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Webyshots – REST API for webpage screenshot capture

16 points by fawzyj 14y ago

dylanpyle 14y ago
Is this using PhantomJS?
- fawzyj 14y ago
  we have multiple backend generators, the currently deployed one is phantomjs based,yes we use phantomjs
dzuc 14y ago
See also: http://url2png.com/ http://url2png.com/
- scraplab 14y ago
  And Paul Hammond's webkit2png, if you want to run something yourself. http://www.paulhammond.org/webkit2png/ http://www.paulhammond.org/webkit2png/
- biggitybones 14y ago
  Are these run by the same company? The copy on Webyshot's FAQ is straight lifted from url2png on the 'Limit of One Domain' question. edit: most of the FAQ, actually. Poor form.
  - dangrossman 14y ago
    Not the same company. URL2PNG takes better screenshots as they didn't just throw up PhantomJS on a server, lift some wording from a competitor, leave the placeholders in a template and call it a day. Missing fonts are the main reason for the worse screenshot quality -- the default fonts that replace them mess up layouts.
    - fawzyj 14y ago
      as we said in other comment, we have several generators, currently we are using a phantomjs based one, we are investigating more options as we mark this period "Early Access Preview", we are collecting feedback , at the end of it, you will have the best experience ever
  - url2png 14y ago
    They are not affiliated with us.. (said in the voice of Mr. Incredible) http://pixar.wikia.com/Bob_Parr http://pixar.wikia.com/Bob_Parr
ubercore 14y ago
I've been working on an (admittedly primitive) REST API (open source) for PhantomJS screenshots at https://github.com/peterlandry/unbrowser https://github.com/peterlandry/unbrowser
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Titanous 14y ago
I made a really basic PhantomJS app that runs on Heroku for this purpose: https://github.com/titanous/screenshotplz https://github.com/titanous/screenshotplz
- heliostatic 14y ago
  This is fantastic! Have you given any thought to how you might support additional fonts?
  - Titanous 14y ago
    I think phantomjs uses system fonts, but research is warranted. It sounds like you may be able to use @font-face to inject more fonts.
cstrat 14y ago
I created an account and activated it. Password is not recognised and when I follow the reset your password process I get a blank email. =( Looks promising - I want to be able to use it!
bialowas 14y ago
It would be nice if webyshots.com took an accurate screenshot of webyshots.com. The left side of the content does not get rendered .... http://api.webyshots.com/v1/shot/123456789/123456789/webyshots.com/png/w450 http://api.webyshots.com/v1/shot/123456789/123456789/webysho...

16 points by fawzyj 14y ago

dylanpyle 14y ago

Is this using PhantomJS?

fawzyj 14y ago
we have multiple backend generators, the currently deployed one is phantomjs based,yes we use phantomjs

dzuc 14y ago

See also: http://url2png.com/ http://url2png.com/

scraplab 14y ago
And Paul Hammond's webkit2png, if you want to run something yourself. http://www.paulhammond.org/webkit2png/ http://www.paulhammond.org/webkit2png/
biggitybones 14y ago
Are these run by the same company? The copy on Webyshot's FAQ is straight lifted from url2png on the 'Limit of One Domain' question. edit: most of the FAQ, actually. Poor form.
- dangrossman 14y ago
  Not the same company. URL2PNG takes better screenshots as they didn't just throw up PhantomJS on a server, lift some wording from a competitor, leave the placeholders in a template and call it a day. Missing fonts are the main reason for the worse screenshot quality -- the default fonts that replace them mess up layouts.
  - fawzyj 14y ago
    as we said in other comment, we have several generators, currently we are using a phantomjs based one, we are investigating more options as we mark this period "Early Access Preview", we are collecting feedback , at the end of it, you will have the best experience ever
- url2png 14y ago
  They are not affiliated with us.. (said in the voice of Mr. Incredible) http://pixar.wikia.com/Bob_Parr http://pixar.wikia.com/Bob_Parr

ubercore 14y ago

I've been working on an (admittedly primitive) REST API (open source) for PhantomJS screenshots at https://github.com/peterlandry/unbrowser https://github.com/peterlandry/unbrowser

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Titanous 14y ago

I made a really basic PhantomJS app that runs on Heroku for this purpose: https://github.com/titanous/screenshotplz https://github.com/titanous/screenshotplz

heliostatic 14y ago
This is fantastic! Have you given any thought to how you might support additional fonts?
- Titanous 14y ago
  I think phantomjs uses system fonts, but research is warranted. It sounds like you may be able to use @font-face to inject more fonts.

cstrat 14y ago

I created an account and activated it. Password is not recognised and when I follow the reset your password process I get a blank email. =( Looks promising - I want to be able to use it!

bialowas 14y ago

It would be nice if webyshots.com took an accurate screenshot of webyshots.com. The left side of the content does not get rendered .... http://api.webyshots.com/v1/shot/123456789/123456789/webyshots.com/png/w450 http://api.webyshots.com/v1/shot/123456789/123456789/webysho...