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Webyshots – REST API for webpage screenshot capture (webyshots.com)
16 points by fawzyj 4966 days ago
6 comments
dzuc 4966 days ago
See also: http://url2png.com/
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biggitybones 4966 days ago
Are these run by the same company? The copy on Webyshot's FAQ is straight lifted from url2png on the 'Limit of One Domain' question.

edit: most of the FAQ, actually. Poor form.

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dangrossman 4966 days ago
Not the same company. URL2PNG takes better screenshots as they didn't just throw up PhantomJS on a server, lift some wording from a competitor, leave the placeholders in a template and call it a day. Missing fonts are the main reason for the worse screenshot quality -- the default fonts that replace them mess up layouts.
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fawzyj 4966 days ago
as we said in other comment, we have several generators, currently we are using a phantomjs based one, we are investigating more options as we mark this period "Early Access Preview", we are collecting feedback , at the end of it, you will have the best experience ever
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url2png 4966 days ago
They are not affiliated with us.. (said in the voice of Mr. Incredible) http://pixar.wikia.com/Bob_Parr
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scraplab 4966 days ago
And Paul Hammond's webkit2png, if you want to run something yourself.

http://www.paulhammond.org/webkit2png/

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Titanous 4966 days ago
I made a really basic PhantomJS app that runs on Heroku for this purpose: https://github.com/titanous/screenshotplz
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heliostatic 4966 days ago
This is fantastic! Have you given any thought to how you might support additional fonts?
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Titanous 4966 days ago
I think phantomjs uses system fonts, but research is warranted. It sounds like you may be able to use @font-face to inject more fonts.
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bialowas 4966 days ago
It would be nice if webyshots.com took an accurate screenshot of webyshots.com. The left side of the content does not get rendered .... http://api.webyshots.com/v1/shot/123456789/123456789/webysho...
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ubercore 4966 days ago
I've been working on an (admittedly primitive) REST API (open source) for PhantomJS screenshots at https://github.com/peterlandry/unbrowser
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cstrat 4966 days ago
I created an account and activated it. Password is not recognised and when I follow the reset your password process I get a blank email. =(

Looks promising - I want to be able to use it!

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dylanpyle 4966 days ago
Is this using PhantomJS?
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fawzyj 4966 days ago
we have multiple backend generators, the currently deployed one is phantomjs based,yes we use phantomjs
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