Take a scrolling screenshot of a website automatically (by using a URL)

Transloadit can take a scrolling screenshot of any website or HTML file. In this demo below we let 🤖/html/convert take a PNG screenshot from the Uppy website.

We then feed this screenshot into 🤖/video/merge, and use the scroll FFmpeg parameter to automatically generate a video that slowly pans down the screenshot we took.

To achieve this effect we use the scroll filter, to animate the image moving down. The value of v determines how fast the image will scroll. After this, we use the crop filter to define the size of our "viewbox".

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Step 1: Take screenshots of webpages or HTML files

We can process your documents in an automated way, saving you costly resources. Learn more ›

⚠️ It seems your browser does not support the codec used in this video of the page. For demo simplicity we'll link you to the original file, but you may also want to learn how to make videos compatible for all browsers.

tus-io-0.png

Image – 318 KB
1024 × 3000

"screenshot": {
  "robot": "/html/convert",
  "result": true,
  "format": "png",
  "url": "https://tus.io/",
  "width": 1024,
  "height": 3000,
  "fullpage": false
}

🤖/html/convert

This bot takes screenshots of web pages or uploaded HTML pages

Step 2: Merge image to create a new video

We offer a variety of video encoding features like optimizing for different devices, merging, injecting ads, changing audio tracks, or adding company logos. Learn more ›

⚠️ It seems your browser does not support the codec used in this video of the page. For demo simplicity we'll link you to the original file, but you may also want to learn how to make videos compatible for all browsers.

tus-io-0.mp4

MPEG-4 video – 370 KB
20s · 1024 × 720

"scroll": {
  "robot": "/video/merge",
  "preset": "empty",
  "use": {
    "steps": [
      {
        "name": "screenshot",
        "as": "image"
      }
    ]
  },
  "duration": 20,
  "framerate": 30,
  "result": true,
  "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
  "ffmpeg": {
    "vf": "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
    "f": "mp4",
    "pix_fmt": "yuv420p"
  }
}

🤖/video/merge

This bot composes a new video by adding an audio track to existing still image(s) or video

Step 3: Export files to Amazon S3

We export to the storage platform of your choice. Learn more ›

screenshot

demos.transloadit.com/a8/64bd3806d842d8970e70380452ce3e/tus-io.png

scroll

demos.transloadit.com/96/200d773ca640b9ad8a19e9bfc65f29/tus-io.mp4

Once all files have been exported, we can ping a URL of your choice with the Assembly status JSON.

"exported": {
  "use": [
    "screenshot",
    "scroll",
    ":original"
  ],
  "robot": "/s3/store",
  "credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
  "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
}

🤖/s3/store

This bot exports encoding results to Amazon S3

Since this is a store Robot, be sure to use Template Credentials so that any sensitive data is encrypted and stored in our database, making sure that they’re never exposed to any end-user.

Live Demo. See for yourself

This particular demo does not rely on file uploads and is therefore typically not initiated from web browsers. However, just so you can get a feeling for our service, we’re happy to let you run this right here regardless.

Build this in your own language

{
  "steps": {
    "screenshot": {
      "robot": "/html/convert",
      "result": true,
      "format": "png",
      "url": "https://tus.io/",
      "width": 1024,
      "height": 3000,
      "fullpage": false
    },
    "scroll": {
      "robot": "/video/merge",
      "preset": "empty",
      "use": {
        "steps": [{
          "name": "screenshot",
          "as": "image"
        }]
      },
      "duration": 20,
      "framerate": 30,
      "result": true,
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
      "ffmpeg": {
        "vf": "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
        "f": "mp4",
        "pix_fmt": "yuv420p"
      }
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["screenshot", "scroll", ":original"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
      "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
    }
  }
}

# Prerequisites: brew install curl jq || sudo apt install curl jq
# To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication
echo '{
  "template_id": undefined,
  "auth": {
    "key": "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
  },
  "steps": {
    "screenshot": {
      "robot": "/html/convert",
      "result": true,
      "format": "png",
      "url": "https://tus.io/",
      "width": 1024,
      "height": 3000,
      "fullpage": false
    },
    "scroll": {
      "robot": "/video/merge",
      "preset": "empty",
      "use": {
        "steps": [{
          "name": "screenshot",
          "as": "image"
        }]
      },
      "duration": 20,
      "framerate": 30,
      "result": true,
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
      "ffmpeg": {
        "vf": "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
        "f": "mp4",
        "pix_fmt": "yuv420p"
      }
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["screenshot", "scroll", ":original"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
      "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
    }
  }
}' | curl \\
    --request POST \\
    --form 'params=<-' \\
    https://api2.transloadit.com/assemblies | jq

Read docs: cURL

// Install via Swift Package Manager:
// dependencies: [
//   .package(url: "https://github.com/transloadit/TransloaditKit", .upToNextMajor(from: "3.0.0"))
// ]

// Or via CocoaPods:
// pod 'Transloadit', '~> 3.0.0'

// Auth
let credentials = Credentials(key: "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY")

// Init
let transloadit = Transloadit(credentials: credentials, session: "URLSession.shared")

// Add files to upload
let filesToUpload: [URL] = ...

