📸 node-screenshots

node-screenshots is a native node.js screenshot library based on XCap, It supports Mac, Windows, and Linux systems without any dependencies. node-screenshots supports screenshot and video recording (to be implemented).

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Support Matrix

Operating System

| Operating System | node16 | node18 | node20 | | ---------------- | ------ | ------ | ------ | | Windows x64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Windows x32 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Windows arm64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | macOS x64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | macOS arm64 | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Linux x64 gnu | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ | | Linux x64 musl | ✓ | ✓ | ✓ |

Example

Monitor

const fs = require("fs");
const { Monitor } = require("node-screenshots");

let monitor = Monitor.fromPoint(100, 100);

console.log(monitor, monitor.id());

let image = monitor.captureImageSync();
fs.writeFileSync(`${monitor.id()}-sync.png`, image.toPngSync());

monitor.captureImage().then((data) => {
  console.log(data);
  fs.writeFileSync(`${monitor.id()}.jpeg`, data.toJpegSync());
});

const monitors = Monitor.all();

monitors.forEach((item) => {
  console.log(
    "Monitor:",
    item.id(),
    item.name(),
    [item.x(), item.y(), item.width(), item.height()],
    item.rotation(),
    item.scaleFactor(),
    item.frequency(),
    item.isPrimary()
  );
});

Window

const fs = require("fs");
const { Window } = require("node-screenshots");

let windows = Window.all();

windows.forEach((item) => {
  console.log({
    id: item.id(),
    x: item.x(),
    y: item.y(),
    y: item.z(),
    width: item.width(),
    height: item.height(),
    rotation: item.rotation(),
    scaleFactor: item.scaleFactor(),
    isPrimary: item.isPrimary(),
  });

  let image = item.captureImageSync();
  fs.writeFileSync(`${item.id()}-sync.bmp`, image.toBmpSync());

  item.captureImage().then(async (data) => {
    console.log(data);
    let newImage = await data.crop(10, 10, 10, 10);
    fs.writeFileSync(`${item.id()}.png`, await newImage.toPng());
  });
});

API

Full typeScript type definition: index.d.ts

Monitor

• static all(): Array<Monitor>: Get all monitor
• static fromPoint(x: number, y: number): Monitor | null: Get a monitor from the specified coordinates
• captureImageSync(): Image: Synchronously capture image
• captureImage(): Promise<Image>: Asynchronously capture image

Window

• static all(): Array<Window>: Get all window
• captureImageSync(): Image: Synchronously capture image
• captureImage(): Promise<Image>: Asynchronously capture image

Image

• cropSync(x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number): Image: Synchronously crop image
• crop(x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number): Promise<Image>: Asynchronously crop image
• toPngSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer:Synchronously Convert to png
• toPng(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to png
• toJpegSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer: Synchronously Convert to jpeg
• toJpeg(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to jpeg
• toBmpSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer: Synchronously Convert to bmp
• toBmp(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to bmp
• toRawSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer: Synchronously Convert to raw(RGBA data)
• toRaw(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to raw(RGBA data)

copyOutputData: pass related parameters in electron, otherwise electron will crash, nodejs does not pass or passes false, performance will be better, for more information refer to https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/issues/1346

Linux System Requirements

On Linux, you need to install libxcb, libxrandr, and dbus.

Debian / Ubuntu:

apt-get install libxcb1 libxrandr2 libdbus-1-3

Alpine:

apk add libxcb libxrandr dbus

Related Repositories

• xcap - XCap is a cross-platform screen capture library written in Rust