Node JavaScript wrapper for the screenshotlayer API.
Supports both traditional callbacks and Promises/A+.
Installation
npm install screenshot-capture [--save]
Configuration
Before using the screenshotlayer API client you have to setup your account and obtain your API Access Key.
You can get it by signing up at https://screenshotlayer.com/product.
Usage
The general API is documented here: https://screenshotlayer.com/documentation.
You can find parameters, result set definitions and status codes documented here as well.
Setup
var API = require('screenshot-capture');
var api = new API({
access_key: [ACCESS_KEY],
secret_key: [SECRET_KEY],
secure: [true|false] (Optional, defaults to false)
});
Optional Parameters
Secure (only available for Basic, Pro and Enterprise accounts)
Boolean value to indicate if the calls to the API should use a secure protocol or insecure (HTTP/HTTPS). Defaults to false (HTTP, insecure).
Callbacks vs. Promises
The Promises/A+ implementation used for this is this excellent bare bones library:
https://www.npmjs.com/package/promise
The language-detection library supports either mode and use of either one is not mutually exclusive to the alternative, so it's possible to use one exclusively or a combination, even in the same call, both the callback will be called and the promise handlers invoked.
API Overview
All endpoints in the public API is available through this library.
- capture
Capture
Takes a URL and returns the captured image, optionally if the export or filename options are passed, will export and save the image respectively.
Define Query
var query = {
url: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:Random'
};
Simple Request (using Callback)
api.capture(query, function (err, result) {
if (err) {
return console.log('Capture Callback (Error): ' + JSON.stringify(err));
}
console.log('Live Capture (Result): ' + result.length);
});
Response
The response is a binary array containing the image, this can be piped or streamed. The convenience of passing a filename will make the API save it as a local file before eventually returning the image binary content
Library Specific Parameters
- filename - a local path to persist the image automatically, if the directory part of the path doesn't exist, the API will create it (dependencies: fs) (Please note that this arugment may not work when run in a browser)
Example Application
In the [rootdir]/example directory there is a fully functional application which runs all requests against all the endpoints in the API, the examples above can be seen there as source code.
The example application uses a process.env variable to hold the access key.
For running in development environments, it's easy to use the https://www.npmjs.com/package/dotenv to load variables from a local file into the environment.
Tests
The tests are written for any NodeJS testing library, but has been run and targeted at the https://mochajs.org/ testing library.
Customer Support
Need any assistance? Get in touch with Customer Support.
Updates
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Legal
All usage of the languagelayer website, API, and services is subject to the screenshotlayer Terms & Conditions and all annexed legal documents and agreements.
Author
Peter Andreas Moelgaard (GitHub, Twitter)
License
Licensed under the The MIT License (MIT)
Copyright (©) 2016 Peter Andreas Moelgaard & apilayer
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