How can I create thumbnails of web pages using a layout engine in Perl?

Question

Are there bindings for layout engines like Gecko or WebKit for Perl? I found Gtk2-Webkit on CPAN but I would like to know if there are other options.

My idea is to use one of those engines to create thumbnails of web pages from a Perl script.

Answer 1

I haven't tried it myself, but the documentation for WWW::Mechanize::FireFox looks pretty impressive.

Update:

Tried it now. This rocks. You can indeed remote-control Firefox whatever way you want and create screen-shots easily.

Answer 2

XUL::Gui allows you to create GUI applications using Firefox. I am not sure if this corresponds to your needs, but it would be an interesting module to examine.

Update: XUL::Gui indeed is an interesting module to examine, but I did not realize how far WWW::Mechanize::Firefox had come.

Answer 3

Also Gtk2::MozEmbed