URL2PNG

Lets you embed screenshots of webpages via the URL2PNG API.

Installation #

  • Place the url2png folder inside your craft/plugins folder
  • Go to settings/plugins and install URL2PNG.
  • Get your API key and secret from url2png.com (signup with promo code CRAFT to get $40 credit.)
  • Add the key/secret under URL2PNG settings

Usage #

Image embed #

{{ craft.url2png.img({
            url: 'http://buildwithcraft.com',
            width: 500
}) | raw }}

Remember to include the raw filter. There is no current option to prevent Craft autoescaping the HTML returned from plugin templates in the frontend.

URL #

{% set img = craft.url2png.url({
        url: 'http://buildwithcraft.com',
        thumbnail_max_width: 500
        }) %}

<div style="background-image: url({{ img }}); width: 500px; height: 500px;"></div>

Complete list of options #

Name Description Default
url The url of the webpage you want to fetch
thumbnail_max_width Constrain screenshot based on width. i.e. 500 1:1
viewport Set viewport dimensions, adjust to your hearts content. i.e. 500x500 1480x1037
fullpage Will attempt to capture entire document canvas. false
unique Forces a fresh screenshot by varying this value. i.e. a timestamp.
user_agent Pass a custom user user agent
accept_languages Override the default HTTP Accept-Language header. en-US,en;q=0.8
custom_css_url Fetches a CSS stylesheet and injects it.
say_cheese Delay screenshot until <div id='url2png-cheese'></div> is available.
ttl Set the TTL or "time to live" value for a screenshot in seconds. 2592000 (30 days)
alt Sets the img alt attribute
class Sets the img class attribute
width Sets the img width attribute
height Sets the img height attribute

Releases

0.1 — 2014-02-21 Download
  • Added: Initial release

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