▲ ▼ Dynamic Open Graph images based on screenshot

posted by Abishek Muthian Ideator , 449 days ago permalink

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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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▲ ▼ someguy , 29 days ago permalink

Hey Abishek! If you're using WordPress you can use my new plugin MightyShare! https://wordpress.org/plugins/mightyshare/

It takes your WordPress featured photo and title to overlay them using multiple different types of templates. Still working on a solution that'll work if you aren't using WordPress.

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▲ ▼ Abishek Muthian Ideator , 25 days ago permalink

Nicely done! When I was using Wordpress coming up with open graph images was a sure.

For non WordPress websites, You could start by targeting the static page generators such as Hugo, Jekyll by writing and extension/plugin for them; At least that's what I had in mind to address this problem but never got to building it.

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▲ ▼ Abishek Muthian Ideator , 442 days ago 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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