README.md

ipfs-screencap and portable-screencap

• portable-screencap - take a screencap and output to stdout (portable)
• [ipfs-screencap - take a screencap and publish it to IPFS](ipfs-screencap)

Install

# with ipfs
ipfs get /ipfs/QmQgQYuzYRGdhNtfpLRQmL5jJfoxPnSuTzgwUJGjwcDays/ipfs-screencap
cd ipfs-screencap
./install.sh

# with git
git clone https://github.com/jbenet/ipfs-screencap
cd ipfs-screencap
./install.sh

portable-screencap

take a screencap and output to stdout, portably. Simply run:

portable-screencap

ipfs-screencap

Capture screenshots, publish them to IPFS, and copy the link to the clipboard.

Usage:

> ipfs-screencap -h
USAGE
  ./ipfs-screencap [OPTIONS] [<name>]
  publish a screenshot to ipfs, copy gateway link to clipboard

OPTIONS
  -h, --help     - display this help
  -v, --verbose  - print messages for the actions
  -p, --preload  - preload url on the gateways
  -c, --copy     - copy url to clipboard

Examples:

# default name based on date
> ipfs-screencap
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmfV9gpmi9yT4J4fWWJH2xdrAUYbmn3JYZPWCN5hsMnA9A/screencap.2015-07-04T01:21:00Z.png

# name argument
> ipfs-screencap laser-raptor.png
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdCcY49eXipYJQpZL2yAuu2Jv8QbddJE2Zub3cfwc3aPz/laser-raptor.png

# copy to clipboard
> ipfs-screencap -c laser-raptor.png
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/QmdCcY49eXipYJQpZL2yAuu2Jv8QbddJE2Zub3cfwc3aPz/laser-raptor.png

# verbose
> ipfs-screencap -v hacking-too-much-time.png
capturing screen... QmRT4WfAYmt6EQmSWLNwjk9TU75ENV3JZum2PtGPq5V63R
constructing dir... Qmao3bK722MJ1eur89caxvJZ32FChyvRPi6QyBsibuKVEg
copying url to clipboard... copied
https://ipfs.io/ipfs/Qmao3bK722MJ1eur89caxvJZ32FChyvRPi6QyBsibuKVEg/hacking-too-much-time.png