@senzil/desktop-screenshot
v1.0.10-0
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Cross-platform screenshot module, using external tools
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Original fork from https://github.com/johnvmt/node-desktop-screenshot
node-desktop-screenshot
Take a screenshot of the computer on which Node is running, using platform-specific external tools included with the package
Supports Windows (win32), OSX (darwin) and Linux platforms
Windows version uses nircmd (http://nircmd.nirsoft.net) Linux version uses scrot
Available Options
- buffered: return a Buffer insted of save a file.
- multi: enable snapshot of all present displays (display current).
- quality: JPEG quality (0 to 100).
- width: use in conjunction with height, or by itself to maintain aspect ratio.
- height: use in conjunction with width, or by itself to maintain aspect ratio.
- timestamp: use timestamp (true/false) to print datetime in screenshot. default true.
- caption: an string to print previous to timestamp.
- env: environment key/value variables to run the screenshot process.
Returns
A promise (you can use a callback if you want) if you set buffered:true you get a Buffer if you save a file then you get the path
Examples
Full resolution
var screenshot = require('desktop-screenshot');
screenshot("screenshot.png", function(error, complete) {
if(error)
console.log("Screenshot failed", error);
else
console.log("Screenshot succeeded");
});
Resize to 400px wide, maintain aspect ratio
var screenshot = require('desktop-screenshot');
screenshot("screenshot.png", {width: 400}, function(error, complete) {
if(error)
console.log("Screenshot failed", error);
else
console.log("Screenshot succeeded");
});
Resize to 400x300, set JPG quality to 60%
var screenshot = require('desktop-screenshot');
screenshot("screenshot.jpg", {width: 400, height: 300, quality: 60}, function(error, complete) {
if(error)
console.log("Screenshot failed", error);
else
console.log("Screenshot succeeded");
});
TODOs
- Cropping