HTML/CSS to Image - Ruby

Ruby client for the HTML/CSS to Image API.

Generate a png, jpg or webp images with Ruby. Renders exactly like Google Chrome.

Installation

Add this line to your application's Gemfile:

gem 'htmlcsstoimage-api'

And then execute:

$ bundle

Or install it yourself as:

$ gem install htmlcsstoimage-api

Usage

Create a new instance of the API client.

# Retrieve your user id and api key from https://htmlcsstoimage.com/dashboard
client = HTMLCSSToImage.new(user_id: "user-id", api_key: "api-key")

Alternatively, you can set ENV["HCTI_USER_ID"] and ENV["HCTI_API_KEY"]. These will be loaded automatically.

client = HTMLCSSToImage.new

Create an image

image = client.create_image("<div>Hello, world</div>",
                            css: "div { background-color: red; font-family: Roboto; }",
                            google_fonts: "Roboto")

image
=> #<HTMLCSSToImage::ApiResponse url="https://hcti.io/v1/image/254b444c-dd82-4cc1-94ef-aa4b3a6870a6", id="254b444c-dd82-4cc1-94ef-aa4b3a6870a6">
image.url
=> "https://hcti.io/v1/image/254b444c-dd82-4cc1-94ef-aa4b3a6870a6"

Delete an image

client.delete_image("254b444c-dd82-4cc1-94ef-aa4b3a6870a6")

URL to image

image = client.url_to_image("https://github.com", viewport_width: 800, viewport_height: 1200)

Available parameters

For detailed information on all the available parameters, visit the docs: https://docs.htmlcsstoimage.com/getting-started/using-the-api/

Development

After checking out the repo, run bin/setup to install dependencies. Then, run rake spec to run the tests. You can also run bin/console for an interactive prompt that will allow you to experiment.

To install this gem onto your local machine, run bundle exec rake install. To release a new version, update the version number in version.rb, and then run bundle exec rake release, which will create a git tag for the version, push git commits and tags, and push the .gem file to rubygems.org.

To generate the Yard docs, run yard doc and commit the changes.

Support

For help with the API, you can also contact support@htmlcsstoimage.com.

Contributing

Bug reports and pull requests are welcome on GitHub at https://github.com/htmlcsstoimage/ruby-client/contributor-covenant.org) code of conduct.

License

The gem is available as open source under the terms of the MIT License.

Code of Conduct

Everyone interacting in the project’s codebases, issue trackers, chat rooms and mailing lists is expected to follow the code of conduct.