bbcshots.js 2.22 KB
/*
Create a mosaic image from all headline photos on BBC homepage
*/

var casper = require('casper').create();
var nbLinks = 0;
var currentLink = 1;
var images = [];

casper.hide = function(selector) {
    this.evaluate(function(selector) {
        document.querySelector(selector).style.display = "none";
    }, {
        selector: selector
    });
};

casper.start('http://www.bbc.co.uk/', function() {
    nbLinks = this.evaluate(function() {
        return __utils__.findAll('#promo2_carousel_items_items li').length;
    });
    this.echo("" + nbLinks + " items founds");
    // hide navigation arrows
    this.hide('.nav_left');
    this.hide('.nav_right');
    this.mouse.move('#promo2_carousel');
    this.waitUntilVisible('.autoplay.nav_pause', function() {
        this.echo('Moving over pause button');
        this.mouse.move('.autoplay.nav_pause');
        this.click('.autoplay.nav_pause');
        this.echo('Clicked on pause button');
        this.waitUntilVisible('.autoplay.nav_play', function() {
            this.echo('Carousel has been paused');
            // hide play button
            this.hide('.autoplay');
        });
    });
});

var next = function next() {
    var image = "bbcshot" + currentLink + ".png";
    images.push(image);
    this.echo("Processing image " + currentLink);
    this.captureSelector(image, '.carousel_viewport');
    if (currentLink < nbLinks) {
        this.click(".carousel_itemList_li[rel='" + currentLink + "']");
        this.wait(1000, function() {
            this.then(next);
            currentLink++;
        });
    } else {
        this.then(buildPage);
    }
};

var buildPage = function buildPage() {
    this.echo('Build result page');
    var fs = require('fs');
    this.viewport(624, 400);
    var pageHtml = "<html><body style='background:black;margin:0;padding:0'>";
    images.forEach(function(image) {
        pageHtml += "<img src='file://" + fs.workingDirectory + "/" + image + "'><br>";
    });
    pageHtml += "</body></html>";
    fs.write('result.html', pageHtml, 'w');
    this.thenOpen("file://" + fs.workingDirectory + "/result.html", function() {
        this.echo('Resulting image saved to result.png');
        this.capture('result.png');
    });
};

casper.then(next);

casper.run();