I’m working on a Chrome extension to capture a specific area of a webpage as an image. I’ve tried several approaches, including using the html2Canvas,, and manipulating the DOM to select the area, but I keep running into various issues and errors. Either the selected area isn’t captured correctly, or sometimes it able to capture but failed on second attempt. I’ve spent a lot of time troubleshooting, but I’m still not able to get it to work as expected. Any guidance or suggestions on how to implement this feature would be greatly appreciated!
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import React, { useState } from "react";
const ScreenCaptureComponent: React.FC = () => {
const [screenCapture, setScreenCapture] = useState<string | null>(null);
const handleCapture = () => {
chrome.tabs.query({ active: true, currentWindow: true }, (tabs) => {
if (tabs[0].id) {
chrome.scripting.executeScript(
{
target: { tabId: tabs[0].id },
files: ["content.js"],
},
() => {
chrome.tabs.sendMessage(
tabs[0].id!,
{ message: "capture" },
(response) => {
if (chrome.runtime.lastError) {
console.error("Error:", chrome.runtime.lastError);
} else if (response && response.imgData) {
setScreenCapture(response.imgData);
} else {
console.error("Failed to capture screen");
}
}
);
}
);
}
});
};
const handleSave = () => {
if (screenCapture) {
const a = document.createElement("a");
a.href = screenCapture;
a.download = "screenshot.png";
a.click();
}
};
return (
<div>
<button onClick={handleCapture}>Capture</button>
{screenCapture && (
<div>
<img src={screenCapture} alt="Screen Capture" />
<button onClick={handleSave}>Download</button>
</div>
)}
</div>
);
};
export default ScreenCaptureComponent;