1 package Imager::Screenshot;
3 use vars qw(@ISA $VERSION @EXPORT_OK);
8 @EXPORT_OK = 'screenshot';
15 # try XSLoader first, DynaLoader has annoying baggage
17 XSLoader::load('Imager::Screenshot' => $VERSION);
21 push @ISA, 'DynaLoader';
22 bootstrap Imager::Screenshot $VERSION;
27 # lose the class if called as a method
28 @_ % 2 == 1 and shift;
41 if (defined $opts{hwnd}) {
43 or die "Win32 driver not enabled\n";
44 $result = _win32($opts{hwnd}, $opts{decor}, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
45 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
47 elsif (defined $opts{id}) { # X11 window id
49 or die "X11 driver not enabled\n";
50 $result = _x11($opts{display}, $opts{id}, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
51 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
53 elsif (defined $opts{darwin}) { # as long as it's there
55 or die "Darwin driver not enabled\n";
56 $result = _darwin($opts{left}, $opts{top}, $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
58 elsif ($opts{widget}) {
60 my $top = $opts{widget}->toplevel;
61 my $sys = $top->windowingsystem;
62 if ($sys eq 'win32') {
63 unless (defined &_win32) {
64 Imager->_set_error("Win32 Tk and Win32 support not built");
67 $result = _win32(hex($opts{widget}->id), $opts{decor},
68 $opts{left}, $opts{top}, $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
70 elsif ($sys eq 'x11') {
71 unless (defined &_x11) {
72 Imager->_set_error("X11 Tk and X11 support not built");
76 my $id_hex = $opts{widget}->id;
78 # is there a way to get the display pointer from Tk?
79 $result = _x11($opts{display}, hex($id_hex), $opts{left}, $opts{top},
80 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom});
83 Imager->_set_error("Unsupported windowing system '$sys'");
89 defined &_win32 ? _win32(0, $opts{decor}, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
90 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom}) :
91 defined &_darwin ? _darwin($opts{left}, $opts{top},
92 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom}) :
93 defined &_x11 ? _x11($opts{display}, 0, $opts{left}, $opts{top},
94 $opts{right}, $opts{bottom}) :
95 die "No drivers enabled\n";
99 Imager->_set_error(Imager->_error_as_msg());
103 # RT #24992 - the Imager typemap entry is broken pre-0.56, so
105 return bless { IMG => $result }, "Imager";
121 my $display = _x11_open(@_);
123 Imager->_set_error(Imager->_error_as_msg);
140 Imager::Screenshot - screenshot to an Imager image
144 use Imager::Screenshot 'screenshot';
147 my $img = screenshot();
150 my $img2 = screenshot(hwnd => $hwnd);
153 my $img3 = screenshot(display => $display, id => $window_id);
156 my $display = Imager::Screenshot::x11_open();
157 Imager::Screenshot::x11_close($display);
159 # test for win32 support
160 if (Imager::Screenshot->have_win32) { ... }
162 # test for x11 support
163 if (Imager::Screenshot->have_x11) { ... }
165 # test for Darwin (Mac OS X) support
166 if (Imager::Screenshot->have_darwin) { ... }
171 Imager::Screenshot captures either a desktop or a specified window and
172 returns the result as an Imager image.
174 Currently the image is always returned as a 24-bit image.
178 =item screenshot hwnd => I<window handle>
180 =item screenshot hwnd => I<window handle>, decor => <capture decorations>
182 Retrieve a screenshot under Win32, if I<window handle> is zero,
185 By default, window decorations are not captured, if the C<decor>
186 parameter is set to true then window decorations are included.
188 =item screenshot id => I<window id>
190 =item screenshot id => I<window id>, display => I<display object>
192 Retrieve a screenshot under X11, if I<id> is zero, capture the root
193 window. I<display object> is a integer version of an X11 C< Display *
194 >, if this isn't supplied C<screenshot()> will attempt connect to the
195 the display specified by $ENV{DISPLAY}.
197 Note: taking a screenshot of a remote display is slow.
199 =item screenshot darwin => 0
201 Retrieve a screenshot under Mac OS X. The only supported value for
202 the C<darwin> parameter is C<0>.
