dynamic web page automatic snapshot

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I have a dynamic web site (php/mySQL/Ajax on a Linux server), I need to take automatically a photo (snapshot) of each web page periodically (If I can find the way to do the snapshot... I can use cron) and save this image to the database (I also know how to do this...my only problem is the photo!).

I can't do it manually, so I need an script which take the snapshop for me, without displaying the web page, i.e directly from the .php files.

How is it possible?

Thanks!

I'd question the real need for a screenshot, can't you just save the rendered html, that is trival in linux! — Paul Creasey, Sep 08 '10 at 20:36

score 3 · Answer 1 · answered Sep 08 '10 at 20:32

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http://browsershots.org/ may work for you, they have an api

answered Sep 08 '10 at 20:32

JeremyWeir

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score 0 · Answer 2 · answered Nov 05 '12 at 11:17

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Looks like this might answer your question, I have seen it done with php and flash but wasn't privy to the inner workings, if the link doesnt help then you could research that route.

answered Nov 05 '12 at 11:17

NukeOurLimo

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I know this might be an out of scope suggestion but you could try to use [link]phantom.js.org which would solve your problem nicely, but may require a bit of node.js (which can run on lamp stacks) – NukeOurLimo Sep 25 '14 at 16:29

score 0 · Answer 3 · answered Sep 08 '10 at 20:32

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You can use the GD functions imagegrabscreen() or imagegrabwindow() to take a screenshot.

Note that they're only available on Windows at the moment.

answered Sep 08 '10 at 20:32

Sarfraz

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