Thumbshooter

Generates thumbshots of URLs by using Webkit and QT4.

Requirements

Please ensure python-qt4 and qt4-webkit is installed.

apt-get install libqt4-ruby libqt4-webkit

You do also need a running x server. You can use a lightweight x server by doing "apt-get install xvfb" and enabling it:

Thumbshooter.use_xvfb = true

Example

shooter = Thumbshooter.new(
  :screen => '800x600',
  :resize => '200x150'
)

# generate thumbnail
img = shooter.create('http://github.com/')

# write thumbnail to file
File.open('thumbshot.png', 'w') {|f| f.write(img) }