capture-website
Capture screenshots of websites
It uses Puppeteer (Chrome) under the hood.
See capture-website-cli for the command-line tool.
Install
npm install capture-websiteNote to Linux users: If you get a sandbox-related error, you need to enable system sandboxing.
Usage
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png');API
captureWebsite.file(input, outputFilePath, options?)
Capture a screenshot of the given input and save it to the given outputFilePath.
Intermediate directories are created for you if they do not exist.
Returns a Promise<void> that resolves when the screenshot is written.
captureWebsite.buffer(input, options?)
Capture a screenshot of the given input.
Returns a Promise<Buffer> with the screenshot as binary.
captureWebsite.base64(input, options?)
Capture a screenshot of the given input.
Returns a Promise<string> with the screenshot as Base64.
input
Type: string
The URL, file URL, data URL, local file path to the website, or HTML.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('index.html', 'local-file.png');options
Type: object
inputType
Type: string
Default: 'url'
Values: 'url' 'html'
Set it to html to treat input as HTML content.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('<h1>Awesome!</h1>', 'screenshot.png', {
inputType: 'html'
});width
Type: number
Default: 1280
Page width.
height
Type: number
Default: 800
Page height.
type
Type: string
Values: 'png' 'jpeg' 'webp'
Default: 'png'
Image type.
quality
Type: number
Values: 0...1
Default: 1
Image quality. Only for {type: 'jpeg'} and {type: 'webp'}.
scaleFactor
Type: number
Default: 2
Scale the webpage n times.
The default is what you would get if you captured a normal screenshot on a computer with a retina (High DPI) screen.
emulateDevice
Type: string
Values: Devices (Use the name property)
Make it look like the screenshot was taken on the specified device.
This overrides the width, height, scaleFactor, and userAgent options.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
emulateDevice: 'iPhone X'
});fullPage
Type: boolean
Default: false
Capture the full scrollable page, not just the viewport.
defaultBackground
Type: boolean
Default: true
Include the default white background.
Disabling this lets you capture screenshots with transparency.
timeout
Type: number (seconds)
Default: 60
The number of seconds before giving up trying to load the page.
Specify 0 to disable the timeout.
delay
Type: number (seconds)
Default: 0
The number of seconds to wait after the page finished loading before capturing the screenshot.
This can be useful if you know the page has animations that you like it to finish before capturing the screenshot.
waitForElement
Type: string
Wait for a DOM element matching the given CSS selector to appear in the page and to be visible before capturing the screenshot. It times out after options.timeout seconds.
element
Type: string
Capture the DOM element matching the given CSS selector. It will wait for the element to appear in the page and to be visible. It times out after options.timeout seconds. Any actions performed as part of options.beforeScreenshot occur before this.
hideElements
Type: string[]
Hide DOM elements matching the given CSS selectors.
Can be useful for cleaning up the page.
This sets visibility: hidden on the matched elements.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
hideElements: [
'#sidebar',
'img.ad'
]
});removeElements
Type: string[]
Remove DOM elements matching the given CSS selectors.
This sets display: none on the matched elements, so it could potentially break the website layout.
clickElement
Type: string
Click the DOM element matching the given CSS selector.
scrollToElement
Type: string | object
Scroll to the DOM element matching the given CSS selector.
element
Type: string
A CSS selector.
offsetFrom
Type: string
Values: 'top' | 'right' | 'bottom' | 'left'
Offset origin.
offset
Type: number
Offset in pixels.
disableAnimations
Type: boolean
Default: false
Disable CSS animations and transitions.
blockAds
Type: boolean
Default: true
isJavaScriptEnabled
Type: boolean
Default: true
Whether JavaScript on the website should be executed.
This does not affect the scripts and modules options.
modules
Type: string[]
Inject JavaScript modules into the page.
Accepts an array of inline code, absolute URLs, and local file paths (must have a .js extension).
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
modules: [
'https://sindresorhus.com/remote-file.js',
'local-file.js',
`
document.body.style.backgroundColor = 'red';
`
]
});scripts
Type: string[]
Same as the modules option, but instead injects the code as <script> instead of <script type="module">. Prefer the modules option whenever possible.
styles
Type: string[]
Inject CSS styles into the page.
Accepts an array of inline code, absolute URLs, and local file paths (must have a .css extension).
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
styles: [
'https://sindresorhus.com/remote-file.css',
'local-file.css',
`
body {
background-color: red;
}
`
]
});headers
Type: object
Default: {}
Set custom HTTP headers.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
headers: {
'x-powered-by': 'https://github.com/sindresorhus/capture-website'
}
});userAgent
Type: string
Set a custom user agent.
cookies
Type: Array<string | object>
Set cookies in browser string format or object format.
