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Open source Java library to produce webpage thumbnails server-side

Asked 2008-10-04T02:13:05.983
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I am searching for an open source Java library to generate thumbnails for a given URL. I need to bundle this capability, rather than call out to external services, such as Amazon or websnapr.

http://www.webrenderer.com/ was mentioned in this post: Server generated web screenshots, but it is a commercial solution.

I'm hoping for a Java based solution, but may need to look into executing an external process such as khtml2png, or integrating something like html2ps.

Any suggestions?

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You're essentially asking for a complete rendering engine accessible by Java. Personally, I would save myself the hassle and call out to a child process.

Otherwise, I ran into this pure Java browser: Lobo

answered 2008-10-04T02:18:08.690

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