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#!/usr/bin/env zsh -f | |
# set this to whatever URL you want to capture | |
URL='https://www.abc.com' | |
# folder where do you want screenshots to go | |
# the folder will be created if it does not exist | |
DIR="$HOME/Desktop/Screenshots" | |
# could also be 'png' if you prefer | |
FORMAT='jpg' | |
############################################################### | |
## You should not need to change anything below this line | |
############################################################### | |
if [[ -e "$HOME/.path" ]] | |
then | |
source "$HOME/.path" | |
fi | |
if [[ ! -x /usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage ]] | |
then | |
echo "$NAME: '/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage' is not installed." | |
echo "$NAME: get it from https://wkhtmltopdf.org/downloads.html" | |
exit 1 | |
fi | |
# this lets us use strftime in zsh | |
zmodload zsh/datetime | |
# this gives us a timestamp like 2021-12-31--23.15.20 | |
# for December 31st, 2021 at 11:15:20 p.m. | |
TIME=$(strftime "%Y-%m-%d--%H.%M.%S" "$EPOCHSECONDS") | |
# create folder if it doesn't exist | |
[[ ! -e "$DIR" ]] && mkdir -p "$DIR" | |
# this is the filename we'll use | |
# it starts with the directory | |
# and ends with the time and the format (jpg by default) | |
FILE="$DIR/$TIME.$FORMAT" | |
# this could be one long line, but I've formatted it | |
# to hopefully make it easier to read | |
/usr/local/bin/wkhtmltoimage \ | |
--format "$FORMAT" \ | |
"$URL" \ | |
"$FILE" | |
exit 0 | |
# EOF |
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