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HOw to obtain a site thumnail
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 7:28 am
by Live24x7
My requirement is this:
when a user submits a URL - i need to fetch the thumbnail of the site and display it.
How to do this ?
Re: HOw to obtain a site thumnail
Posted: Wed Aug 01, 2012 10:00 pm
by requinix
Use a third-party service for it. Doing it yourself requires a server that has a GUI installed (eg, Windows, Ubuntu non-server version) as well as some browser and a scriptable screen-capture program.
Re: HOw to obtain a site thumnail
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 10:22 am
by Grizzzzzzzzzz
Many pay for services out there you could use, or, depending on your server capabilities, you could try and set something up with something like
Selenium -
Taking screenshots with Selenium
Re: HOw to obtain a site thumnail
Posted: Thu Aug 02, 2012 11:53 am
by Live24x7
thanks to both of you.. i will try selenium - looks like doable
