How do I take screenshots of web pages using ruby and a unix server? [closed]

Answer 1

There is https://github.com/maxwell/screencap which uses phantom.js

Answer 2

Selenium RC has a Ruby interface and can grab a screenshot using capture_screenshot(filename,kwargs).

You'd then have to shrink it to a thumbnail.

Answer 3

you might want to try this:

http://www.pageglimpse.com/

Answer 4

You can use the gem gastly.

Gastly.capture('http://google.com', 'output.png')

Answer 5

There is a ruby wrapper for PageGlimpse available:

http://code.squidchunks.com/pageglimpse/

Unfortunately, the Terms of Use state that "You must not use or launch any automated system, including without limitation, "offline readers", "spiders," etc. to capture data provided by the Service."