NovaStar Program Reference / Web / phantomjs
Overview
The third-party phantomjs
program performs automation tasks related to the website, in particular:
- automate screen capture of NovaStar website such as the Administrator Interface map, so that the map can be distributed as an image
The program is typically run as a scheduled process on a frequency that reflects data collection and map updates.
The generated output files can then be used in other websites, emailed, archived, etc. See also the phantomjs
documentation:
Command Line Usage
The command line syntax is:
phantomjs rasterize.js URL outputFile
Examples
Create a screen shot of the current NovaStar native interface map:
TODO smalers 2017-08-07 Need Thaddeus to insert one or more examples
Administrator Interface
TODO smalers 2017-08-07 need a screenshot showing scheduler example
Log File Location
Does the program does not create a log file?
Troubleshooting
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