screenshot of HTML5 banner using php/curl, linux

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i want to take a screenshot of HTML5 banner page and save as jpg file. the problem is if i use CURL it gives me blank page, because the HTML5 banner take 2-3 seconds to render the contents. my questions are is there any possibility screenshot using CURL PHP Should i use some API to get the screenshot, then which one Can achive using linux commands

check this SO question http://stackoverflow.com/questions/757675/website-screenshots-using-php i think this would solve your issue — Ma'moon Al-Akash, Jan 09 '14 at 12:26

score 2 · Answer 1 · answered Oct 29 '15 at 13:05

You could use PhantomJS (a headless browser) to open your banner. BUT PhantomJS is not a fully implementation of a Desktop Browser (like Chrome). So features like Video won't work.

In that case, you can use Selenium WebDriver to open and get a screenshot, but you need to have X server, or use xfvb.

score 1 · Answer 2 · answered Jan 09 '14 at 12:27

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You need to use a library to do that, CURL would only return the source code but without rendering.

CutyCapt does the job

answered Jan 09 '14 at 12:27

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