Html to image in javascript or python

Question

Hi there. Just a dumb question... Is there any way you can create an image, say png, with the content of an html page, with a simple click of a button?

Thanks to anyone who cares to answers.

Answer 1

I believe this is what you are looking for:

http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/

Answer 2

Thanks for you answers. But what I wanted was some code in javascript or python that would allow me to create an image from a table or div.

Answer 3

If you're not locked to having it as a PNG, you could turn it into a PDF with Pisa/Report Lab (http://www.xhtml2pdf.com/). It handles tables pretty well.

Answer 4

There is a service called Webthumb at http://webthumb.bluga.net/home that I have used for something similar.

It has a fairly easy REST interface for you to work upon.

Answer 5

Here is code:

http://github.com/AdamN/python-webkit2png/

It requires webkit, xvfb (or X) and Qt4, and works best on Ubuntu.

Answer 6

There is a service with the name sitethumbshot.com. Its pretty good service and easy to integrate.