// Execute
let assembly = transloadit.assembly(steps: [screenshotStep, scrollStep, exportedStep], andUpload: filesToUpload) { result in
  switch result {
  case .success(let assembly):
    print("Retrieved (assembly)")
  case .failure(let error):
    print("Assembly error (error)")
  }
}.pollAssemblyStatus { result in
  switch result {
  case .success(let assemblyStatus):
    print("Received assemblystatus (assemblyStatus)")
  case .failure(let error):
    print("Caught polling error (error)")
  }

Read docs: TransloaditKit

<!-- This pulls Uppy from our CDN -->
<!-- For smaller self-hosted bundles, install Uppy and plugins manually: -->
<!-- npm i --save @uppy/core @uppy/dashboard @uppy/remote-sources @uppy/transloadit ... -->
<link
  href="https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v4.2.0/uppy.min.css"
  rel="stylesheet"
/>
<button id="browse">Select Files</button>
<script type="module">
  import {
    Uppy,
    Dashboard,
    ImageEditor,
    RemoteSources,
    Transloadit,
  } from 'https://releases.transloadit.com/uppy/v4.2.0/uppy.min.mjs'
  const uppy = new Uppy()
    .use(Transloadit, {
      waitForEncoding: true,
      alwaysRunAssembly: true,
      assemblyOptions: {
        params: {
          // To avoid tampering, use Signature Authentication:
          // https://transloadit.com/docs/topics/signature-authentication/
          auth: {
            key: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
          },
          // It's often better store encoding instructions in your account
          // and use a `template_id` instead of adding these steps inline
          steps: {
            screenshot: {
              robot: '/html/convert',
              result: true,
              format: 'png',
              url: 'https://tus.io/',
              width: 1024,
              height: 3000,
              fullpage: false,
            },
            scroll: {
              robot: '/video/merge',
              preset: 'empty',
              use: {
                steps: [{
                  name: 'screenshot',
                  as: 'image',
                }],
              },
              duration: 20,
              framerate: 30,
              result: true,
              ffmpeg_stack: 'v6.0.0',
              ffmpeg: {
                vf: 'scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0',
                f: 'mp4',
                pix_fmt: 'yuv420p',
              },
            },
            exported: {
              use: ['screenshot', 'scroll', ':original'],
              robot: '/s3/store',
              credentials: 'YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS',
              url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
            },
          },
        },
      },
    })
    .use(Dashboard, { trigger: '#browse' })
    .use(ImageEditor, { target: Dashboard })
    .use(RemoteSources, {
      companionUrl: 'https://api2.transloadit.com/companion',
    })
    .on('complete', ({ transloadit }) => {
      // Due to `waitForEncoding:true` this is fired after encoding is done.
      // Alternatively, set `waitForEncoding` to `false` and provide a `notify_url`
      console.log(transloadit) // Array of Assembly Statuses
      transloadit.forEach((assembly) => {
        console.log(assembly.results) // Array of all encoding results
      })
    })
    .on('error', (error) => {
      console.error(error)
    })
</script>

Read docs: Uppy File Uploader

// yarn add transloadit || npm i transloadit

// Import
const Transloadit = require('transloadit')

const main = async () => {
  // Init
  const transloadit = new Transloadit({
    authKey: 'YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY',
    authSecret: 'MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET',
  })

  // Set Encoding Instructions
  const options = {
    files: {},
    params: {
      steps: {
        screenshot: {
          robot: '/html/convert',
          result: true,
          format: 'png',
          url: 'https://tus.io/',
          width: 1024,
          height: 3000,
          fullpage: false,
        },
        scroll: {
          robot: '/video/merge',
          preset: 'empty',
          use: {
            steps: [{
              name: 'screenshot',
              as: 'image',
            }],
          },
          duration: 20,
          framerate: 30,
          result: true,
          ffmpeg_stack: 'v6.0.0',
          ffmpeg: {
            vf: 'scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0',
            f: 'mp4',
            pix_fmt: 'yuv420p',
          },
        },
        exported: {
          use: ['screenshot', 'scroll', ':original'],
          robot: '/s3/store',
          credentials: 'YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS',
          url_prefix: 'https://demos.transloadit.com/',
        },
      },
    },
  }

  // Execute
  const result = await transloadit.createAssembly(options)

  // Show results
  console.log({ result })
}

main().catch(console.error)