Tip: Go to the website you want a cookie for and copy-paste it from DevTools.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
cookies: [
// This format is useful for when you copy it from the browser
'id=unicorn; Expires=Wed, 21 Oct 2018 07:28:00 GMT;',
// This format is useful for when you have to manually create a cookie
{
name: 'id',
value: 'unicorn',
expires: Math.round(new Date('2018-10-21').getTime() / 1000)
}
]
});authentication
Type: object
Credentials for HTTP authentication.
username
Type: string
password
Type: string
beforeScreenshot
Type: Function
The specified function is called right before the screenshot is captured, as well as before any bounding rectangle is calculated as part of options.element. It receives the Puppeteer Page instance as the first argument and the browser instance as the second argument. This gives you a lot of power to do custom stuff. The function can be async.
Note: Make sure to not call page.close() or browser.close().
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
import checkSomething from './check-something.js';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
beforeScreenshot: async (page, browser) => {
await checkSomething();
await page.click('#activate-button');
await page.waitForSelector('.finished');
}
});debug
Type: boolean
Default: false
Show the browser window so you can see what it's doing, redirect page console output to the terminal, and slow down each Puppeteer operation.
Note: This overrides launchOptions with {headless: false, slowMo: 100}.
darkMode
Type: boolean
Default: false
Emulate preference of dark color scheme (prefers-color-scheme).
inset
Type: object | number
Default: 0
Inset the bounding box of the screenshot.
Accepts an object {top?: number; right?: number; bottom?: number; left?: number} or a number as a shorthand for all directions.
Positive values, for example inset: 10, will decrease the size of the screenshot.
Negative values, for example inset: {left: -10}, will increase the size of the screenshot.
Note: This option is ignored if the fullPage option is set to true. Can be combined with the element option.
Note: When the width or height of the screenshot is equal to 0 an error is thrown.
Example: Include 10 pixels around the element.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('index.html', 'screenshot.png', {
element: '.logo',
inset: -10
});Example: Ignore 15 pixels from the top of the viewport.
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('index.html', 'screenshot.png', {
inset: {
top: 15
}
});launchOptions
Type: object
Default: {}
Options passed to puppeteer.launch().
Note: Some of the launch options are overridden by the debug option.
overwrite
Type: boolean
Default: false
Overwrite the destination file if it exists instead of throwing an error.
This option applies only to captureWebsite.file().
preloadFunction
Type: string | Function
Default: undefined
Inject a function to be executed prior to navigation.
This can be useful for altering the JavaScript environment. For example, you could define a global method on the window, overwrite navigator.languages to change the language presented by the browser, or mock Math.random to return a fixed value.
clip
Type: object
Define the screenshot's position and size (clipping region).
The position can be specified through x and y coordinates which starts from the top-left.
This can be useful when you only need a part of the page.
You can also consider using element option when you have a CSS selector.
Note that clip is mutually exclusive with the element and fullPage options.
- x - X-coordinate where the screenshot starts.
Type:
number - y - Y-coordinate where the screenshot starts.
Type:
number - width - The width of the screenshot.
Type:
number - height - The height of the screenshot.
Type:
number
For example, define the screenshot's width and height to 400 at position (0, 0):
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('https://sindresorhus.com', 'screenshot.png', {
clip: {
x: 0,
y: 0,
width: 400,
height: 400
}
});captureWebsite.devices
Type: string[]
Devices supported by the emulateDevice option.
Tips
Capturing multiple screenshots
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
const options = {
width: 1920,
height: 1000
};
const items = [
['https://sindresorhus.com', 'sindresorhus'],
['https://github.com', 'github'],
// …
];
await Promise.all(items.map(([url, filename]) => {
return captureWebsite.file(url, `${filename}.png`, options);
}));Check out filenamify-url if you need to create a filename from the URL.
FAQ
I'm getting a sandbox-related error
If you get an error like No usable sandbox! or Running as root without --no-sandbox is not supported, you need to properly set up sandboxing on your Linux instance.
Alternatively, if you completely trust the content, you can disable sandboxing (strongly discouraged):
import captureWebsite from 'capture-website';
await captureWebsite.file('…', '…', {
launchOptions: {
args: [
'--no-sandbox',
'--disable-setuid-sandbox'
]
}
});How is this different from your Pageres project?
The biggest difference is that Pageres supports capturing multiple screenshots in a single call and it automatically generates the filenames and writes the files. Also, when projects are popular and mature, like Pageres, it becomes harder to make drastic changes. There are many things I would change in Pageres today, but I don't want to risk making lots of breaking changes for such a large userbase before I know whether it will work out or not. So this package is a rethink of how I would have made Pageres had I started it today. I plan to bring some things back to Pageres over time.
Related
- capture-website-cli - CLI for this module
- pageres - A different take on screenshotting websites