set up slimerjs to use xvfb

screenless/bureau/bureau.py

@@ -71,10 +71,12 @@ class Bureau(object):
         self.api = {}
 
         modpath = os.path.dirname(__file__)
+        xvfb = "xvfb-run"
         slimerjs = os.path.join(modpath, "..", "lib", "slimerjs", "slimerjs")
         renderer = os.path.join(modpath, "..", "lib", "rasterize.js")
         self.slimerjs = os.path.abspath(slimerjs)
-        self.html2pdf = self.slimerjs + " " + os.path.abspath(renderer) + " "
+        self.html2pdf = xvfb + " " + self.slimerjs + " " + \
+                        os.path.abspath(renderer) + " "
         mypath = inspect.getfile(self.__class__)
         self.mdir = os.path.dirname(mypath)
 

screenless/bureau/publicrelations/publicrelations.py

@@ -82,11 +82,14 @@ class PublicRelations(Bureau):
         else:
             count = 10
 
+        # TODO: add fancier formatting i.e. inverted text for username/handle
         tweets = self.t.t.statuses.home_timeline(count=count)
         out = ""
         for t in tweets:
             out += t["user"]["name"] + " : " + t["text"] + "\r\n\r\n"
         self.print_small(out)
+        # TODO: download and print image entities:
+        #       https://dev.twitter.com/overview/api/entities-in-twitter-objects
 
 
 def main():

screenless/slimerjs/rasterize.js

@@ -0,0 +1,49 @@
+"use strict";
+var page = require('webpage').create(),
+    system = require('system'),
+    address, output, size;
+
+if (system.args.length < 3 || system.args.length > 5) {
+    console.log('Usage: rasterize.js URL filename [paperwidth*paperheight|paperformat] [zoom]');
+    console.log('  paper (pdf output) examples: "5in*7.5in", "10cm*20cm", "A4", "Letter"');
+    console.log('  image (png/jpg output) examples: "1920px" entire page, window width 1920px');
+    console.log('                                   "800px*600px" window, clipped to 800x600');
+    phantom.exit(1);
+} else {
+    address = system.args[1];
+    output = system.args[2];
+    page.viewportSize = { width: 600, height: 600 };
+    if (system.args.length > 3 && system.args[2].substr(-4) === ".pdf") {
+        size = system.args[3].split('*');
+        page.paperSize = size.length === 2 ? { width: size[0], height: size[1], margin: '0px' }
+                                           : { format: system.args[3], orientation: 'portrait', margin: '1cm' };
+    } else if (system.args.length > 3 && system.args[3].substr(-2) === "px") {
+        size = system.args[3].split('*');
+        if (size.length === 2) {
+            pageWidth = parseInt(size[0], 10);
+            pageHeight = parseInt(size[1], 10);
+            page.viewportSize = { width: pageWidth, height: pageHeight };
+            page.clipRect = { top: 0, left: 0, width: pageWidth, height: pageHeight };
+        } else {
+            console.log("size:", system.args[3]);
+            pageWidth = parseInt(system.args[3], 10);
+            pageHeight = parseInt(pageWidth * 3/4, 10); // it's as good an assumption as any
+            console.log ("pageHeight:",pageHeight);
+            page.viewportSize = { width: pageWidth, height: pageHeight };
+        }
+    }
+    if (system.args.length > 4) {
+        page.zoomFactor = system.args[4];
+    }
+    page.open(address, function (status) {
+        if (status !== 'success') {
+            console.log('Unable to load the address!');
+            phantom.exit(1);
+        } else {
+            window.setTimeout(function () {
+                page.render(output);
+                phantom.exit();
+            }, 200);
+        }
+    });
+}