node-desktop-screenshot #

Take a screenshot of the computer on which Node is running, using platform-specific external tools included with the package

Supports Windows (win32), OSX (darwin) and Linux platforms

Windows version uses nircmd (http://nircmd.nirsoft.net)
Linux version uses scrot

Available Options ##

- quality: JPEG quality (0 to 100)
- width: use in conjunction with height, or by itself to maintain aspect ratio
- height: use in conjunction with width, or by itself to maintain aspect ratio

Examples ##

$3

var screenshot = require('desktop-screenshot');

screenshot("screenshot.png", function(error, complete) {
if(error)
console.log("Screenshot failed", error);
else
console.log("Screenshot succeeded");
});

$3

var screenshot = require('desktop-screenshot');

screenshot("screenshot.png", {width: 400}, function(error, complete) {
if(error)
console.log("Screenshot failed", error);
else
console.log("Screenshot succeeded");
});

$3

var screenshot = require('desktop-screenshot');

screenshot("screenshot.jpg", {width: 400, height: 300, quality: 60}, function(error, complete) {
if(error)
console.log("Screenshot failed", error);
else
console.log("Screenshot succeeded");
});

TODOs ##

- Tests
- Multi-screen support
- Cropping
- Return contents of image, rather than writing file