From the developer of TagIt! Tagboard, DeadlySin3 dot Net brings to you ScrotIt! Screencapture! Written for Linux and similiar systems, ScrotIt! Screencapture requires SCROT to be installed on your system.
By : DeadlySin3
ScrotIt! Screencapture v0.1.A
Tested with:
PHP 4.3.10-16 (cli) (built: Aug 24 2005 20:25:01)
on Debian.Sarge v3.1
and
PHP 4.4.2-1+b1 (cli) (built: Mar 20 2006 03:48:19)
on Debian.Sid
Notes:
This is my first attempt at creating a php command line
interface to a program called "scrot".
Official Website: http://linuxbrit.co.uk/scrot/
Install using apt-get: # apt-get install scrot
scrot is required in order to run this script!
Description: command line screen capture utility
scrot (SCReen shOT) is a simple commandline screen capture
utility that uses imlib2 to grab and save images. Multiple
image formats are supported through imlib2's dynamic saver
modules.
Purpose:
I wrote this user interface for scrot to make taking a screen capture
and uploading it to your website as easy as possible. With a single
command on a shell, scrot captures an image and the php script I
wrote uploads the image via FTP to a remote host.
Command:
user@localhost:~$ php -f .take
Script Configuration:
Open inc.shot.php in an editor and set up the basics.
Drop all scripts in this download into your home
directory. ex. /home/paul/
Or whichever directory you choose. I reccomend not
keeping this program in a www accessible directory.
Rename ALL scripts:
inc.shot.php => .inc.shot
snapShot.php => .snapShot
upload.php => .upload
take.php => .take
The reason for this is simple. Hiding the script keeps
it out of view, for the most part, keeping your directory
"clean".
If you installed:
in your own home directory, you simply open a terminal
emulator (x-term, e-term, p-term, k-term, rxvt, etc)
and type the following:
php -f .take
anywhere else, type:
php -f /path/to/script/.take
(the "-f" option is optional - it may be omitted)
And you're done. In a moment, your desktop image will
be taken and uploaded!
UploadIt! is not meant as a web application. If you
manage to use it as one, do let me know!
e-mail: deadlysin3 at gmail dot com
Using "alias" to make this even easier!
user@localhost:~$ alias take='php -f .take'
Then simply type "take" on a shell.
TO DO:
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I'm thinking about developing a way to allow users of your website to click a link, and have an online php script call home to your machine and execute the command to take and upload a screenshot. I'm not sure how I can do it but that's why I'm thinking about it! Feel free to send ideas and suggestions to : deadlysin3 at gmail dot com
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CODE
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<?php
#
#.inc.shot
#
### Directory on remote server to store image
$ftproot = "/public_html";
### Directory on localhost to store image
$srcroot = "/home/paul/public_html/shots";
### Name to save image as (*.jpg, *.jpeg, *.png) etc
$pic_name = "currentDesktop.jpeg";
$destination_file = "$ftproot/$pic_name";
$source_file = "$srcroot/$pic_name";
### Set up connection
$ftp_server = "ftp.site.net";
$ftp_user_name = "anonymous@localhost";
$ftp_user_pass = "";
$conn_id = ftp_connect($ftp_server);
?>
<?php
#
# .snapShot
#
### File information
require_once(".inc.shot");
$output = passthru("scrot '$pic_name' -e 'mv -u $pic_name $srcroot/'");
?>
<?php
#
# .take
#
### File information
require_once(".inc.shot");
system("php -f .snapShot");
require_once(".upload");
?>
<?php
#
# .upload
#
### File information
require_once(".inc.shot");
// login with username and password
$login_result = ftp_login($conn_id, $ftp_user_name, $ftp_user_pass);
// check connection
if ((!$conn_id) || (!$login_result)) {
echo "\r\n FTP connection has failed! \r\n";
echo "\r\n Attempted to connect to $ftp_server for user $ftp_user_name \r\n";
exit;
} else {
echo "\r\n Connected to $ftp_server. \r\n";
}
// upload the file
$upload = ftp_put($conn_id, $destination_file, $source_file, FTP_BINARY);
// check upload status
if (!$upload) {
// close the FTP stream
ftp_close($conn_id);
$err=1;
echo "\r\n $conn_id status: closed \r\n";
echo "\r\n !! FTP upload has failed !! \r\n";
} else {
echo "\r\n Uploaded $source_file to $ftp_server \r\n";
}
// close the FTP stream
if(!$err) {
ftp_close($conn_id);
echo "\r\n $conn_id status: closed \r\n";
echo "\r\n $destination_file has completed! \r\n";
}
?>
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