Implement website screenshot utility

cedricium / firefly

:fire: Vue.js / Express.js Fullstack Web Application

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Implement website screenshot utility #3

Closed cedricium closed 6 years ago

cedricium commented 6 years ago

These websites that feature webpages (Awwwards, SiteInspire, Lapa.ninja, Land-book, etc.) ask for a URL then have their own way of capturing screenshots of pages rather than having users upload images themselves.

Would be cool to do the same thing, either via an API or with a node module - will need to look into this.

cedricium commented 6 years ago

This may get bumped from the Backlog to Next with the implementation of #14. In that case, creating our own screenshot service (serverless would be 🔥) will be needed as there aren't many free website screenshot APIs.

Refs:

https://serverless.com/blog/building-a-serverless-screenshot-service-with-lambda/ | https://github.com/svdgraaf/serverless-screenshot

cedricium commented 6 years ago

Haha, no need to make the leap to serverless quite yet. Due to the discovery of microlink (SEE #14), our screenshot and storage problems have been solved, closing.