Original fork from https://github.com/johnvmt/node-desktop-screenshot

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

• buffered: return a Buffer insted of save a file.
• multi: enable snapshot of all present displays (display current).
• 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.
• timestamp: use timestamp (true/false) to print datetime in screenshot. default true.
• caption: an string to print previous to timestamp.
• env: environment key/value variables to run the screenshot process.

Returns

A promise (you can use a callback if you want) if you set buffered:true you get a Buffer if you save a file then you get the path

Examples

Full resolution

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

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

Resize to 400px wide, maintain aspect ratio

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");
});

Resize to 400x300, set JPG quality to 60%

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

• Cropping