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PhantomJS script to capture/render screenshots of the slides of a Reveal.js powered slideshow.
/**
* PhantomJS script to capture/render screenshots of the slides of a Reveal.js powered slideshow.
*/
var page = require('webpage').create();
var args = require('system').args;
// Get url to render from command line.
var url;
if (args.length < 2) {
url = 'http://lab.hakim.se/reveal-js';
console.warn('No url specified. Falling back on ' + url);
}
else {
url = args[1];
}
// (Optional) prefix for renders.
var prefix = args.length >= 3 ? args[2] : 'slide-';
// Set render size.
page.viewportSize = { width: 1200, height: 900 };
// Open the url and do your thing.
page.open(url, function (status) {
if (status !== 'success') {
console.error('Failed to open url ' + url);
phantom.exit();
}
// Disable slide transitions so we don't lose time on that.
page.evaluate(function() {
// Apparently setting "transition" and "backgroundTransition" to "none"
// is enough to disable slide transitions, even if there are per-slide transitions.
Reveal.configure({
'transition': 'none',
'backgroundTransition': 'none'
});
});
// Disable transitions on "fragmented views".
page.evaluate(function() {
var fragments = document.getElementsByClassName('fragment');
for (var f = fragments.length - 1; f >= 0; f--) {
fragments[f].classList.remove('fragment');
}
});
// Render all slides.
var slideCounter = 1;
var isLastSlide = function() {
return page.evaluate(function() {
return Reveal.isLastSlide();
});
};
var next = function() {
return page.evaluate(function() {
return Reveal.next();
});
};
while (true) {
// Capture.
var filename = prefix + slideCounter + '.png';
console.log('Rendering ' + filename);
page.render(filename);
// Go to next slide (if any).
if (isLastSlide()) {
break;
}
next();
slideCounter++;
}
phantom.exit();
});
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