Show HN: enter URL, get screenshot and hosted link to image

[fduran]

http://site2pic.com/

[waterside81]

Cool, works well. It looks like you have some default viewport size so if content scrolls beneath it, it gets cropped in the image:

Compare:

http://site2pic.com/pics/littleheroes.com9474.png

To:

http://www.littleheroes.com

Care to share how you're doing this? Instrumenting webkit server side?

Edit: Just discovered a ruby program that can be installed with homebrew on OSX (brew install webkit2png). It's a command line call that does the same as this web service:

webkit2png http://www.google.com webkit2png -W 1000 -H 1000 http://www.google.com

(Sorry OP, don't mean to take away your thunder, just thought others might want to try this too.)

[fduran → waterside81]

Thanks, all the magic is done with url2png.com, I'm just adding a front-face with Twitter Bootstrap and a Django backend.

(edit) The cropping is because I've started with a 600x600 image, so taller sites will be cropped. I may add different image sizes as options.

Also I'm thinking about adding an editor with Raphaël. Other ideas are welcome.

One of the use-cases (for me) is to be able to quickly send a link to a screenshot to someone (technically challenged) with a button or something circled in red to explain "this is where you need to click".

(edit)I'm aware this can be done with command line, it's just that most people don't know how.

[pplante → waterside81]

You may be interested in this app: http://code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf/

It is more actively developed, and written in C/C++.

[tszming]

1. Chinese/non-English not supported? http://site2pic.com/pics/www.yahoo.com.hk9533.png

2. You use `mailhide` in the Contact Us, what is the point? (I think some people who wanted to give you feedback might be scared by the ReCaptcha)

[fduran → tszming]

Thanks for the feedback

1. I'll look into the debug log for that page.

2. The point of reCaptcha is to thwart automated email harvesters. In any case I'll setup a proper "contact me" web form.

[blueplz]

Didn't work the first time for www.cricinfo.com

-- http://site2pic.com/pics/www.cricinfo.com4813.png

Some bugs to be worked out, but cool nonetheless :)

PS: Worked on subsequent tries

[Sephr]

This rejects TLDs (e.g. http://io/) and IPv6 URLs.

[fduran → Sephr]

This tool is for websites (places you can browse to), not URIs in general, thanks.

[jimbocortes]

really cool