> We're sorry, but something went wrong. > If you are the application owner check the logs for more information.
Refreshing the page once did away with this.
Page comes up, but then when I type in my URL, it crashes.
Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
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Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#22Suggestion: add a field to use a custom DNS server.
Then one could get different screenshots for the same URL (i.e. to use when testing or migrating websites).
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#23no doubt you built it last night - some testing would have been nice before publishing - i tried to snap http://imolly.herokuapp.com and i got Amazon's error page
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#24Suggestion: add a field to use a custom DNS server. Then one could get different screenshots for the same URL (i.e. to use when testing or migrating websites).
This might be where there is value in the idea.
You could also add different User Agent Strings, different Request IPs etc... to simulate different users in different parts of the world.
Otherwise it seems some open source script could do this very easily and free.
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#25You should also check out http://www.htmltoimage.io
it does the same thing and more. BTW: your app looks great. Just let allow me to enter something like CNN.com without http
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#26I built a similar tool called GeoPeeker (http://www.geopeeker.com) that does this as well, but does so from a number of different geographic locations. Handy for trouble-shooting DNS and CDN issues. I too submitted it to Hacker News but alas, it found no love. C'est la vie!
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#27Suggestion: add a field to use a custom DNS server. Then one could get different screenshots for the same URL (i.e. to use when testing or migrating websites).
This might be where there is value in the idea. You could also add different User Agent Strings, different Request IPs etc... to simulate different users in different parts of the world. Otherwise it seems some open source script could do this very easily and free.
I've built a tool that does more or less exactly this - give it a try, maybe even send some feedback - http://www.geopeeker.com
Updates are in progress that will let you do all sorts of tweaks to the agent, even the DOM.
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#28I built a similar tool called GeoPeeker ( http://www.geopeeker.com ) that does this as well, but does so from a number of different geographic locations. Handy for trouble-shooting DNS and CDN issues. I too submitted it to Hacker News but alas, it found no love. C'est la vie!
Well of all the people that posted links to alternates yours was the only one that worked. Great app and nice execution.
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#29Hey everyone, thanks for all the kind words and ideas. Currently, I'm hitting limits with SauceLabs and don't have any more time right now to work on this (work day). I've already done some low hanging scaling work (Unicorn, scaling workers, upgrading databases), but the site is under too high of load to work normally. Sorry about that! I really didn't expect this much traffic from Hacker News, and I assure you it's delightful when no one else is using it ;-)
Re: Show HN: Web site I built last night that takes screenshots of web sites
#30no doubt you built it last night - some testing would have been nice before publishing - i tried to snap http://imolly.herokuapp.com and i got Amazon's error page
Sorry about that :( But why load test before I had to? It works well in a low-traffic setting, and I had no idea the HN gods would be so kind to me. But now that I have early feedback, I can make a better decision about how to proceed.