From: John Joyce <dangerwillrobinsondanger@...>
Date: 2007-03-16T21:14:24+09:00
Subject: Re: How to take thumbnail of a website using Ruby?

What you need is not to take a picture exactly but rather than  
rendering it to a monitor, render it to a file.
You could run some instance of a rendering engine. (Gecko for example)
The easiest way is to simply use a browser but there must be another  
way.
This is like Snap and it's annoying mouseOver popups
On Mar 16, 2007, at 6:28 PM, Daniel Lucraft wrote:

> Human Dunnil wrote:
>> Hello folks,
>>
>> How could I take a screenshot of a web site using Ruby on a shared
>> hosting? There's no X server on the server, is there a way to take a
>> screenshot using imagemagick or something else?
>>
>> Thanks,
>> - Dunnil
>
> I'd be surprised if the first step in the easiest way to do this  
> wasn't
> (1) install an X server.
>
> This is sort of a way to do it using RubyGnome. But again, needs X,  
> Gtk
> and Ruby-gnome: http://rubyurl.com/Yjk
>
> There was definitely a website out there that would take pictures of
> your page for you, on different platforms, but I can't seem to find  
> it.
> Perhaps it would be possible to hook up with that.
>
> best,
> Dan
>
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