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

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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