Is there a module that grabs a remote page and prints thumbnail image?

[Blue]

Hi, I am not a Perl programmer but I need to know this so that I can
design a Perl script and get a programmer to code it:

Is there any Perl module that grabs a remote website and return a
thumbnail image?

P/S: My first post here.

Thanks.

[Chris Davies]

Blue <superbaby@myjaring.net> wrote:

> Is there any Perl module that grabs a remote website and return a
> thumbnail image?

A thumbnail image of the URL you've specified?

I don't think so (but I'm happy to be proven wrong).

Some questions for you to consider...

What pixel-size page would you expect your thumbnail to
represent? 1024x768? 800x600? 1000x1000?

What should happen with DHTML elements (bits that move)? Maybe they
shouldn't be rendered, but what if those elements are static and
contribute to the page layout?

What should happen to javascript (and java, flash, realplayer, and other
embedded applets for that matter)? Should they be rendered or ignored? How
would you decide (programatically)?

Chris

[Jürgen Exner]

Blue wrote:

> Is there any Perl module that grabs a remote website and return a
> thumbnail image?

A namesake of yours just posted exactly the same question to CLPmisc. You
may want to check with him for answers he got.

jue

[Dr.Ruud]

Chris Davies schreef:

> A thumbnail image of the URL you've specified?
> I don't think so (but I'm happy to be proven wrong).

Pipe it through links -dump, and string() the result on a GD-image.
;)

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Affijn, Ruud

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