204 For a screen capture to be taken, the current user using
205 Imager:Screenshot must be the currently logged in user on the display.
207 If you're using fast user switching, the current user must be the
210 Note: this means you can ssh into a Mac OS X box and screenshot from
211 the ssh session, if you're the current user on the display.
213 =item screenshot widget => I<widget>
215 =item screenshot widget => I<widget>, display => I<display>
217 =item screenshot widget => I<widget>, decor => I<capture decorations>
219 Retrieve a screenshot of a Tk widget, under Win32 or X11, depending on
220 how Tk has been built.
222 If Tk was built for X11 then the display parameter applies.
224 If Tk was built for Win32 then the decor parameter applies.
228 If no C<id>, C<hwnd> or C<widget> parameter is supplied:
234 if Win32 support is compiled, return screenshot(hwnd => 0).
238 if Darwin support is compiled, return screenshot(darwin => 0).
242 if X11 support is compiled, return screenshot(id => 0).
250 You can also supply the following parameters to retrieve a subset of
273 If left or top is negative, then treat that as from the right/bottom
276 If right ot bottom is zero or negative then treat as from the
277 right/bottom edge of the window.
279 So setting all 4 values to 0 retrieves the whole window.
281 # a 10-pixel wide right edge of the window
282 my $right_10 = screenshot(left => -10, ...);
284 # the top-left 100x100 portion of the window
285 my $topleft_100 = screenshot(right => 100, bottom => 100, ...);
287 # 10x10 pixel at the bottom right corner
288 my $bott_right_10 = screenshot(left => -10, top => -10, ...);
290 If screenshot() fails, it will return nothing, and the cause of the
291 failure can be retrieved via Imager->errstr, so typical use could be:
293 my $img = screenshot(...) or die Imager->errstr;
297 Returns true if Win32 support is available.
301 Returns true if X11 support is available.
305 Returns true if Darwin support is available.
307 =item Imager::Screenshot::x11_open
309 =item Imager::Screenshot::x11_open I<display name>
311 Attempts to open a connection to either the display name in
312 $ENV{DISPLAY} or the supplied display name. Returns a value suitable
313 for the I<display> parameter of screenshot, or undef.
315 =item Imager::Screenshot::x11_close I<display>
317 Closes a display returned by Imager::Screenshot::x11_open().
323 screenshot() sets a number of tags in the images it returns, these are:
329 ss_left - the distance between the left side of the window and the
330 left side of the captured area. The same value as the I<left>
331 parameter when that is positive.
335 ss_top - the distance between the top side of the window the top side
336 of the captured area. The same value at the I<top> parameter when
341 ss_window_width - the full width of the window.
345 ss_window_height - the full height of the window.
349 ss_type - the type of capture done, either "Win32" or "X11".
353 To cheaply get the window size you can capture a single pixel:
355 my $im = screenshot(right => 1, bottom => 1);
356 my $window_width = $im->tags(name => 'ss_window_width');
357 my $window_height = $im->tags(name => 'ss_window_height');
361 It's possible to have more than one grab driver available, for
362 example, Win32 and X11, and which is used can have an effect on the
365 Under Win32 or OS X, if there's a screesaver running, then you grab
366 the results of the screensaver.
368 On OS X, you can grab the display from an ssh session as long as the
369 ssh session is under the same user as the currently active user on the
372 Grabbing the root window on a rootless server (eg. Cygwin/X) may not
373 grab the background that you see. In fact, when I tested under
374 Cygwin/X I got the xterm window contents even when the Windows
375 screensaver was running. The root window captured appeared to be that
376 generated by my window manager.
378 Grabbing a window with other windows overlaying it will capture the
379 content of those windows where they hide the window you want to
380 capture. You may want to raise the window to top. This may be a
381 security concern if the overlapping windows contain any sensitive
382 information - true for any screen capture.
386 Imager::Screenshot is licensed under the same terms as Perl itself.
390 Future plans include:
396 window name searches - currently screenshot() requires a window
397 identifier of some sort, it would be more usable if we could supply
398 some other identifier, either a window title or a window class name.
404 Tony Cook <tonyc@cpan.org>