:
- Callback:
Functionwith an optional error argument, and an optional PNG buffer argument.
Example:
var app = require("node-server-screenshot");
app.fromHTML(
'This has been modified by injecting the HTML',
"test.png",
{inject: {
url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page",
selector: {className: "mw-wiki-logo"}
}},
function(){
//an image of the HTML has been saved at ./test.png
}
);var app = require("node-server-screenshot");
app.fromHTML("<html><body>Hello world!</body></html>", "test.png", function(){
//an image of the HTML has been saved at ./test.png
});