pageres-cli

Capture screenshots of websites in various resolutions. A good way to make sure your websites are responsive. It's speedy and generates 100 screenshots from 10 different websites in just over a minute. It can also be used to render SVG images.

See pageres for the programmatic API and issues tracker.

Install

$ npm install --global pageres-cli

Note to Linux users: If you get a "No usable sandbox!" error, you need to enable system sandboxing.

Usage

Specify urls and screen resolutions as arguments. Order doesn't matter.

If no resolution is specified it will default to 1366x768 which is the most popular resolution.

pageres <url> <resolution>
pageres <resolution> <url>
 
# <url> can also be a local file path. 
pageres <file> <resolution>

List multiple urls and resolutions for pageres to capture all combinations.

pageres <url> <resolution> ...
 
pageres https://sindresorhus.com 1024x768 1366x768 # 2 screenshots 
pageres https://sindresorhus.com https://https://example.com 1024x768 # 2 screenshots 
pageres https://sindresorhus.com https://https://example.com 1024x768 1366x768 # 4 screenshots 

Group arguments with square brackets.

pageres [ <url> <resolution> ] [ <url> <resolution> ]
pageres [ <url> <resolution> ... ]
 
# Mix grouped and single arguments 
pageres [ https://example.com 1024x768 1600x900 ] https://sindresorhus.com 1366x768
 
# Options defined inside a group will override the outer ones. 
pageres [ https://example.com 1024x768 --no-crop ] https://sindresorhus.com 1366x768 --crop

Screenshots are saved in the current directory.

Examples

# Basic multi-url, multi-resolution usage 
pageres https://sindresorhus.com https://example.com 1366x768 1600x900
 
# Override outer option within group 
pageres [ https://example.com 1366x768 1600x900 --no-crop ] [ https://sindresorhus.com 1024x768 480x320 ] --crop
 
# Provide a custom filename template 
pageres https://sindresorhus.com 1024x768 --filename='<%= date %> - <%= url %>'
 
# Capture a specific element 
pageres https://example.com 1366x768 --selector='.page-header'
 
# Hide a specific element 
pageres https://example.com 1366x768 --hide='.page-header'
 
# Capture a local file 
pageres unicorn.html 1366x768

Options

--verbose, -v

Verbose output to see errors if you need to troubleshoot.

--crop, -c

Crop to the set height.

$ pageres https://sindresorhus.com 1024x768 --crop

--delay=<number>, -d

Delay screenshot capture.

$ pageres https://sindresorhus.com 1024x768 --delay=3

--filename=<template>

Custom filename.

$ pageres https://sindresorhus.com 1024x768 --filename='<%= date %> - <%= url %>'

--overwrite

Overwrite destination file if it exists. Defaults to appending (n) to the file name if --overwrite is not set.

$ pageres https://sindresorhus.com 1366x768 --overwrite

--selector=<element>

Capture DOM element.

$ pageres https://example.com 1366x768 --selector='.page-header'

--hide=<element>

Hide DOM element. Can be set multiple times.

$ pageres https://example.com 1366x768 --hide='.page-header'

--no-crop

Override a global crop option within a group.

$ pageres [ https://example.com 1366x768 --no-crop ] https://sindresorhus.com 1024x768 --crop

--css=<string>

Apply custom CSS to the webpage. Specify some CSS or the path to a CSS file.

$ pageres https://sindresorhus.com --css='body { background: red; }'
$ pageres https://sindresorhus.com --css='style.css'

--cookie=<cookie>

Browser cookie. Can be set multiple times.

$ pageres https://example.com --cookie='foo=bar'

--header=<header>

Custom HTTP request header. Can be set multiple times.

$ pageres https://example.com --header='Cache-Control: no-cache'

--username=<username>

Username for HTTP auth.

--password=<password>

Password for HTTP auth.

--scale=<number>

Scale webpage n of times.

--format=<string>

Image format. Either png (default) or jpg.

--user-agent=<string>

Custom user agent.

--transparent

Set background color to transparent instead of white if no background is set.

Config file

You can persist your commands into a file and run it whenever with eg. sh .pageres:

# .pageres 
pageres [ https://sindresorhus.com 1000x1000 --crop ] [ https://example.com 500x500 ]
pageres [ https://google.com 1000x1000 --crop ] [ https://github.com 500x500 ]

License

MIT © Sindre Sorhus