📸 node-screenshots

node-screenshots is a native node.js screenshot library based on XCap, It supports Mac, Windows, and Linux systems without any dependencies. node-screenshots supports screenshot and video recording (to be implemented).

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Support Matrix

Operating System

Operating System	node16	node18	node20
Windows x64	✓	✓	✓
Windows x32	✓	✓	✓
Windows arm64	✓	✓	✓
macOS x64	✓	✓	✓
macOS arm64	✓	✓	✓
Linux x64 gnu	✓	✓	✓
Linux x64 musl	✓	✓	✓
Linux arm64 gnu	✓	✓	✓
Linux loongarch64	✓	✓	✓

Example

Monitor

const fs = require('fs')
const { Monitor } = require('node-screenshots')

let monitor = Monitor.fromPoint(100, 100)

console.log(monitor, monitor.id())

let image = monitor.captureImageSync()
fs.writeFileSync(`${monitor.id()}-sync.png`, image.toPngSync())

monitor.captureImage().then((data) => {
  console.log(data)
  fs.writeFileSync(`${monitor.id()}.jpeg`, data.toJpegSync())
})

const monitors = Monitor.all()

monitors.forEach((item) => {
  console.log(
    'Monitor:',
    item.id(),
    item.name(),
    [item.x(), item.y(), item.width(), item.height()],
    item.rotation(),
    item.scaleFactor(),
    item.frequency(),
    item.isPrimary(),
  )
})

Window

const fs = require('fs')
const { Window } = require('node-screenshots')

let windows = Window.all()

windows.forEach((item) => {
  console.log({
    id: item.id(),
    x: item.x(),
    y: item.y(),
    y: item.z(),
    width: item.width(),
    height: item.height(),
    rotation: item.rotation(),
    scaleFactor: item.scaleFactor(),
    isPrimary: item.isPrimary(),
  })

  let image = item.captureImageSync()
  fs.writeFileSync(`${item.id()}-sync.bmp`, image.toBmpSync())

  item.captureImage().then(async (data) => {
    console.log(data)
    let newImage = await data.crop(10, 10, 10, 10)
    fs.writeFileSync(`${item.id()}.png`, await newImage.toPng())
  })
})

API

Full typeScript type definition: index.d.ts

Monitor

• static all(): Array<Monitor>: Get all monitor
• static fromPoint(x: number, y: number): Monitor | null: Get a monitor from the specified coordinates
• captureImageSync(): Image: Synchronously capture image
• captureImage(): Promise<Image>: Asynchronously capture image

Window

• static all(): Array<Window>: Get all window
• captureImageSync(): Image: Synchronously capture image
• captureImage(): Promise<Image>: Asynchronously capture image

Image

• cropSync(x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number): Image: Synchronously crop image
• crop(x: number, y: number, width: number, height: number): Promise<Image>: Asynchronously crop image
• toPngSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer:Synchronously Convert to png
• toPng(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to png
• toJpegSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer: Synchronously Convert to jpeg
• toJpeg(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to jpeg
• toBmpSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer: Synchronously Convert to bmp
• toBmp(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to bmp
• toRawSync(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Buffer: Synchronously Convert to raw(RGBA data)
• toRaw(copyOutputData?: boolean | undefined | null): Promise<Buffer>: Asynchronously Convert to raw(RGBA data)

copyOutputData: pass related parameters in electron, otherwise electron will crash, nodejs does not pass or passes false, performance will be better, for more information refer to https://github.com/napi-rs/napi-rs/issues/1346

Linux System Requirements

On Linux, you need to install libxcb, libxrandr, and dbus.

Debian / Ubuntu:

apt-get install libxcb1 libxrandr2 libdbus-1-3

Alpine:

apk add libxcb libxrandr dbus

Related Repositories

• xcap - XCap is a cross-platform screen capture library written in Rust