rendering html to png (server-side) [closed]

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I have a workflow model. Internet Explorer doesn't support some features required for model editing functionality (and regular user doesn't need it).

I want a read-only preview of my model. Is it possible to server-side render my HTML to an image?

I would prefer offline solution to allow our system run in corporate LAN without access to internet.

My company was looking for a similar thing (HTML to PDF, actually) and couldn't find anything convenient and prepackaged. We had an idea to embed a stripped-down web browser and basically tell it to print the webpage in question. Ultimately, though, we decided it wasn't worth it for our (modest) needs. — user240438
– user240438, Commented Apr 16, 2010 at 18:27
@fennec, you should definetly evaluate code.google.com/p/wkhtmltopdf — jonny
– jonny, Commented Nov 25, 2010 at 16:01
on behalf of our product management people, thanks for your pointer. :) — user240438
– user240438, Commented Nov 30, 2010 at 21:36

Michael come lately · Accepted Answer · 2017-10-17 16:28:32Z

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Here are 'local' solutions:

wkhtmltoimage from the wkhtmltopdf package

does exactly its name says
PhantomJS

more advanced capabilities, like evaluating any js code in the page's context before rendering it to an image or pdf.

edited Oct 17, 2017 at 16:28

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spadeworkers Over a year ago

The wkhtmltoimage link above takes you to wkhtmltopdf, which doesn't appear to have the option to convert to pn. Only pdf and ps formats: wkhtmltopdf.org/usage/wkhtmltopdf.txt. Help?

jonny Over a year ago

@spadeworkers, just download the package, it contains both wkhtmltoimage and wkhtmltopdf binaries

saadk Over a year ago

wkhtmltoimage is in C language.. i need such thing in php. any help pleaseee??

Er. Kathrecha Krushnkumar Over a year ago

@saadk you can use exec or system command in php after installing wkhtmltoimage in server like system('webkit2png http://www.google.com')

Tyler · Accepted Answer · 2010-04-16 12:17:50Z

You can try using a java library called flyingsaucer (aka xhtmlrenderer). It has worked very well for me in the past.

Homepage: http://code.google.com/p/flying-saucer//

FAQ for generating an image: http://pigeonholdings.com/projects/flyingsaucer/R8/doc/guide/users-guide-R8.html#xil_29

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