Read docs: Node SDK

# [sudo] npm install transloadify -g

# Auth
export TRANSLOADIT_KEY="YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"

# Save Encoding Instructions
echo '{
  "steps": {
    "screenshot": {
      "robot": "/html/convert",
      "result": true,
      "format": "png",
      "url": "https://tus.io/",
      "width": 1024,
      "height": 3000,
      "fullpage": false
    },
    "scroll": {
      "robot": "/video/merge",
      "preset": "empty",
      "use": {
        "steps": [{
          "name": "screenshot",
          "as": "image"
        }]
      },
      "duration": 20,
      "framerate": 30,
      "result": true,
      "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
      "ffmpeg": {
        "vf": "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
        "f": "mp4",
        "pix_fmt": "yuv420p"
      }
    },
    "exported": {
      "use": ["screenshot", "scroll", ":original"],
      "robot": "/s3/store",
      "credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
      "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
    }
  }
}' > ./steps.json

# Execute
transloadify \
  --steps "./steps.json" \
  --output "./output.example"

Read docs: Transloadify

// composer require transloadit/php-sdk
use transloadit\Transloadit;

$transloadit = new Transloadit([
  "key" => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
  "secret" => "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET",
]);

// Start the Assembly
$response = $transloadit->createAssembly([
  "files" => [],
  "params" => [
    "steps" => [
      "screenshot" => [
        "robot" => "/html/convert",
        "result" => true,
        "format" => "png",
        "url" => "https://tus.io/",
        "width" => 1024,
        "height" => 3000,
        "fullpage" => false,
      ],
      "scroll" => [
        "robot" => "/video/merge",
        "preset" => "empty",
        "use" => [
          "steps" => [[
            "name" => "screenshot",
            "as" => "image",
          ]],
        ],
        "duration" => 20,
        "framerate" => 30,
        "result" => true,
        "ffmpeg_stack" => "v6.0.0",
        "ffmpeg" => [
          "vf" => "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
          "f" => "mp4",
          "pix_fmt" => "yuv420p",
        ],
      ],
      "exported" => [
        "use" => ["screenshot", "scroll", ":original"],
        "robot" => "/s3/store",
        "credentials" => "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
        "url_prefix" => "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
      ],
    ],
  ],
]);

Read docs: PHP SDK

# gem install transloadit

# $ irb -rubygems
# >> require 'transloadit'
# => true

transloadit = Transloadit.new([
  :key => "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY",
])

# Set Encoding Instructions
screenshot = transloadit.step("screenshot", "/html/convert", [
  :result => true,
  :format => "png",
  :url => "https://tus.io/",
  :width => 1024,
  :height => 3000,
  :fullpage => false
])

scroll = transloadit.step("scroll", "/video/merge", [
  :preset => "empty",
  :use => [
    :steps => [[
      :name => "screenshot",
      :as => "image"
    ]]
  ],
  :duration => 20,
  :framerate => 30,
  :result => true,
  :ffmpeg_stack => "v6.0.0",
  :ffmpeg => [
    :vf => "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
    :f => "mp4",
    :pix_fmt => "yuv420p"
  ]
])

exported = transloadit.step("exported", "/s3/store", [
  :use => ["screenshot", "scroll", ":original"],
  :credentials => "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
  :url_prefix => "https://demos.transloadit.com/"
])

transloadit.assembly([
  :steps => [screenshot, scroll, exported]
])

# Add files to upload
files = []


# Start the Assembly
response = assembly.create! *files

until response.finished?
  sleep 1; response.reload!
end

if !response.error?
  # handle success
end

Read docs: Ruby SDK

# pip install pytransloadit
from transloadit import client

tl = client.Transloadit('YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY', 'MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET')
assembly = tl.new_assembly()

# Set Encoding Instructions
assembly.add_step("screenshot", "/html/convert", {
  'result': True,
  'format': 'png',
  'url': 'https://tus.io/',
  'width': 1024,
  'height': 3000,
  'fullpage': False
})

assembly.add_step("scroll", "/video/merge", {
  'preset': 'empty',
  'use': {
    'steps': [{
      'name': 'screenshot',
      'as': 'image'
    }]
  },
  'duration': 20,
  'framerate': 30,
  'result': True,
  'ffmpeg_stack': 'v6.0.0',
  'ffmpeg': {
    'vf': 'scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0',
    'f': 'mp4',
    'pix_fmt': 'yuv420p'
  }
})

assembly.add_step("exported", "/s3/store", {
  'use': ['screenshot', 'scroll', ':original'],
  'credentials': 'YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS',
  'url_prefix': 'https://demos.transloadit.com/'
})

# Add files to upload

# Start the Assembly
assembly_response = assembly.create(retries=5, wait=True)

print(assembly_response.data.get('assembly_ssl_url'))
# or:
print(assembly_response.data['assembly_ssl_url'])

