Show HN: I created snapDOM to capture DOM nodes as images with exceptional speed

Re:Show HN: I created snapDOM to capture DOM nodes as images... by streptomycin on Sunday April 27, 2025 @01:58PM (#43813858)

Looks cool, somebody should make a package that puts a nice API around it. However seems that those APIs are only in Chrome now, not Firefox or Safari.

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Re:Show HN: I created snapDOM to capture DOM nodes as images... by krebby on Sunday April 27, 2025 @02:49PM (#43814202)

IMO it's simple enough to just write directly without library code.

For most cases, the Element Capture or Region Capture API should be sufficient: https://developer.mozilla.org/en-US/docs/Web/API/Screen_Capt...

Demos: https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/screen-capture-api/elemen... https://mdn.github.io/dom-examples/screen-capture-api/region...

If you need cross-browser compatibility (and can't just use a canvas) then yeah html2canvas is the way to go

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Re:Show HN: I created snapDOM to capture DOM nodes as images... by streptomycin on Sunday April 27, 2025 @09:12PM (#43816586)

idk, your code is 170 lines, html2canvas and similar are 1 line to use.

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Re:Show HN: I created snapDOM to capture DOM nodes as images... by tinchox6 on Sunday April 27, 2025 @04:36PM (#43814902)

I tested it on Chrome, Firefox and Safari

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