How can I take fullscreen screenshot of website [closed]

Question

I need to get fullscreen shot of website by URL, is there any PHP programs for that or services, if not, is there any Java programs for that purpose?

Answer 1

There are plenty of ways:

1. Use http://khtml2png.sourceforge.net/index.php?page=faq

2. Use webkit engine with some bindings for it: http://www.blogs.uni-osnabrueck.de/rotapken/2008/12/03/create-screenshots-of-a-web-page-using-python-and-qtwebkit/

3. Use mozilla engine in batch mode: http://www.chimeric.de/blog/2007/1018_automated_screenshots_using_bash_firefox_and_imagemagick

Answer 2

You need to have a special version of a browser to "render" the page after it's processed by PHP or Java.

You'll most-likely need to set up some custom automation scripts to hit a URL after you ping a server running windows, OSX or a Linux window manager.

There are services out there which will do screen shots for you.

http://www.browsercam.com

http://webthumb.bluga.net/home

to name a few.

Answer 3

The best solution for me: Use selenium webdriver And taking screenshot can be as simple as this:

import java.io.File;
import java.net.URL;

import org.openqa.selenium.OutputType;
import org.openqa.selenium.TakesScreenshot;
import org.openqa.selenium.WebDriver;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.Augmenter;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.DesiredCapabilities;
import org.openqa.selenium.remote.RemoteWebDriver;

public class Testing {

    public void myTest() throws Exception {
        WebDriver driver = new RemoteWebDriver(
                                new URL("http://localhost:4444/wd/hub"), 
                                DesiredCapabilities.firefox());

        driver.get("http://www.google.com");

        // RemoteWebDriver does not implement the TakesScreenshot class
        // if the driver does have the Capabilities to take a screenshot
        // then Augmenter will add the TakesScreenshot methods to the instance
        WebDriver augmentedDriver = new Augmenter().augment(driver);
        File screenshot = ((TakesScreenshot)augmentedDriver).
                            getScreenshotAs(OutputType.FILE);
    }
}

Dont forget to use FireFoxDriver. HtmlUnitDriver wont work this way as its headless.

Darn easy!!