Screenshot generator / URL to img

[hafa]

Hi guys

I was wondering if ProcessWire has some kind of screenshot generator service (url 2 image) like Wordpress has.

Or perhaps anyone knows/used a fast, easy to use service for this purpose?

[Nico Knoll]

Don't think WordPress has this in the core. Maybe a Plugin. Do you have a link?

[hafa]

Don't think WordPress has this in the core. Maybe a Plugin. Do you have a link?

Yep here's a link on how to do it

http://code.tutsplus.com/articles/how-to-generate-website-screenshots-for-your-wordpress-site--wp-22888

It's a service from wordpress.com, but you can use it on self hosted sites too

[Nico Knoll]

Why don't you just use this ervice then? It's not limited to WordPress: http://s.wordpress.com/mshots/v1/http://processwire.com

[hafa]

to use their service on non-wordpress sites would be a violation of the wordpress.com terms of service, i'm almost sure

and even if i could use it, i'm afraid it wouldn't be a solution for my project - a website gallery (similar to siteinspire.com) where users can submit their fav sites too.

[kongondo]

They also talk of this

[Nico Knoll]

@hafa: What should they do? Block your IP? They can't cancel your WordPress.com stuff. I would just use it. Dunno. 

[mr-fan]

you mean something like this one:

http://api.webthumbnail.org/?width=120&height=80&format=jpg&url=processwire.com/

this could made easy with hannacode module:

https://processwire.com/talk/topic/3745-hanna-code/

here is some hannacode to import.....ready to use

just like

[[thumbnail]]

or

[[thumbnail w="200" h="100" url="www.your-page.com"]]

!HannaCode:thumbnail: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/!HannaCode

Have fun!

forgot to link the free service

http://webthumbnail.org/

Edited October 13, 2014 by mr-fan

[mr-fan]

As addition if you wanna use this with a simple textfield for the url you could look into the code and use it in your template and set the variables with the API!

[hafa]

@mr-fan - your suggestion seems perfect, but it's taking forever to generate a preview on their site 

[mr-fan]

If you related to other services you always have to get there....

But theire service is easy to use for all - for non w0rdpre$$ users, too.

and you could save this thumbs to a processwire imagefield to store the thumb at your server and deliver it from your copy and not from there server, so the don't track usage:

http://webthumbnail.org//api-reference

//How to capture a website screenshot and save it to a file?

<?php
$thumb = new Webthumbnail("http://your.website.com");
$thumb
    ->setWidth(500)
    ->setHeight(500)
    ->captureToFile($path);

//this could be adapted with the API and some fields for the url or even width and height to save it in a imagefield!

may this is more secure - only new thumbs don't work if the service is shut down or not available....

reagards mr-fan

[hafa]

I'll def look into it. Thank you!