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You could do pretty much the same thing by running something like wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltoimage from cron. Like blit, this will "even take screenshots behind login
by jamessb 10y ago
You could do pretty much the same thing by running something like wkhtmltopdf/wkhtmltoimage from cron.
Like blit, this will "even take screenshots behind login forms" if you login with Firefox, export cookies, and provide the --cookie-jar argument, but without charging $5/mo.
[1]: http://wkhtmltopdf.org/ http://wkhtmltopdf.org/
- rubidium 10y agoWho could? A programmer with time to figure out how to do it. Who couldn't? Everyone else.
- delta1 10y agoEven for a programmer I'd argue that $5/mo is less than potentially having to fuss around supporting your own junk.
- amelius 10y agoHowever, if it breaks ...
- enraged_camel 10y agoSo what? It's not like it's an essential service. If it were, it wouldn't be $5/mo.
- scrollaway 10y agoI actually can't tell if this comment is serious, or sarcastically referencing the dropbox comment from a few years ago.
- boredpudding 10y agoEither way, it's a great way to show how developers see new services. There are a lot of things easy for developers that aren't easy for everybody else, but everybody else would pay for an easy way to do it.
- mdrzn 10y agoI had the same thought, it recalls too much the dropbox comment. Must be sarcastic.
- nkkollaw 10y agoHaha, I thought the same thing!
- timwebgl 10y agoAnother option for automated screenshots is using the Kantu Browser, https://kantu.io/ https://kantu.io/ . This gives you the advantage that you can do some complex navigation before taking the screenshot, and at the same time it is significantly easier to use than PhantomJS and friends. But the beauty and selling point of blit.xyz is simplicity. If all you need are periodical screenshots, it can not get easier than that.
- amelius 10y agoHow would this approach deal with popups such as "This site uses cookies", or "please subscribe"? Can these popups somehow be prevented from ruining the final image?
- nkkollaw 10y agoIf the server isn't in Europe, you'd solve the cookie thing on most websites. Subscribe modals are often triggered by mouse movement, so they might be avoided, too?