ghosty

A wrapper around PhantomJS, downloading the Phantom binary.

Using this module, you don't need to take care of installing the PhantomJS binaries. It will automagically install them for you.

:cloud: Installation

# Using npm
npm install --save ghosty

# Using yarn
yarn add ghosty

:clipboard: Example

// Dependencies
var Ghosty = require("ghosty");

// Create the phantom process
Ghosty.create(ph => {

    // Create the page
    ph.createPage(page => {

        // Open google.com
        page.open("http://www.google.com", status => {
            console.log("Opened google? ", status);
            // => Opened google?  success

            // Get the document title
            // We're passing a regular function here because
            // ES6 arrow functions are not yet supported on PhantomJS
            page.evaluate(function () { return document.title; }, result => {
                console.log('Page title is ' + result);
                // => Page title is Google
                ph.exit();
            });
        });
    });
});

// Show the path
console.log("Using phantomjs located at: " + Ghosty.path);
// => Using phantomjs located at: /home/.../ghosty/node_modules/phantomjs/lib/phantom/bin/phantomjs

:question: Get Help

There are few ways to get help:

1. Please post questions on Stack Overflow. You can open issues with questions, as long you add a link to your Stack Overflow question.
2. For bug reports and feature requests, open issues. :bug:
3. For direct and quick help, you can use Codementor. :rocket:

:memo: Documentation

Accessing the PhantomJS path

Use Ghosty.path to get the PhantomJS path that is used.

API

Basically, this library clones the entire functionality of

phantomjs-node,

but makes sure that you don't need to install any binaries

(it will do it for you automatically using the

phantomjs module.

:yum: How to contribute

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:dizzy: Where is this library used?

If you are using this library in one of your projects, add it in this list. :sparkles:

• phantom-jquery

:scroll: License

MIT © Ionică Bizău