Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by derwiki » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 3:50 PM UTC

Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
sitegazer.herokuapp.com

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by johnmurch » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 3:59 PM UTC

Congrats on JFDI an idea - There is a ton of opportunity in this space as well as competitors. It's been something I have been struggling with as I want a cheap option that lets me take the screenshot (works with flash and lots of javascript) and lets me resize or crop and then place on s3.

What's ur next steps with it? Charge? OpenSource?

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by obayesshelton » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:00 PM UTC

really good way to view a site you shouldn't be looking at

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by derwiki » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:03 PM UTC

johnmurch wrote: post #2

Congrats on JFDI an idea - There is a ton of opportunity in this space as well as competitors. It's been something I have been struggling with as I want a cheap option that lets me take the screenshot (works with flash and lots of javascript) and lets me resize or crop and then place on s3. What's ur next steps with it? Charge? OpenSource?

Thanks! I built this as I was doing competitive analysis for my other project, www.cameralends.com. I have a few ideas for where to take this:

- take a timelapse of your site, one screenshot per day

- create a report of 10-20 webpage screenshots (one time for competitive analysis, scheduled & emailed for visual QA)

- options to use different browsers

Because I'm using SauceLabs and S3, I have hosting costs, so I am definitely interested in some sort of paid premium version. What would you pay for?

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by BaconJuice » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:16 PM UTC

derwiki wrote: post #4

johnmurch wrote: post #2

Congrats on JFDI an idea - There is a ton of opportunity in this space as well as competitors. It's been something I have been struggling with as I want a cheap option that lets me take the screenshot (works with flash and lots of javascript) and lets me resize or crop and then place on s3. What's ur next steps with it? Charge? OpenSource?

Thanks! I built this as I was doing competitive analysis for my other project, www.cameralends.com. I have a few ideas for where to take this: - take a timelapse of your site, one screenshot per day - create a report of 10-20 webpage screenshots (one time for competitive analysis, scheduled & emailed for visual QA) - options to use different browsers Because I'm using SauceLabs and S3, I have hosting costs, so I am d…

$7 a month for all that above I'd pay.

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by scotthtaylor » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:16 PM UTC

https://sitegazer.herokuapp.com/reports

Interesting to see what sites users have submitted!

EDIT: I can also delete from that page!

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by johnmurch » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:21 PM UTC

derwiki wrote: post #4

johnmurch wrote: post #2

Congrats on JFDI an idea - There is a ton of opportunity in this space as well as competitors. It's been something I have been struggling with as I want a cheap option that lets me take the screenshot (works with flash and lots of javascript) and lets me resize or crop and then place on s3. What's ur next steps with it? Charge? OpenSource?

Thanks! I built this as I was doing competitive analysis for my other project, www.cameralends.com. I have a few ideas for where to take this: - take a timelapse of your site, one screenshot per day - create a report of 10-20 webpage screenshots (one time for competitive analysis, scheduled & emailed for visual QA) - options to use different browsers Because I'm using SauceLabs and S3, I have hosting costs, so I am d…

API call - url=http://whatever.com reply - src=http://s3bucket of image bonus crop - auto crop image based on params (500x500)

Would pay $10/month for up to 300 images - $25/month for up to 3,000

2 biggest pains/wants for this 1) WordPress Blog that I could build a plugin (or u) so I can embed a screenshot for reviews 2) for apps I build that embed a link - pull a screenshot and auto embed so it looks pretty

Would love to be your first customer - lmk johnmurch.com

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by agurha » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:23 PM UTC

Have you considered using http://urlbox.io - Screenshot as a Service api?

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by derwiki » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:27 PM UTC

scotthtaylor wrote: post #6

https://sitegazer.herokuapp.com/reports Interesting to see what sites users have submitted! EDIT: I can also delete from that page!

Removed delete/update/edit. Agree, it was fun and surprising to see URLs roll in!

Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites

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Post by azifali » Fri, Oct 25, 2013, 4:28 PM UTC

Crashes..

This could be a great product in advertising if you can a) simulate traffic / browser from another location

Take repeated screenshots throughout the day.

Advertisers love to know where their ads have been running and this is a really easy problem that has not been well solved yet.