▲ ▼ Dynamic Open Graph images based on screenshot

posted by Abishek Muthian Ideator , show insights, permalink

I run mostly text based websites nowadays, but for each post I have to create a featured image manually for it to look good when shared on social media.

For user generated content I currently create an og:image procedurally with title text, But for manually typed content say like my curated list of startup tools which has new content regularly I have to take a screenshot along with older content and So I'm looking for a service which helps me take screenshots of specific elements and saves me the time of building one myself.

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▲ ▼ Abishek Muthian Ideator , permalink

I tried https://microlink.io/screenshot , which is great but their screenshot API support is limited to Node.JS and web embed. Their standalone CLI tool is returning malformed json and so couldn't be parsed by invoking it via exec() in code. Still, this is a good solution if you are looking for embedding screenshots into your website.

There's also - https://useflipp.com/features/screenshots , But the pricing is prohibitive.

I end-up building my own solution with https://go-rod.github.io with couple of lines of code, It's well-built and fast. I highly recommend rod for anyone who can code in Go for some browser automation.

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