Read docs: Python SDK

// go get gopkg.in/transloadit/go-sdk.v1
package main

import (
  "context"
  "fmt"
  "github.com/transloadit/go-sdk"
)

func main() {
  // Create client
  options := transloadit.DefaultConfig
  options.AuthKey = "YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY"
  options.AuthSecret = "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET"
  client := transloadit.NewClient(options)
  
  // Initialize new Assembly
  assembly := transloadit.NewAssembly()
  
  // Set Encoding Instructions
  assembly.AddStep("screenshot", map[string]interface{}{
    "robot": "/html/convert",
    "result": true,
    "format": "png",
    "url": "https://tus.io/",
    "width": 1024,
    "height": 3000,
    "fullpage": false,
  })
  
  assembly.AddStep("scroll", map[string]interface{}{
    "robot": "/video/merge",
    "preset": "empty",
    "use": map[string]interface{}{
      "steps": [map[string]interface{}{
        "name": "screenshot",
        "as": "image",
      }],
    },
    "duration": 20,
    "framerate": 30,
    "result": true,
    "ffmpeg_stack": "v6.0.0",
    "ffmpeg": map[string]interface{}{
      "vf": "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
      "f": "mp4",
      "pix_fmt": "yuv420p",
    },
  })
  
  assembly.AddStep("exported", map[string]interface{}{
    "use": ["screenshot", "scroll", ":original"],
    "robot": "/s3/store",
    "credentials": "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS",
    "url_prefix": "https://demos.transloadit.com/",
  })
  
  // Add files to upload
  
  
  // Start the Assembly
  info, err := client.StartAssembly(context.Background(), assembly)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  
  // All files have now been uploaded and the Assembly has started but no
  // results are available yet since the conversion has not finished.
  // WaitForAssembly provides functionality for polling until the Assembly
  // has ended.
  info, err = client.WaitForAssembly(context.Background(), info)
  if err != nil {
    panic(err)
  }
  
  fmt.Printf("You can check some results at: ")
  fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", info.Results["screenshot"][0].SSLURL)
  fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", info.Results["scroll"][0].SSLURL)
  fmt.Printf("  - %s\n", info.Results["exported"][0].SSLURL)
}

Read docs: Go SDK

// implementation 'com.transloadit.sdk:transloadit:1.0.0

import com.transloadit.sdk.Assembly;
import com.transloadit.sdk.Transloadit;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.LocalOperationException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.exceptions.RequestException;
import com.transloadit.sdk.response.AssemblyResponse;
import java.io.File;
import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;

public class Main {
  public static void main(String[] args) {
    // Initialize the Transloadit client
    Transloadit transloadit = new Transloadit("YOUR_TRANSLOADIT_KEY", "MY_TRANSLOADIT_SECRET");
    
    Assembly assembly = transloadit.newAssembly();
    
    // Set Encoding Instructions
    Map<String, Object> screenshotStepOptions = new HashMap();
    screenshotStepOptions.put("result", true);
    screenshotStepOptions.put("format", "png");
    screenshotStepOptions.put("url", "https://tus.io/");
    screenshotStepOptions.put("width", 1024);
    screenshotStepOptions.put("height", 3000);
    screenshotStepOptions.put("fullpage", false);
    assembly.addStep("screenshot", "/html/convert", screenshotStepOptions);
    
    Map<String, Object> scrollStepOptions = new HashMap();
    scrollStepOptions.put("preset", "empty");
    scrollStepOptions.put("use", {
        "steps": new String[] { {
          "name": "screenshot",
          "as": "image",
        } },
      });
    scrollStepOptions.put("duration", 20);
    scrollStepOptions.put("framerate", 30);
    scrollStepOptions.put("result", true);
    scrollStepOptions.put("ffmpeg_stack", "v6.0.0");
    scrollStepOptions.put("ffmpeg", {
        "vf": "scroll=v=0.001,crop=1024:720:0:0",
        "f": "mp4",
        "pix_fmt": "yuv420p",
      });
    assembly.addStep("scroll", "/video/merge", scrollStepOptions);
    
    Map<String, Object> exportedStepOptions = new HashMap();
    exportedStepOptions.put("use", new String[] { "screenshot", "scroll", ":original" });
    exportedStepOptions.put("credentials", "YOUR_AWS_CREDENTIALS");
    exportedStepOptions.put("url_prefix", "https://demos.transloadit.com/");
    assembly.addStep("exported", "/s3/store", exportedStepOptions);
    
    // Add files to upload
    
    
    // Start the Assembly
    try {
      AssemblyResponse response = assembly.save();
    
      // Wait for Assembly to finish executing
      while (!response.isFinished()) {
        response = transloadit.getAssemblyByUrl(response.getSslUrl());
      }
    
      System.out.println(response.getId());
      System.out.println(response.getUrl());
      System.out.println(response.json());
    } catch (RequestException | LocalOperationException e) {
      // Handle exception here
    }
  }
}

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