[PLUG] Solved: Need to Convert HTML Page to jpg Image

[Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org>]

Well, as usual, another 15 minutes of searching found a solution.    

If "html2ps" is installed, imagemagick's "convert" can do this easily.

Convert page.html page.jpg


Casey




On Sunday, November 22, 2015 12:29:20 PM Casey Bralla wrote:
> Good questions, Steve.
> 
> 
> I want a simple screen-shot of the first page.  I'll shrink this down to
> about 20% of full size and display it next to a pull-down list of uploaded
> pages. This way the user will have both a saved name, and simple visual
> image of the page they uploaded.
> 
> The user won't have to actually read the details of the page;  he'll just be
> able to recognize it so he can remember what is on it.
> 
> On Sunday, November 22, 2015 12:13:03 PM Steve Litt wrote:
> > On Sun, 22 Nov 2015 11:58:33 -0500
> > 
> > Casey Bralla <MailList@nerdworld.org> wrote:
> > > I'm writing a web application where users will upload an HTML page
> > > which will be shown on another page.   I want to allow the user to
> > > see a miniature image of the HTML file they uploaded.
> > > 
> > > Anybody know how to convert an HTML page into a jpg or png file?
> > > I've seen online tools to do this, but I need to have my application
> > > automatically convert them on the fly (ie: I need a cli program to
> > > convert HTML into a png or jpg.)
> > 
> > I think you need to define your requirements more tightly. Do you want
> > the .png to include every single word of a 500K word web page? A sort
> > of 8.5" x 3000" .png? Or do you want the .png to be what the viewer sees
> > in the browser after the HTML file has been loaded but before any
> > scrolling or navigation has taken place? Do you need just the raw text,
> > or do you need the appearance and fonts too? Do you want the containing
> > browser to be part of the image (a screenshot, in other words)?
> > 
> > SteveT
> > 
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