Description

A node.js command line utility that generates an image (png, jpeg or webp) from html file or URL with the help of puppeteer.

Install

npm install -g node-html-2-image

Usage

Generate an image from URL:

html2image --url=https://www.google.com --dest=google.png --type=png

Generate an image from local file:

html2image --src=my-site.html --dest=my-site.jpg --type=jpeg

Generate an image from local file but run it in a local server (many times local html files will not load Javascript so they need to be run from a local server):

html2image --src=my-site.html --local-server --dest=my-site.jpg --type=jpeg

NOTE: The shell commands must not be run under root. Chromium doesn't allow it.

Options

List of all available options:

option	description	type	default	required
url	The URL to use for the image generation	string	N/A	required if src is empty
src	The path to the HTML file	string	N/A	required if url is empty
dest	The destionation path and filename where to save the generated image	string	N/A	required
type	The type of the generated image	png | jpeg | webp	png	required
quality	The quality of the generated image (only applicable for jpeg)	number	80	optional
width	The puppeteer page width in pixels	number	800	optional
height	The puppeteer page height in pixels	number	600	optional
slow-motion	The milliseconds of delay between the steps in loading the page in puppeteer	number	0	optional
delay	The milliseconds to wait after the page is loaded and the screenshot is taken	number	1000	optional
cookie-name	A cookie name to send when requesting the url	string	NULL	optional
cookie-value	A cookie name to send when requesting the url	string	NULL	optional
local-server	Whether to load the src html in a local server	boolean	false	optional
port	The port for the local server	number	3000	optional
debug	Whether to print debug information from the loaded page to the stdout	number	600	optional

NOTE: src can be pointing to directory or file. If it is a directory, then there must be index.html file inside of it.