cronshot-imagemagick

CronShot middleware to manipulate and save images with ImageMagick via gm

npm install cronshot-imagemagick

How

CronShot uses:

• gm

Setup

Install CronShot

npm install cronshot

Install ImageMagick

brew update && brew install imagemagick

Example

var cronshot = require('cronshot'),
  middleware = {
    'imagemagick': require('cronshot-imagemagick')
  };

// Image Magick Example
// --------------------

// Takes a screenshot of sports.yahoo.com,
// and converts the screenshot to be a transparent image using Image Magick

// Image Magick example
cronshot.startCapturing({
  // The webpage URL that you would like to take a screenshot of
  'url': 'http://sports.yahoo.com',
  // The local path where you would like to save the image
  'path': __dirname,
  // Only takes one screenshot
  'cronPattern': false,
  // What middleware functions to use each time a screenshot is taken
  'saveMiddleware': [{
    // Function that does all the Image Magick stuff
    'middleware': middleware.imagemagick,
    'options': {
      'gmCommands': [{
        'method': 'trim',
        'args': []
      }, {
        'method': 'transparent',
        'args': ['#FFFFFF']
      }]
    }
  }]
}, function(err) {
  // optional callback function once all screenshots have been taken
});

Options

Note: All methods supported by gm can be used

{
  // The path where the screenshot will be saved
  'path': '',
  // The image name used to save the screenshot
  'imageName': '',
  // The ImageMagick methods that you would like to be used via the gm node module
  'gmCommands': []
}

Contributing

Please send all PR's to the dev branch.

If your PR is a code change:

1. Install all node.js dev dependencies: npm install
2. Update the appropriate module inside of the src/modules directory.
3. Add a unit test inside of tests/unit/cronshot-imagemagick.js.
4. Verify that all tests are passing by running npm test.
5. Send the PR!

Credits

CronShot-ImageMagick would not have been possible without the help/inspiration of the following libraries/awesome people:

• Aaron Heckmann's gm

• GraphicsMagick for node
• Copyright (c) Aaron Heckmann, 2010 - MIT License

Contributors

• Greg Franko
• Chase West