capture-electron

Capture screenshots using electron.

Features

• Promise and Stream interfaces
• Configurable Viewport
• Waits for DOMContentLoaded
• File formats png, jpg and bmp

Example

Capture a 800x600 screenshot of github.com:

const capture = require('capture-electron')
const fs = require('fs')

capture({
  url: 'https://github.com/',
  width: 800,
  height: 600
}).then(screenshot => {
  fs.writeFileSync(`${__dirname}/example.png`, screenshot)
  console.log('open example.png')
})

API

screenshot({ url, width = 1024, height = 768, wait = 0, format = 'png' })

Capture a screenshot of url, returns a Promise which resolves with a buffer.

Options:

• url Page url
• width Viewport width
• height Viewport height
• wait Time in ms to wait after the DOMContentLoaded event
• format File format (png, jpg, bmp)

screenshot.stream(options)

Takes the same options as above, but returns a stream instead.

Example:

capture
  .stream({
    url: 'https://github.com/',
    width: 800,
    height: 600
  })
  .pipe(fs.createWriteStream(`${__dirname}/example-stream.png`))
  .on('close', () => console.log('open example-stream.png'))

Installation

With npm do:

npm install capture-electron

CI

This project requires an xvfb setup to be running in your CI environment. For an example how to set one up, check out the .travis.yml. After that, no further setup is required however, as the electron executable is installed automatically.

Related projects

• capture-screenshot — Capture screenshots in multiple browsers
• capture-chrome — Capture screenshots using Chrome
• capture-phantomjs — Capture screenshots using PhantomJS

Sponsors

This module is proudly supported by my Sponsors!

Do you want to support modules like this to improve their quality, stability and weigh in on new features? Then please consider donating to my Patreon. Not sure how much of my modules you're using? Try feross/thanks!

License

(MIT)

Copyright (c) 2017 Julian Gruber <julian@juliangruber.com>

Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining a copy of this software and associated documentation files (the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish, distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to the following conditions:

The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.

THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT, TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.