Description
A screenshot gem you can use from your ruby application. Uses Phantom.js under the hood.
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README
Screencap
A screenshot gem you can use from your ruby application. Uses Phantom.js under the hood.
Installation
Add this line to your application's Gemfile:
gem 'screencap'
And then execute:
$ bundle
Or install it yourself as:
$ gem install screencap
Usage
require 'screencap'
f = Screencap::Fetcher.new('http://google.com')
screenshot = f.fetch
it also currently supports a couple of options
f = Screencap::Fetcher.new('http://google.com')
screenshot = f.fetch(
:output => '~/my_directory.png', # don't forget the extension!
# optional:
:div => '.header', # selector for a specific element to take screenshot of
:width => 1024,
:height => 768,
:top => 0, :left => 0, :width => 100, :height => 100 # dimensions for a specific area
)
Contributing
- Fork it
- Create your feature branch (
git checkout -b my-new-feature) - Commit your changes (
git commit -am 'Added some feature') - Push to the branch (
git push origin my-new-feature) - Create new Pull Request