consimilo-screengrab

Usage

• Install from npm with npm install consimilo-screengrab
• Create a ScreenshotQueue

import { ScreenshotQueue } from "consimilo-screengrab";

const ssQueue = new ScreenshotQueue({
    baseFolder: "~/Documents",
    threads: 1    
});

• Add ScreenshotConfigs

ssQueue.add([
    {
        url: "http://github.com",
        width: "1200"
    },
    {
        url: "http://google.com",
        width: "900"
    }
]);

• Add event listeners

ssQueue.on("screenshot_taken", function(screenshotPath) { });
ssQueue.on("start", function() { });
ssQueue.on("finished", function(screenshotPath) { });

• Start the process

ssQueue.start();

Configuration

ScreenshotQueue

ScreenshotQueue is a constructor that can take the following options

• baseFolder: Required, sets the folder that images will be stored in
• threads: Default: 1, sets the number of threads that run simultaneously

ScreenshotConfig

The .add method can take a single or multiple ScreenshotConfigs. Available options:

• url: Required, sets the URL that is scanned
• width: Optional, sets the width of the window when screenshot is grabbed
• element: Optional, instead of taking a screenshot of the entire page, take a screenshot of a single element
• hideElements: Optional, array of strings that can be passed to document.querySelectorAll()
• variations: Optional, variations are a way to take multiple screenshots of the same url without reloading the page. It can take all of the above options, except url