Creating a screenshot image of a website if given nothing other than a url?

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Website screenshots using PHP

I was wondering if it is possible to create a screen-shot-like preview of a website if given nothing other than a url?

if I have a url for example: http://www.google.com I would like to find a way to create a screen shot for the website automatically.... something like: — AnchovyLegend, May 09 '12 at 15:43

score 2 · Accepted Answer · edited May 23 '17 at 12:23

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Yes, you can, please read the following stackoverflow questions:

generating-a-screenshot-of-a-website-using-jquery

website-screenshots-using-php

There are some tools with the goal of snapshotting the website to an image, so, using Jquery in conjunction with PHP you can achieve your goal!

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answered May 09 '12 at 15:45

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these methods did not work for me... – AnchovyLegend May 09 '12 at 16:04

score 0 · Answer 2 · answered May 09 '12 at 15:45

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Using only JavaScript/jQuery? Likely not, as that would violate the same origin policy. And even if you could, it's be challenging in JavaScript to make it into an image.

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score 0 · Answer 3 · edited May 13 '12 at 12:02

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You can use a service like BitPixels as well. Use JSONP if there are any same origin issues and it should be easy enough.

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answered May 09 '12 at 15:48

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Creating a screenshot image of a website if given nothing other than a url?

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