node-ajax-snapshot

Nodejs wrapper of phantomjs-ajax-snapshot, generates static pages from ajax / non-ajax source pages and allows stripping of DOM elements identifying them by id, class, name or meta-property (only for meta tags).

Installation

npm install node-ajax-snapshot --save

Usage

Options:

(sourceFile | sourceUrl)

-sourceFile    (string) file with json array format, containing the set of urls to generate.

-sourceUrl    (string) single url to visit.

-basePath    (string) common basepath among urls.

-separator    (string) separator to replace '/' in file names ([---] by default).

-waitingTime    (miliseconds) Use specified waiting time to load javascript of every page (3000 by default).

-outputDir    (string) place to write the output files (snapshots/ by default).

-idlist    (Array) elements id to strip in html (empty by default).

-classlist    (Array) elements class to strip in html (empty by default).

-metalist    (Array) elements metaname to strip in html (empty by default).

-debug    (boolean) Enables debug messages (false by default).

-outputFormat: (string) png gif jpeg pdf (html by default).

Examples

  var nodeAjaxSnapshot = require('node-ajax-snapshot');

Minimal config:

    var nasStream = nas.takeSnapshots({
          sourceFile: 'urlFile.json'            // file with json array format, containing the set of urls to generate.
        });

    or with an url directly:

    var nasStream = nas.takeSnapshots({
          sourceUrl: 'www.ajax-example.com/basepath/'           // url to generate.
        });

Normal config:

    var nasStream = nodeAjaxSnapshot.takeSnapshots({
          basePath: 'www.ajax-example.com/app/',
          sourceFile: 'urlFile.json',           // file with json array format, containing the set of urls to generate.
          separator: '[---]',
          waitingTime: 2000,                    // waiting time between urls. 3000 miliseconds by default
          outputDir: path.join(__dirname, 'NodeAjaxSnapshot', 'snapshots'+path.sep),
          filters: {
            idlist: [],
            classlist: [],
            metalist: []
          },
          debug: false                          // false by default
        });

    nasStream.stdout.on('data', function (data) {
        console.log(data.toString());
    });

    nasStream.stderr.on('data', function (data) {
        console.log(data.toString());
    });

    nasStream.on('close', function (code) {
        console.log('nasStream child process exited with code ['+ code+']');
    });

Tests

npm test (not yet)

Dependencies

Phantomjs headless webkit with JS API + phantomjs wrapper for node + phantomjs-ajax-snapshot.

Contributing

In lieu of a formal styleguide, take care to maintain the existing coding style. Add unit tests for any new or changed functionality. Lint and test your code.

Author

Eric Lara, supported by Ondho.

License

MIT

Changelog

• 0.0.5 Added seo parameter to allow filtering from client. 0.0.4 Added format parameter. 0.0.3 Added phantom's parameter to avoid errors. 0.0.2 Added better docs. 0.0.1 Initial commit

Roadmap

• connect with node-ajax-seo (WIP).
• generate images from pages (WIP).